Historic houses · Central Scotland
House for an Art Lover
In or near Glasgow.
Mackintosh's never-built 1901 design, finally realised in Glasgow in the 1990s.
Richard Webb — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Corkerhill · 1.3 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit House for an Art Lover, the nearest railway station is Corkerhill, which is 1.3 km away. The postcode is G41 4SN, and accessibility is limited for wheelchair users.
About
The House for an Art Lover in Glasgow's Bellahouston Park is the building Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed on paper for a 1901 German design competition — but never built. Constructed posthumously between 1989 and 1996 from his original drawings, the realised house is now the closest possible experience of Mackintosh's mature domestic vision: the Music Room, the Dining Room and the Oval Room are all completed to his original schemes. A working café, conference venue and gallery sit alongside the period rooms.
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From the Wikipedia article
The House for an Art Lover is an arts and cultural centre in Glasgow, Scotland. The building was constructed between 1989 and 1996 based on an original 1901 Art Nouveau house design by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife, Margaret MacDonald. The house is situated in Glasgow's Bellahouston Park, adjacent to Dumbreck, and sits east of the site of the Festival Tower of the Empire Exhibition, Scotland of 1938. The idea to actually build the house, eight decades later, from the Mackintosh designs of 1901 came from Graham Roxburgh {1936-2023), a consulting structural engineer in Glasgow. Looking for offices for his firm of Roxburgh & Partners, he had bought and rescued Craigie Hall, nearby at Rowan Road, Dumbreck and refurbished its Mackintosh interiors. Planning for the new House began in 1987. House for an Art Lover is a prominent example of Art Nouveau precursor of the Modern Style. It serves as a venue for art exhibitions and other events, as well as being itself a visitor attraction.
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Background
History
The house was originally designed for an open competition for an architectural design of a "Haus eines Kunstfreundes" (Art Lover's House), set by the German design magazine Zeitschrift für Innendekoration published by Alexander Koch. There were thirty six entries from across Europe, including two from Britain. Despite disqualification due to late entry and unfinished sketches, the Mackintosh portfolio of fourteen drawings was awarded a prize for its "pronounced personal quality, novel and austere form and the uniform configuration of interior and exterior". The proposed house, if the German magazine so decided, would have been constructed in Germany. Such house was never built. Thanks to…
Architecture
As with all of Mackintosh's works, the House is designed to be viewed as a whole. His work incorporated multiple styles and is a compilation of opposites. Inside the house traditional Victorian designs are juxtaposed with modern concepts, and displays the blending of masculine and feminine, natural forms with abstract thought, or simple concepts with complex designs. Mackintosh emphasized a need for architects and designers to be given greater freedom when expressing their ideas; and, this ability to create an independent design is visible in the structure and layout of the House for an Art Lover. While the House reflects the Mackintosh style, the building is a construction based on drafts…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 55.8338, -4.3147
- District
- Glasgow City
- Postcode
- G41 4SN
- Parliamentary constituency
- Glasgow South
- Established
- 1996
- Nearest railway station
- Corkerhill — 1.3 km
- Official site
- www.houseforanartlover.co.uk
Sources
- manual: house-for-an-art-lover (manual)
- wikipedia: House for an Art Lover (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 4Frequently asked questions
- Where is House for an Art Lover?
- House for an Art Lover is in central Scotland, United Kingdom (postcode G41 4SN).
- What is House for an Art Lover?
- Mackintosh's never-built 1901 design, finally realised in Glasgow in the 1990s.
- How do I get to House for an Art Lover?
- The nearest railway station is Corkerhill, about 1.3 km away. Drivers can use postcode G41 4SN.
- When was House for an Art Lover built?
- Built or established in 1996. Designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
- Who owns House for an Art Lover?
- House for an Art Lover is owned by | floor_area =.
- How do I get to House for an Art Lover?
- The nearest railway station is Corkerhill, about 1.3 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode G41 4SN.