Mackintosh Legacy,The lighthouse art gallery, Glasgow, Scotland,UK

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Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
H9PM2XFile size:
38.4 MB (1.3 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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4416 x 3036 px | 37.4 x 25.7 cm | 14.7 x 10.1 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
24 November 2016Location:
11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow G1 3NUMore information:
. Recorded at 11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow G1 3NU in 2016, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The subject captured here is Mackintosh Legacy, The lighthouse art gallery, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. The wider scene also brings together everyday life, adaptive reuse, changing land use, archival record, public realm, built heritage, conservation interest, conservation architecture, changing streetscape, period architecture, social history, period detail, architectural detail, and before-and-after reference. Today's relevance is strengthened by energy retrofit, tourism and the continuing question of the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility. Future viewers can use this scene from 11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow G1 3NU to compare equipment and working practice with whatever follows after refurbishment. Other useful contextual ideas include heritage landmark, period building, historic streetscape, visual archive, community identity, historical comparison, place identity, and local character. The recorded references to Mackintosh, lighthouse, Scotland, gallery, and Glasgow preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at 11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow G1 3NU matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The wider significance includes energy retrofit and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility when considered against later change at 11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow G1 3NU. Another strand within the photograph is heritage conservation and the value of architectural landmarks to local identity and tourism without losing the local specificity of 11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow G1 3NU. The period view preserves a point of historical comparison before later change alters the scene.