The architecture of Charles Rennie Mackintosh is featuring in the press again as his seven bedroom property ‘Windyhill’ is for sale, a new visitor centre is planned at the Willow Tearooms and RIBA London currently have a retrospective (with an AHRC funded online archive also being launched).
Windyhill in Kilmacolm (around 15 miles from Glasgow) was designed for a wealthy merchant in 1900, and is currently for sale at the value of £3 million. The Herald reports that there is a call for the ‘museum quality’ home to be purchased for the nation.
The Guardian recently reported on the RIBA exhibition which is a retrospective of Mackintosh’s work, featuring original drawings including unrealized work, and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funded project to provide an online archive of drawings and papers relating to his work has been launched.
This week it was also announced that a new visitor centre is planned at the Willow Tearooms in Glasgow, in a joint venture between the Willow Tearooms Trust and the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) which will also include additional new community spaces.
Read the Herald article on the call to buy Windyhill
View the listing for Windyhill
See The Guardian article on ‘Mackintosh retrospective’
RIBA retrospective exhibition information
