Conversation with Mackintosh: An addition to a Scottish landmark engages the old architecture with design strategies that sometimes complement and sometimes contrast with the original building.
Building directly opposite Charles Rennie Mackintosh's famed Glasgow School of Art, as Steven Holl has done, is simultaneously a plum job and the commission from hell. Mackintosh's school (1897-1909) is the building where Arts and Crafts met Art Nouveau, incorporating modern construction techniques while channelling the historic Scottish Baronial style. It is such a rich, clever, eccentric building, a touchstone for so many architects. But the problem is the same as the opportunity. In this exalted company, the critical eyes of the world are bound to draw comparisons.
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