Zaha Hadid

b. 31.10.1950 d. 31.05.2016

Born in Iraq the contemporary architect Zaha Hadid has completed works all over the world and her practice continue to operate after death. As the first woman to win the Pritzker architecture prize Dame Zaha Hadid is and will remain a leading figure in architecture.

 

Daily Record Building

DSC05171Daily Record Building – Charles Rennie Mackintosh – 1901

The Daily Record building was originally designed for the purposes of printing newspapers with office space above. I was quite shocked to see such an amazing and beautiful building down such a narrow backstreet alley. I had a good look at the building and took some photos, although it was hard to take a good photo due to the narrow proximity of the lane.

dsc05172.jpgThe building is now a cafe called Stereo but if there ever were any Mackintosh interiors they have long since been removed.