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The Artist's Cottage project is the realisation of three unexecuted designs by Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh (CRM). In 1901, Mackintosh produced two speculative drawings, ''An Artist's Cottage and Studio''〔The Hunterian, The University of Glasgow. (''Mackintosh Collection, cat no: GLAHA 41142-45. )''〕 and ''A Town House for an Artist''. He also drew three preliminary sketches titled, ''Gate Lodge, Auchinbothie, Kilmalcolm'',〔The Hunterian, The University of Glasgow. (''Mackintosh Collection, cat no: GLAHA 41860. )''〕〔The Hunterian, The University of Glasgow. (''Mackintosh Collection, cat no: GLAHA 41858. )''〕〔The Hunterian, The University of Glasgow. (''Mackintosh Collection, cat no: GLAHA 41859. )''〕 and the final drawing for the completed building.〔The Hunterian, The University of Glasgow. (''Mackintosh Collection, cat no: GLAHA 41861. )''〕 Ninety years later the architect Robert Hamilton Macintyre and his client, Peter Tovell, began work on the first of these unrealised domestic designs, ''The Artist's Cottage'', at Farr near Inverness, Scotland. ==An Artist's Cottage and Studio== Known as ''The Artist's Cottage'', CRM's ''An Artist's Cottage and Studio'' was built in the village of Farr by Inverness on an area of land to the south west of Achnabechan. The building consists of a two-storey cube with a single-storey wing enclosing a 'secret' walled garden. Excluding the east wing gable, all external walls have a 1.5 degree batter (incline on the outer face of the built wall). The plan footprint covers 230 square metres accommodating five en-suite bedrooms, a north-lit studio occupying half the first floor, a large roof terrace and public rooms appropriate for the scale of the building. Illustrations can be found on the RCAHMS Canmore site.〔Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), (The Artist's Cottage, Canmore ID 82860 )〕 With only exterior elevations and floor plans to work from,〔 the interiors were drawn from existing buildings of similar period and scale.〔Macintyre, Robert Hamilton. ''An Artist's Cottage and Studio (1990-92)'', drwg series: TOVL and DTL.〕 The ogee timber plate rack for example, a feature in the entrance vestibule, cloakroom, drawing room, dining hall and studio, was machined to the profile CRM used in Ruchill Church Hall. Exterior elements too, such as the artist blacksmith-work for the studio balcony and roof terrace, were fabricated to CRM's specifications for other buildings, and applied to his elevations of vertical chimney stacks set against battered walls punctured by deeply pierced openings (illus). The sculptural form of the completed building has been compared to some of CRM's contemporary and later drawings and watercolours, such as ''The Castle, Holy Island, 1901'' and ''Le Fort Maillert, 1927''.〔Macintyre, Robert Hamilton (Spring 1992). "An Artist's Cottage and Studio". ''CRM Society Newsletter'' (Glasgow), No 58, p5-8.〕 Macintyre, acting as 'job architect' for the project, consulted his colleague, Prof Andy MacMillan, for advice on the detailing. Coincidentally, MacMillan was consultant for another CRM design, ''The House for an Art Lover'' (1902), presently under construction at Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, a project initiated by Glasgow civil engineer, Graham Roxburgh. Macintyre, who studied at the Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow School of Art (and began his career in the Glasgow offices of ''Keppie, Henderson and Partners'', the successors to CRM's practice), later worked for ''Gillespie, Kidd and Coia'' alongside Andy MacMillan and Isi Metzstein. The Artist's Cottage was completed in 1992 to some considerable interest, with articles published by the CRM Society,〔 Country Life〔Hall, Michael (26 November 1992). "The Artist's Cottage, Inverness". ''Country Life'' (London), p34-37.