House for an Art Lover, Glasgow

In 1901 Glasgow architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his artist wife Margaret MacDonald entered a Germany-based competition to design a 'Grand Residence for an Art Lover'. Their entry was disqualified as incomplete but the couple submitted the missing perspectives and their design was awarded a purchase prize meaning that their portfolio of plans together with the second and third prize winners entries was circulated throughout Europe. That no first prize was awarded has lead many people since that time to surmise that Mackintosh & MacDonald would have one the competition if they had submitted a complete proposal by the required deadline.

In 1987 Glasgow civil engineer Graham Roxburgh had developed an idea to build a house based on the 1901 competition plans in Bellahouston Park, Glasgow. By 1990 the exterior and much of the interior was complete but recession in the Nineties delayed the project until 1994 when it was revived by collaboration between Glasgow City Council and the Glasgow School of Art (Mackintosh's finest building IMHO) creating the House for an Art Lover.

It isn't deco. Art Nouveau or plainly just Charles Rennie Mackintosh & Margaret MacDonald but one thing for sure, it is stunning and well worth a visit.

Reference:
House for an Art Lover website