Glasgow, University Avenue, University Of Glasgow, Hunterian Art Gallery And Mackintosh House
Art Gallery (19th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, University Avenue, University Of Glasgow, Hunterian Art Gallery And Mackintosh House
Classification Art Gallery (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 82 Hillhead Street; Mackintosh House
Canmore ID 147458
Site Number NS56NE 987
NGR NS 56870 66790
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/147458
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS56NE 987 56870 66890
Hunterian Art Gallery [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, November 2009.
ARCHITECT: William Whitfield 1972
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Beaten aluminium doors by Eduardo Paolozzi, 1977. Founding collection includes works by Rembrandt, Chardin, and Stubbs. Features a collection of the paintings, pastels, and prints of James McNeil Whistler. Graphics collection holds 30,000 prints.The Mackintosh House reconstructs interiors of C R and Margaret Mackintosh's second house at 78 Southpark Avenue, demolished during building of the University refectory (see NS56NE 985), and incorporates furniture from an earlier house at Main Street and at Windyhill.
C McKean, D Walker, F A Walker 1989; University of Glasgow 2001.
Publication Account (1997)
A Kahn-like reversal of the 'service core' principle inspired this densely clustere, castle-like outcrop, which crowns the skyline of the University's Hillhead extension area. Variegated concrete service towers congregate around the outside of the building, leaving internal areas exceptionally uncluttered. The low, massive Art Gallery, incorporating a reconstruction of Mackintosh's demolished house, was added later at the foot of the library wing. (Fig. 4.52).
Information from 'Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75', (1997).
