GSA's New Building nears completion

After dropping my wife off at work this morning I managed to take a quick shot of the east elevation of the new Glasgow School of Art Building. Sitting directly opposite the world famous Mackintosh Building, the new building is nearing completion and will be officially opened in April.

Designed by the leading US architect Steven Holl in partnership with Glasgow-based JM Architects, the Reid Building is one of the most significant buildings under construction in the UK.

The £50m building replaces the Foulis Building and Newbery Tower, which were no longer fit for purpose, and is phase one of the campus developments at Glasgow School of Art.

The new building will significantly enhance the teaching, learning and research facilities available to GSA students and staff and the access the public will have to their work. Inspired by Charles Rennie Mackintosh's inventive manipulation of the building section to introduce and deploy light in a tremendous variety of inspiring and successful ways, the new design complements its neighbour, but moves forward using a new language of light.

I am sure this will be the first of many shots of this building.