The "Architecture in Detail" series comprises books that focus on individualuildings noted for their exceptional character, innovative design orechnical virtuosity. Each volume contains a text by a respected author, aequence of colour and black-and-white photographs and a set of technicalrawings and working details.;One of the great works of Arts and Craftsrchitecture, the Glasgow School of Art is a synthesis of opposites: austerend delicate, dark and light, derivative yet innovative. While the toweringuter wall seems to echo the Scottish baronial tradition and the exteriormpression is one of imposing grandeur, the interior is a lively and complexet of spaces.