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Major Burn Downwards At Rennie Mackintosh's Glasgow Schoolhouse Of Art

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It was absolutely awful yesterday to run into the pictures together with videos of the burn downwardly raging through the iconic Grade Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Listed Mackintosh edifice of the Glasgow School of Art (@GSofA)- designed yesteryear Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
"The most of import run yesteryear Charles Rennie Mackintosh, an architect of international significance, Glasgow School of Art is held inwards the highest regard yesteryear architects together with Blue Planet alike - it was rightly judged to live the best edifice of the yesteryear 175 years inwards a nationwide [RIBA] poll."
[UPDATE: I've later learned that the windows of the room on burn downwardly inwards the paradigm to a higher identify are the shallow bay windows of the iconic Macintosh Library which was constructed of woods together with contained wooden slice of furniture designed yesteryear Mackintosh. This article inwards the Telegraph confirms the harm together with 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 salve building
The burn downwardly broke out at midday yesterday - only every bit the lastly twelvemonth students were erecting their marking shows inside the building.
Eyewitnesses said the burn downwardly appeared to accept started when a projector exploded inwards the basement of the edifice on Renfrew Street inwards the metropolis centre.
BBC News
Reports indicated the burn downwardly started inwards the basement together with spread upward through the westward fly of the edifice to the roof - which every bit yous tin john run into from the screendump from a BBC video has been real severely damaged.
Eye witnesses feared that the whole westward fly of the former edifice has been lost, including the irreplaceable Mackintosh library together with the Hen Run, a famous corridor running along the roof which linked the westward together with due east wing.
First edifice 1899, minute Building 1909 
Architect: Charles Rennie Mackintosh
The expert tidings is that everybody was got out safely together with in that location accept been no casualties.

Plus the burn downwardly service has later announced what has been saved.
"With the incident nether command indications are the firefighters' efforts accept ensured to a greater extent than than 90% of the construction is feasible together with protected upward to 70% of the contents - including many students' work."
What I produce know from fires is that what isn't destroyed yesteryear burn downwardly tin john easily live damaged beyond repair yesteryear the amounts of H2O required to divulge a real tearing burn downwardly every bit this ane manifestly was.

It remains to live seen what has survived together with what volition require reinstatement. Surely in that location can't live whatever enquiry but that this Grade Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Listed edifice must live reinstated?

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

Besides beingness a wonderful building, this is also an fantabulous School of Art. Three of the electrical current four nominees for the Turner Prize 2014 are graduates of the Glasgow School of Art every bit accept been many inwards the yesteryear - run into Graduates of Glasgow School of Art dominate Turner Prize nominees

Initially in that location were fears that all the run for lastly twelvemonth marking shows - together with assessment for their degrees - had been lost but the province of affairs is forthwith unclear. However a real reassuring message was sent to students
Students should non trouble organisation themselves nigh finishing run at this stage. Further data on assessment, marking exhibit together with graduation volition live issued every bit before long every bit possible.
To run into something of what may accept been lost or damaged I looked through the internet.

Let's promise every bit much of this every bit possible has been saved or tin john live reinstated


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

Another burn downwardly every bit marking shows assembled


The burn downwardly had potent echoes of the burn downwardly at the Pratt Institute inwards New York - ane time to a greater extent than every bit graduates were assembling their lastly marking shows. This is what I wrote on this weblog dorsum inwards 2011.
The Pratt Institute in New York had a major burn downwardly inwards Feb 2011 inwards its master copy edifice which took nearly 170 firefighters to extinguish. It destroyed the studios of the Fine Art Seniors together with their artwork for their senior projects which many volition accept spent months on. You tin john run into pictures of the blaze on their Facebook page. Lots of people accept rallied to the back upward of the students who lost their fine art supplies every bit good every bit their artwork.
Art supplies including brushes, canvases together with other tools accept been donated yesteryear a make of fine art render stores, including Utrecht together with Daler-Rowney, Pratt spokeswoman Jolene Travis said. More than 3,000 brushes accept come upward in. The option also includes personal contributions from faculty, Travis said, including some “used, real well-cared for together with loved brushes tied inwards ribbons.”
Hopefully, the fine art materials together with fine art supplies people inwards the United Kingdom of Great Britain together with Northern Ireland of Britain together with Northern Republic of Ireland volition inquire the Glasgow School of Art what they tin john produce to aid replenish whatever losses of fine art supplied yesteryear the students.

 Why non choke on an optic on the data for students page, together with if it appears they accept sustained losses of kit together with materials, why non acquire 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 laissez passer on them a 'like' or a 'follow' yesteryear agency of support?

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