After 50 years of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society, the architect's buildings are still at riskThe Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society was born of necessity.
"Mackintosh was relatively unknown, beyond other architects and designers and as well as saving his buildings, the society's aim was to start spreading the word about him around the world."Martyrs Street School survived, as did Queen's Cross church and Scotland Street School which, although outside the motorway ring, looked likely to be affected.
"1990 was a huge turning point in terms of tourism," he says. "We suddenly had tourists and we created a market for Mackintosh, someone who is here every day of the week, every week of the year and every year for the last 50 years."They managed to find £565m for Commonwealth Games which lasted 11 days, so think about the kind of impact investing in Mackintosh could have.
But its thousand members, who come from across the world, can't rest on their laurels. They believe there's as much need for the society today as there was 50 years ago. One of Mackintosh's most celebrated buildings, it was also unusual in being a work of art which was also a working art school. It was damaged by fire in 2014, and was close to reopening after restoration when it was devastated by a second fire in 2018.
The building had various changes of ownership and use over the years, including a spell as a department store. It was purchased in 2014 by the Willow Tea Rooms Trust to prevent the sale of the building and loss of the contents to collectors.
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