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Master’s students from the Mackintosh School of Architecture present Still Here: Stories that Shape Glasgow Project in the City 2026 – Values at Risk, a public exhibition exploring the past, present, and future of Glasgow’s historic buildings at risk.   Across the city, many buildings that once supported everyday life now stand underused or vacant. While often described as “at

Emelie Christina Fraser, a 2025 DipArch graduate from the Mackintosh School of Architecture’s (MSA) Stage 5 programme, has been awarded the RIAS Rowand Anderson Silver Medal for Best 5th Year Student in Scotland.  The winners of the 2025 awards were announced at the annual Andy MacMillan Memorial Lecture on Wednesday, 1 October at Civic House in Glasgow.  This is the

The next generation of global creatives takes centre stage at The Glasgow School of Art Postgraduate Degree Show 2025, presenting innovation and emerging technologies alongside traditional craft, fine art skills and socially responsive design. Running 29 August – 7 September in Glasgow, with a global digital showcase launching 28 August, the Postgraduate Degree Show 2025 is one of Scotland’s largest

Emelie Fraser, an MSA Stage 5 Mackintosh School of Architecture graduate, has won the £1,000 3DReid Student Prize 2025.  The prize was announced at an awards ceremony in Manchester on the 23rd July.  Emelie was recognised for her thought-provoking project “O Parque dos Mortos,” which explores the emotional and architectural dimensions of death, proposing cemeteries as spaces for reflection, healing,

At The Glasgow School of Art’s (GSA) Graduation today (11 July), two notable figures, both former undergraduates of the School, were awarded honorary doctorates in recognition of their outstanding contributions to fine art, design, and architecture.   Jasleen Kaur, artist and winner of the 2024 Turner Prize, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters. A GSA graduate in Silversmithing &

The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) Degree Show 2025 opens to the public from 30th May to 8th June across the GSA Glasgow Campus in Garnethill. The GSA’s Master of Fine Art Degree Show opens on 29 May to 8 June at The Glue Factory. The physical exhibition will be accompanied by an extensive digital showcase, which will be launched

The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) and the University of Rwanda (UoR) formally signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Kigali, on 29th April 2025, aimed at strengthening academic development, research capacity, and knowledge exchange across areas of mutual interest.   Building on nearly a decade of successful collaboration, the MoU marks a significant step in expanding the partnership between

  Rachel Crooks, who is a 2023 DipArch graduate from the MSA’s Stage 5 course, has been awarded the RIAS Rowand Anderson Silver Medal for Best 5th Year Student. The Royal Incorporated Architects of Scotland Awards, in tandem with Architecture & Design Scotland, bring together the five schools of architecture in Scotland to celebrate the continuing high standards of Scottish architecture.

  Portrait of Emma Burke Newman The friends, colleagues and family of Emma Burke Newman have launched the Residency for Ideas, an opportunity for Mackintosh School of Architecture students from The Glasgow School of Art, at key points in their study (Stage 3 or Stage 5), to explore their practice responding to the prompt:  ‘What is your practice? Who are you as an

3rd year Architecture student, Aurora Takami-Siljedahl, will use the award to research the work of Mackintosh in Glasgow and his contemporary, Josef Hoffmann, in Vienna Award has been established by the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society with support from the DSB Award   Images: Stained glass window at Mackintosh Queen’s Cross designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh (courtesy of Stuart Robertson) and the Dining