Glasgow School Of Art, 167 Renfrew Street, Glasgow

The Glasgow School of Art, located at 167 Renfrew Street in Glasgow, was designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in collaboration with Honeyman and Keppie. The E section was completed in 1897, followed by the W section from 1907 to 1909. This building showcases Art Nouveau architecture and consists of two storeys and a basement, with a four-storey return and south elevations.

The northeast elevation facing Renfrew Street features eight bays arranged in a 3-1-4 pattern, with a single bay entrance at the top of steps that leads to a glazed basement area. The entrance is adorned with a sculpted architrave and a stylised cornice that is raised in the centre, displaying an insignia. To the left of the entrance is a canted window with multiple geometric glazing bars. A first-floor balcony with a wrought-iron balustrade sits above a segmental-headed pediment that crowns a two-light window. To the left, there is another canted window with independent eaves, and a narrow loop window above a recessed second-floor window, which is framed by a parapet. The outer bays feature plain double-height windows with glazing bars and a bold eaves cornice.

The east elevation facing Dalhousie Street has a shaped parapet wall at No. 11. It includes a door with a block lintel and a fanlight above, as well as a central canted oriel that projects at the second and third floors, featuring varied windows set in deep reveals. This elevation rises to a corniced turret at the eaves. The basement and ground floor windows are plain, while the first floor has a bipartite window with a segmental pediment above it. The second floor has two windows with linked, bowed cills.

The west elevation facing Scott Street consists of six bays. The polished ashlar basement and ground and upper floors are in three west bays, while the rest is made of snecked rubble. A wrought-iron grille covers the sub-basement. The entrance features a shaped parapet wall and a boldly stepped architrave. The ground floor has projecting stylised oriel windows with leaded lights, and the three south bays contain tall narrow leaded windows that light the library, with canted, partially glazed sections above.

On the rear elevation, the southwest return has partly recessed leaded windows on the ground floor, with an ashlar-dressed central section above. This section features a centrally glazed overhanging, corbelled corridor. The boundary wall includes piers and wrought-iron railings.

Inside, the building retains original Glasgow School detailing throughout, with the library on the west side featuring original fittings and furniture.