Cooper Gibson-Blog 2 (post 4) Charles Rennie Mackintosh

The last work of Mackintosh that i chose was the Willow Tearooms. It opened in 1903 and quickly gained massive fame and even now is regarded as the most famous tea room in Glasgow. After many changes of ownership and general deterioration the building was restored from 2014 to 2018. Mackintosh designed the exterior facade to blend in with the environment and buildings around it but also incorporated the ideas of Art Nouveau and the modern movement. Today the Tearooms serve a social service of creating employment, training, and support for the younger people and overall community. This work as well as the previous I covered have been a good experience, enhanced my knowledge, and was interesting to learn about someone very renowned but would not have known about normally.

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