‘Faithful rebuild’ announced as favoured option for burnt-out shell of Mac

Debris cleared from within the Mackintosh Building (2) ©McAteer

Source: McAteer

Design team to be selected through open procurement process

The Glasgow School of Art has announced it plans to “faithfully rebuild” the Mackintosh Building which was twice destroyed by fire.

Reinstating Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s grade A-listed art college is the university’s preferred choice, it said today, after a comprehensive examination of all the options commissioned just before the pandemic last year.

The options examined during the strategic outline business case (SOBC) process included demolishing the remaining structure to make way for an entirely new building, moving the school to a new site and a hybrid model.

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