Scotland Street School (Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom) : Boys stairs, detail

Creator:

Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh, British architectural firm, 1904-1913
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie, 1868-1928

Published/Created:

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
1904-1906

Date Depicted:

2007
1900 AD - 1949 AD

Materials:

Red sandstone

Notes:

In the twin stair towers of Scotland Street School (1904-1906) Mackintosh left a void between the curved outer screen of glass and the staircase, two elements that were later united by Walter Gropius in the Fagus Factory (1911), Alfeld-an-der-Leine, Germany. At Scotland Street the separation permits an uninterrupted upward view through each tower to the traditional carpentry supporting the conical roof. The towers and the tall ranges of windows between them have their sources in the 16th-century Falkland Palace, Fife, which Mackintosh sketched (U. Glasgow, Hunterian A.G.). The school closed in 1979; building is now a museum of school education.

Variant Titles:

Scotland Street School Museum

Topics:

Architecture -- Britain -- 19th century -- (YVRC)
Architecture -- Scotland -- 19th century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Twentieth century

Culture:

British
Scottish

Accession Number:

1A1-MCR-SSS-J40

Genre:

architecture (AAT)
schools (buildings) (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

interior architecture; Education; Museology Art Nouveau; Glasgow style; Scottish Baronial ; Twentieth century buildings; exhibition buildings; museums; buildings; institutional buildings; schools (buildings)

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Addition Module Five

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
2007

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

4090

OID:

10053919

PID:

digcoll:1830637