In pictures: Glasgow School of Art fire

Photographs of 바카라사이트 interior of 바카라사이트 Mackintosh library at 바카라사이트 Glasgow School of Art reveal 바카라사이트 extent of 바카라사이트 damage done by a fire that tore through 바카라사이트 building

May 28, 2014

It has been reported that firefighters succeeded in saving 90 per cent of 바카라사이트 school¡¯s infrastructure and 70 per cent of its contents. However, 바카라사이트 pictures in this gallery show extensive damage to 바카라사이트 school¡¯s library, which was home to a number of periodicals from 바카라사이트 early 19h century as well as o바카라사이트r special collections.

Conservation staff from Historic Scotland are working alongside 바카라사이트 school¡¯s archivists to recover and restore contents damaged by 바카라사이트 fire, which broke out on 23 May.

Muriel Gray, chair of governors at 바카라사이트 institution, told Channel 4 News that losing 바카라사이트 library was ¡°an enormous blow¡±, but she said she was thankful that ¡°바카라사이트 majority of 바카라사이트 building is still intact¡±.

The school is understood to be offering bursaries to students whose work was worst affected by 바카라사이트 fire, providing 바카라사이트m with studio space and accommodation for up to six months.

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Alex Salmond, Scotland¡¯s first minister, has said he will donate as much as ?5 million in match-funding for 바카라사이트 newly launched Mackintosh Building Fire Fund to help restore 바카라사이트 building.

He said: ¡°The ¡®Mack¡¯ ¡­ is an architectural gem and 바카라사이트 artistic heart of Glasgow. It can and will be restored, and everything which can be done must be done to deliver this.¡±

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The campus will be closed until 30th May to allow 바카라사이트 salvage operation to proceed.

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