Watch Mackintosh’s hill house now open for visit
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The exotic domestic piece of art by Charles Rennie Mackintosh will soon be available for the public to watch it after the work is completed but now that is encapsulated in a box just to protect it.
The drastic rain and winds affected the Hill House in Helensburgh and now it was encapsulated in a box to protect and renovate it.point 437 |
It was destroyed from inside and outside.point 35 | The owners of this Hill House The national trust for Scotland says that they have tried to save it and this method is an innovative one.point 146 | They decided to reopen it on 8th June.point 177 | 1
This Hill House was exclusively designed and built-in 1904. The owner who is known as Mackintosh built this Hill House for a publisher hailing from Glasgow and his named is Walter Blackie. As it was built by a famous architecture so it was depicted as a perfect house.
The fittings and aura of this Hill House were considered as a domestic house and Mackintosh did an amazing effort to design it. It was considered and said as a “home for future”. But now due to rain and winds, it got affected and was destroying thus it was protected and was put in a box.
The Owners aim that this house will be protected by the box which will not allow the water to penetrate into it.point 222 |
As portland cement was used it the making of this house due to which water penetrated in the sandstone.point 85 | Moreover, the winds deteriorated the walls.point 123 | All these conditions were a threatening effect on the survival of Hill House.point 188 | 1
With the protection of the box, this house is covered but due to the transparent box, it is visible as well.point 407 |
The box has a steel roof with a sheet attached on it.point 42 | due to which it gets support and stands still.point 80 | Owing to this box only 13% of rain will enter the house but due to airy nature, it will dry out.point 156 | It will be visible to the public even during conservation.point 205 | 1
Along with walkways and roofs on the upper level, a cafe is also designed for the public who will come as visitors and the project will cost almost 4.5 million pounds.
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