GA Residential Masterpieces 11: Charles Rennie Mackintosh turns its lens on Hill House — the largest and most accomplished domestic work by Scotland's most celebrated architect, a building that distils Mackintosh's synthesis of Arts and Crafts sensibility and proto-modernist rigour into a single residence.
About This Book
Originally designed for publisher Walter Blackie, Hill House stands as the definitive statement of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's residential architecture — more complete, more resolved, and more demanding than any of his other domestic commissions. This richly illustrated volume in the GA Residential Masterpieces series gives the building the sustained visual attention it deserves, moving through the house with a detail and intimacy rarely afforded in broader surveys of Mackintosh's work. For architects and design historians drawn to the intersection of craft, ornament, and spatial invention, it is an essential document of one of Scotland's finest private homes.
Key Features
- 64 pages of detailed architectural photography and documentation of Hill House
- Notable case study: Hill House, designed for publisher Walter Blackie
- Published by Ada Edita, ISBN 9784871406369
What You'll Discover
- How Mackintosh's approach to domestic architecture differed from his better-known public and commercial work, including schools and tearooms
- The spatial and material qualities that distinguish Hill House as the largest and finest of his residential buildings
- The relationship between client and architect — Walter Blackie's brief and how it shaped the design outcome
- Why Mackintosh remains a pivotal figure in the history of modern design, extending well beyond his iconic furniture and jewellery
About the Author
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Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 64
- Dimensions: 260 x 360 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9784871406369
- Publisher: Ada Edita
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects and design historians with an interest in Arts and Crafts and early modernist residential architecture, Mackintosh scholars, and collectors of the GA Masterpieces series.