Glasgow 850 Talk - Ruairidh Moir: Two Buildings in Two Phases
Architect Ruairidh Moir considers Sir John James Burnet's Clyde Navigation Trust building and Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Glasgow School of Art in this talk as part of Glasgow 850.
About Glasgow 850 Talk - Ruairidh Moir: Two Buildings in Two Phases
Architect Ruairidh Moir looks at two major Glasgow buildings, both built at the same time and in two phases, but in contrasting styles, Sir John James Burnet’s Clyde Navigation Trust building and Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Glasgow School of Art.
Ruairidh studied and worked in both Glasgow and Barcelona. Founder of the architectural practice BARD, he tutors at the Strathclyde School of Architecture.
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