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Art school sees the light

The first glimpse of one of the main architectural features of the new £50 million Glasgow School of Art building can now be seen in its extensive construction site.

THE PAST: How the site looked as work began. THE FUTURE: An artist's impression of how the finished building will look.
THE PAST: How the site looked as work began. THE FUTURE: An artist's impression of how the finished building will look.
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Stephen Holl's design for the new building, opposite the Mackintosh Building in Garnethill, involves three "driven voids of light".

Two of these shafts are now in evidence on the construction site, whose main contractor is Sir Robert McAlpine.

The voids of light will allow natural light to permeate throughout the new building.

Also visible in the large building site are massive yellow braces to shore the sides of the 40ft-deep hole.

The new building is due to open next year.

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