〕 and others, along with numerous press reports〔Articles and press reports on the completion of ''The Artist's Cottage'' from a range of arts and architectural correspondents: * Love, Jim (5 May 1992). "Architect's 90-year dream comes true at Strathnairn". ''The Inverness Courier'' (Inverness). * Ogilvie-Laing, Gerald (6 November 1992). "Fatuous arguments". Letters to the editor, ''The Inverness Courier'' (Inverness). * McKean, Charles (26 April 1993). "New life for a modern masterpiece". ''The Scotsman'' (Edinburgh). * Pringle, Richard (July 1994). "Mackintosh 'dream' that became a reality". ''The Scotsman'' (Edinburgh). * Fraser, Douglas (19 July 1994). "Latter-day Mackintosh house for sale". ''The Scotsman'' (Edinburgh). * "Mackintosh house goes on sale". ''The Herald'' (Glasgow). 19 July 1994. * "Mackintosh dream home built". ''The Times'' (London). 8 August 1994. * de Courcy, Anne (13 August 1994). "The dream house that came to life". ''Daily Mail'' (London), p36-7. * Jarvie, Andrew (1994). "Mackintosh dream house on market". ''Press and Journal'' (Aberdeen). * Partridge, Chris (3 September 1994). "Property". ''The Daily Telegraph'' (London). * Cadogan, Gerald (3 September 1994). "Mackintosh lives again". ''Financial Times'' (London). * Pearman, Hugh (11 September 1994). "Posthumous modern". ''The Sunday Times'' (London). * Sinclair, Bill (14 September 1994). "The Mackintosh house that Charles Rennie didn't build". ''The Herald, Scotland's Homes'' (Glasgow), p1 and 22. * Wilcox, Caren (November 1994). 'Living design'. ''Scottish Field'' (Edinburgh), p48-9. * Gillilan, Lesley (31 December 1994). "Mackintoshes for sale". ''The Guardian'' (London). * Ross, John (25 April 1996). "How Mackintosh's dream became a modern family home". ''The Scotsman'' (Edinburgh), p18. * Waddell, Heather (25 May 1996). "New, original Mackintosh". ''The Times'' (London). * Robertson, Alastair (23 June 1996). "Dusting off old masters". ''The Sunday Times'' (London). * Bissell, Therese (August 1996). 'Ad at Large'. ''Architectural Digest'' (New York), p2. * Renshaw, Rosalind (December 1996). 'The Artist's Cottage'. ''Build It magazine'' (London), p6-14. * 'Piloti' (27 December 1996). "Nooks and Corners". ''Private Eye'' (London), No 914. * Brown, Beverley (1997). 'The Artist's Cottage and Studio'. ''Home Magazine'' (Glasgow), p19-23. * Deveney, Catherine (19 January 1997). "Shock of the old". ''Scotland on Sunday'' (Edinburgh). * Shields, Jenny (11 April 1997). "Self-starters home in on the future". ''The Mail'' (Scotland).〕 and TV, film and bibliography (see below). The house has been in continuous use as a private residence, passing from Peter and Maxine Tovell to Mr and Mrs van Kessel in 1999.〔"An Artist's Cottage and Studio". ''Bidwells'' (Perth), particulars. 1999, p1-16.〕 Throughout the five years following its completion The Artist's Cottage was made freely available to visitors by appointment and, on the solstice nights of 21 June 1996 and 1997, staged public art exhibitions, ''Midsummer Magic'', managed by The Scottish Fine Art Group.〔van Beelan, Sandie (27 June 1996). "Art group plan to show al fresco". ''Press and Journal'' (Aberdeen).〕 These showed the work of Mike Forbes as solo exhibitor in 1996,〔Love, Jim (28 June 1996). "Rabbits' heads make Mum's heart sink". ''The Inverness Courier'' (Inverness).〕 and a shared exhibition by Suzanne Gyseman and Alexander Berdysheff in 1997.〔"House of art - Alexander Berdysheff and Suzanne Gyseman". ''Press and Journal'' (Aberdeen). 20 June 1997.〕〔Love, Jim (24 June 1997). "Scottish art-lovers with Georgia on their mind". ''The Inverness Courier'' (Inverness).〕 Berdysheff's work was a pre-showing of his solo exhibition for the 1997 Edinburgh International Festival held at the Edinburgh College of Art from August 10 of that year.〔Macmillan, Duncan (August 1997). "Stock values". ''The Scotsman'' (Edinburgh).〕〔Hughes, Ralph (August 1997). "Edinburgh Festival shows". ''Galleries'' (London), p16.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Artist's Cottage project」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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