Glasgow School of Art will be rebuilt

The good news is that that Mackintosh Building at Glasgow School of Art will be rebuilt.

Model of Glasgow School of Art - Mackintosh Building

Below is essentially a summary of what's being reported elsewhere following the announcement by Tom Inns, the School's Director on Tuesday.

1. “We’re going to rebuild the Mackintosh building." - but part of it is unstable and will be dismantled
2. Building was insured and rebuild costs will be covered by insurers
3. c.50% fixtures and fittings were in storage at time of fire
4. A detailed digital model was developed as part of the work done after the last fire. This now provides an immense amount of data about every aspect of the building and how things were
5. The process of dismantling the building and removing dangerously unstable sections began on Tuesday afternoon
6. Kier Construction has now "concluded its relationship with the art school". Their statement that adequate fire safety strategy was in place has been 'professionally checked" by school
7. An ongoing investigation by the Scottish fire and rescue service will determine what really happened to start the second fire - and why it burned out the entire school.

Articles containing variations on the theme that it will be rebuilt are listed below

The Guardian

• Mackintosh building will be rebuilt, says Glasgow School of Art director
• Glasgow School of Art must be rebuilt – with no corners cut

Dezeen: 

• David Chipperfield joins calls for Glasgow School of Art to be rebuilt
• Glasgow School of Art "will be rebuilt" says school's director

BBC: Glasgow School of Art dismantling to take eight weeks