Drawings from the Charles Rennie Mackintosh archive

beautiful drawings by a timeless architect and designer. m.

The drawings showcase “Mackintosh’s exceptional draughtsmanship,” Robertson said, and were often produced as publicity material for the architect and his firm. Mackintosh was an employee of Glasgow firm Honeyman and Keppie from 1889, working his way up from draughtsman to partner before leaving in 1913 to launch his own practice.

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Proposed Penn Station Expansion by SOM

it’s fantastic to see yet another push to redesign penn station. let’s hope this time it sticks. m.

US architecture firm SOM has released new images of the proposed Moynihan Train Hall expansion at New York’s Pennsylvania Station, which would turn an old post office into a grand waiting room for Amtrak.

The 486,000-square-foot (45,000-square-metres) hall would feature a curved glass roof set inside the 1903 Farley Post Office building, originally designed by McKim, Mead & White.

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