Mackintosh building Fire!

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pirx pilot

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23/05/2014 10:07 pm

Just saw this on the BBC website!! There may be some lessons here in the necessity of adding modern fire protection to old buildings. And lessons in how even contemporary equipment "exploding projector", can fail and lead to disasters.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-27541883

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Honus_Wenger

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24/05/2014 4:45 am

Super sad
I had the privilege of having my painting studio in that building. Someone said it right, "the building has a soul."

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SDR

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24/05/2014 8:18 am

What a terrible
shame. And at a particularly bad time for the students . . .
A newly-constructed building for the school was recently completed, in the next block.

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mafbail

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24/05/2014 1:29 pm

A tragedy
The good news, if it can be called that, is that the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is reporting that 90% of the building and 70% of the contents have been saved. Also the building has been subject of a detailed 3D survey, so records are available to put it back the way it was.

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Robert Leach

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24/05/2014 11:14 pm

Just Released
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http://gsapress.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/statement-from-muriel-gray-on-sta...

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Mark

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24/05/2014 11:28 pm

My goodness!
Tragic indeed.
Your Aunt Mark

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Killian

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24/05/2014 11:44 pm

Thanks Robert,
Nice piece by Muriel thanks for sharing.

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Robert Leach

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25/05/2014 1:01 am

for anyone overseas
that is unaware of our loss:
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/interactive/2011/sep/09/glasgow-...

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NULL NULL

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26/05/2014 2:01 am

I'm in shock.
My family comes from Glasgow, and, years ago while in Scotland, I was fortunate to visit the art school. It was a truly magnificent building rich with design. I am hoping that some of the building's interior and its contents have indeed been saved but with all that wood and paper.....

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