There was a major step forward in the restoration of the Mackintosh Building today, Tuesday 31 March 2015, as The Glasgow School of Art announced the appointment of a design team led by Page Park Architects. The appointment was made following presentations by a shortlist of five practices earlier this month. The Glasgow-based architects have an extensive track record in both restoring and reinvigorating major historic buildings. They have also worked across the spectrum of Mackintosh’s designs from the domestic at the Hillhouse, through commercial at the former Glasgow Herald offices – now the Lighthouse, to his finest cultural and academic work at the School of Art itself – as lead designers for the Heritage Lottery Fund supported Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2007-9) “The team assembled by Page Park Architects impressed us not only with their deep knowledge of the building, but of the wider work of Charles Re

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