House for an Art Lover

House for an Art Lover
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General information
TypeHouse
Architectural styleArt Nouveau
LocationGlasgow, Scotland
Construction started1989
Completed1996
Design and construction
ArchitectCharles Rennie Mackintosh of initial drawings in 1901
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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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