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Charles Rennie Mackintosh may have felt that his design plans in his native city of Glasgow were not fully appreciated in his lifetime (his approach of total design was not always popular with potential patrons) but the legacy of his work stands today in Glasgow as a powerful symbol of the regeneration the city has undergone in the last twenty years. From the Glasgow School of Art, where the young architect studied, to his charismatic House for an Art Lover on Glasgow Southside all the way up the Clyde to Hill House at Helensburgh, his influence on the region almost a century later remains, helping Glasgow to pack a cultural punch every bit as important as Edinburgh.

The Glasgow School of Art

Mackintosh studied at the Glasgow School of Art (and won a competition to enhance the design of it) and a tour of Mackintosh designs in Glasgow should start here. The building sits impressively at the top of a steep hill and is a good example of Mackintosh's belief that "construction should be decorated, and not decoration constructed" is exemplified here in a design that came into fruition on a limited budget. Characteristic Mackintosh signature design traits include the library with its chrome painting, geometric designs, mezzanine and glass book cases,

Location: 167 Renfrew Street

The Mackintosh Church — Queens Cross Church

Whilst Mackintosh was still a student, his first significant commission in 1896 was this dramatic church, dubbed "modern Gothic" by his contemporaries. Externally this is true but its design is more complex: the internal design is simple and spacious, with Mackintosh's haunting floral motifs visible on the windows. The Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society took the building for its headquarters in 1929.