Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 'All in One' architect

Charles Rennie Mackintosh(1868~ 1928, Scotland) was an architect, furniture designer and also painter.

Normally he is categorized as an Art Nouveau architects with Antonio Gaudi and Victor Horta.

But also he is considered by many, to be the founder of 'modernist' architects.

His the most famous feature was that he designed everything in his building.

For instance interior, windows, doors, furnitures, lights, even paintings and stained glass.

Features -

- The use of symbolic rose and woman design

- The use of simple straight lines 

- Inspiration of traditional Scottish masonry and Japanese crafts

                                                      Charles Rennie Mackintosh

His buildings -

                                         Glasgow School of Art

House for an Art Lover

             Queen's Cross Church

Hill House

His Interiors -

                                    Interior of House for an Art Lover

           Mackintosh Library in Glasgow School of Art

                      Interior of dinning room in Mackintosh's house

Interior of bed room in Mackintosh's house

His furniture designs -

                                            

His paintings -

                                He even designed his own font

(all photographs are from google)

H.G. Kim