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of work by the Paris-trained tropical crops, one of the most
American painter, James McNeill interesting features is the Kibble
Whistler (1834–1903), who Palace. Built at Loch Long in
influenced so many of the the High lands by John Kibble,
Glasgow School painters. the glass palace was moved
to its present site in the early
1870s. It houses a collec tion of
carnivorous plants and tropical
orchids and the nation al
collection of tree ferns.

y People’s Palace
Glasgow Green. Tel (0141) 276 0788.
Open 10am–5pm Tue–Thu & Sat,
11am–5pm Fri & Sun. 7 8 - Distinctive Mackintosh piano in the Music
∑ glasgowlife.org.uk/museums Room, House for an Art Lover
This Victorian sandstone his partner Margaret Macdonald
structure was purpose-built in in response to a competition
1898 as a cultural museum for in a German mag azine in
the people of Glasgow’s East the summer of 1900. The
End. It houses everything from competition brief was to create
temperance tracts to trade- a country retreat for someone of
union banners, suffra gette elegance and taste who loved
posters to the comedian Billy the arts. As it was a theoretical
Whistler’s self-portrait Brown and Gold Connolly’s banana-shaped exercise, the couple were
(c.1895–1900), Hunterian Art Gallery boots, and thus provides a unrestrained by logistics or
social history of the city from budget and won a special prize
the 12th to the 20th century. A for their efforts. The plans lay
t Botanic Gardens superb conservatory con tains unused for over 80 years until
an exotic winter garden. consulting engineer Graham
Great Western Rd. Tel (0141) 276 1614. Roxburgh, who had worked on
Open 7am–dusk. 7 8 by appt. -
∑ glasgowbotanicgardens.com u House for an the refur bishment of other
Mackintosh interiors in Glasgow,
These gardens form a peace ful Art Lover decided to build the House for
space in the heart of the city’s an Art Lover. Work began in 1989
West End, by the River Kelvin. Bellahouston Park, 10 Dumbreck Rd. and was completed in 1996. The
Tel (0141) 353 4770. Open 10am–
Originally founded at another 4pm Mon, Tue & Thu, 10am–12:30pm House is host to a digital design
site in 1817, they were moved Wed & Fri–Sun. Closed regularly studio and post-graduate study
to the current location in 1839 during functions. & 7 8 by appt. centre for students at the
and opened to the public three - = ∑ houseforanartlover.co.uk Glasgow School of Art.
years later. Aside from the main The rooms on the main floor
range of greenhouses, with Plans for the House for an give a real insight into the vision
assorted displays inclu ding Art Lover were submitted by of Mackintosh and the artistic
palm trees and an area of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and talent of Macdonald. The Oval
Room is a beautifully propor-
tioned space in a single light
colour, meant as a tranquil
retreat for ladies, while the
Music Room and its centre piece
piano that is played to add to
the atmosphere is also bright
and inspiring. The Main Hall
leads into the Dining Room,
with its long table, sideboard
and relief stone fireplace. The
great attention to detail shown
throughout the House, in the
panelling, light fixtures and
other elements, is enormously
impressive. The exterior of the
building is also an extraordinary
One of the greenhouses in Glasgow’s peaceful Botanic Gardens achievement in art and design.

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