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Brand New!! Major Burn Downward At Rennie Mackintosh's Glasgow Schoolhouse Of Art

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It was absolutely awful yesterday to encounter the pictures as well as videos of the burn downward raging through the iconic Grade Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Listed Mackintosh edifice of the Glasgow School of Art (@GSofA)- designed past times Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
"The most of import operate past times Charles Rennie Mackintosh, an architect of international significance, Glasgow School of Art is held inward the highest regard past times architects as well as the populace alike - it was rightly judged to live the best edifice of the past times 175 years inward a nationwide [RIBA] poll."
[UPDATE: I've afterward learned that the windows of the room on burn downward inward the epitome higher upwards are the shallow bay windows of the iconic Macintosh Library which was constructed of forest as well as contained wooden slice of furniture designed past times Mackintosh. This article inward the Telegraph confirms the impairment as well as something of what happens adjacent - Glasgow School of Art fire: 'Iconic' Mackintosh library destroyed]




Image from BBC Scotland Video of the fire
Glasgow School of Art: Fire crews battle to salvage building
The burn downward broke out at midday yesterday - merely equally the in conclusion twelvemonth students were erecting their aeroplane shows inside the building.
Eyewitnesses said the burn downward appeared to bring started when a projector exploded inward the basement of the edifice on Renfrew Street inward the metropolis centre.
BBC News
Reports indicated the burn downward started inward the basement as well as spread upwards through the due west fly of the edifice to the roof - which equally you lot tin lav encounter from the screendump from a BBC video has been really severely damaged.
Eye witnesses feared that the whole due west fly of the onetime edifice has been lost, including the irreplaceable Mackintosh library as well as the Hen Run, a famous corridor running along the roof which linked the due west as well as eastward wing.
First edifice 1899, minute Building 1909 
Architect: Charles Rennie Mackintosh
The expert intelligence is that everybody was got out safely as well as at that topographic point bring been no casualties.

Plus the burn downward service has afterward announced what has been saved.
"With the incident nether command indications are the firefighters' efforts bring ensured to a greater extent than than 90% of the construction is feasible as well as protected upwards to 70% of the contents - including many students' work."
What I produce know from fires is that what isn't destroyed past times burn downward tin lav easily live damaged beyond repair past times the amounts of H2O required to expose a really violent burn downward equally this 1 manifestly was.

It remains to live seen what has survived as well as what volition withdraw reinstatement. Surely at that topographic point can't live whatsoever interrogation but that this Grade Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Listed edifice must live reinstated?

This is the page providing updates for the students as well as staff - which I am certain volition also live of involvement to all Glasgow Art School Alumni as well as those who were fans of the building

Besides beingness a wonderful building, this is also an first-class School of Art. Three of the electrical flow four nominees for the Turner Prize 2014 are graduates of the Glasgow School of Art equally bring been many inward the past times - encounter Graduates of Glasgow School of Art dominate Turner Prize nominees

Initially at that topographic point were fears that all the operate for in conclusion twelvemonth aeroplane shows - as well as assessment for their degrees - had been lost but the province of affairs is directly unclear. However a really reassuring message was sent to students
Students should non job organization themselves close finishing operate at this stage. Further data on assessment, aeroplane exhibit as well as graduation volition live issued equally before long equally possible.
To encounter something of what may bring been lost or damaged I looked through the internet.

Let's promise equally much of this equally possible has been saved or tin lav live reinstated


The Glasgow School of Art: Studio from The Glasgow School of Art on Vimeo.

Another burn downward equally aeroplane shows assembled


The burn downward had potent echoes of the burn downward at the Pratt Institute inward New York - 1 time again equally graduates were assembling their in conclusion aeroplane shows. This is what I wrote on this weblog dorsum inward 2011.
The Pratt Institute in New York had a major burn downward inward Feb 2011 inward its nous edifice which took nearly 170 firefighters to extinguish. It destroyed the studios of the Fine Art Seniors as well as their artwork for their senior projects which many volition bring spent months on. You tin lav encounter pictures of the blaze on their Facebook page. Lots of people bring rallied to the back upwards of the students who lost their fine art supplies equally good equally their artwork.
Art supplies including brushes, canvases as well as other tools bring been donated past times a gain of fine art render stores, including Utrecht as well as Daler-Rowney, Pratt spokeswoman Jolene Travis said. More than 3,000 brushes bring come upwards in. The alternative also includes personal contributions from faculty, Travis said, including some “used, really well-cared for as well as loved brushes tied inward ribbons.”
Hopefully, the fine art materials as well as fine art supplies people inward the Britain volition enquire the Glasgow School of Art what they tin lav produce to assist replenish whatsoever losses of fine art supplied past times the students.

 Why non buy the farm on an oculus on the data for students page, as well as if it appears they bring sustained losses of kit as well as materials, why non travel out a message on the Glasgow School of Art Facebook Page or send them a tweet if you'd similar to post them supplies for the students?

Plus why non plough over them a 'like' or a 'follow' past times means of support?

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