Renfield Lane, the site of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Daily Record Building, is such a narrow passageway that photography of the building is very restricted.
The drawing, left, shows the building as it would have looked if it could be viewed in its entirety.
Various elements of the completed structure can be viewed looking upwards from the lane. Fortunately you can still capture photographic images of Mackintosh's detailing and his innovative use of materials in the various parts of the frontage .
The dome which Mackintosh intended to be placed on top of the water tower was never constructed. It would have been similar to the dome on the Glasgow Herald Building but it could never have been spotted from street level.

View of Renfield Lane showing narrow area available to view Daily Record Building

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Perspective view of Daily Record Building, Renfield Lane

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Figurative tree formed by variations in brickwork reaching towards the top of Daily Record Building

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Mackintosh's use of glazed bricks in exterior of Daily Record Building

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Entrance to the Daily Record Building, Renfield Lane

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Close-up view of carved stonework at Daily Record Building, Renfield Lane

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Contrasting building materials used in Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Daily Record Building

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Reflection across Renfield Lane in window of Daily Record Building, Glasgow

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View of tower of Daily Record building from the west

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Three-storey portion of Daily Record Building where it joins the six-storey structure

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Lower part of three-storey portion of Daily Record Building abutting the six-storey structure

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View of Daily Record Building after dark

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Rennie Mackintosh - Architect   Lighthouse   Scotland Street School   House for an Art Lover   Martyrs School   Hill House, Helensburgh   Obituary to CRM -1928

Rennie Mackintosh - Designer   Queen's Cross Church   Glasgow School of Art   Willow Tea Rooms   Daily Record Building   Ruchill Church Hall   Gaudi and Mackintosh

 

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