# Mackintosh School of Architecture

> school at the Glasgow School of Art

**Wikidata**: [Q6724551](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6724551)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackintosh_School_of_Architecture)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/mackintosh-school-of-architecture

## Summary
The Mackintosh School of Architecture is the architecture school of the Glasgow School of Art. It is an academic unit located in Scotland, United Kingdom, established in 1970 and classified as a university-level institution in the provided records.

## Key Facts
- Inception/founding year: 1970.  
- Parent institution: Glasgow School of Art (described as a school at the Glasgow School of Art).  
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom.  
- Instance classification: recorded as an instance of "university."  
- International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI): recorded values include 0000000122905351 and 0000000404363351.  
- Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) identifier: 135952192.  
- Freebase identifier: /m/026z1k9.  
- Ringgold identifier: 192336.  
- Library of Congress authority ID: no95039149.  
- Yale Lux identifier: group/6421ac0e-9d46-43aa-a072-5499311d63a7.  
- Wikipedia title and language presence: article titled "Mackintosh School of Architecture" with pages in English, Spanish, and Korean.  
- Sitelink count (Wikidata): 3.

## FAQs
### Q: What is the Mackintosh School of Architecture?
A: It is the architecture school affiliated with the Glasgow School of Art, recorded as an academic/university-level institution located in Scotland, United Kingdom.

### Q: When was the Mackintosh School of Architecture founded?
A: The institution's inception is recorded as 1970.

### Q: Where is the Mackintosh School of Architecture located?
A: The school is located in Scotland, in the United Kingdom.

### Q: How is the Mackintosh School of Architecture represented in library and authority databases?
A: It appears in multiple authority and identifier systems, including ISNI (0000000122905351; 0000000404363351), VIAF (135952192), Ringgold (192336), Freebase (/m/026z1k9), and the Library of Congress (no95039149).

## Why It Matters
The Mackintosh School of Architecture is the designated architecture school within the Glasgow School of Art, situating it as the institutional hub for architecture education and practice within that parent organisation. Its formal inception date (1970) and presence in multiple international authority files and identifiers indicate formal recognition and traceability across library, academic, and cultural databases. That presence facilitates discoverability for researchers, prospective students, librarians, and cultural institutions. As an entity recorded as a university-level institution in the United Kingdom and located in Scotland, the school occupies a clear administrative and geographic identity that matters for academic credentialing, archival control, and institutional collaboration. Its representation across Wikipedia in multiple languages further supports international visibility. For anyone researching architecture education providers, institutional histories, or conducting authority-controlled cataloguing, these verified identifiers and the clear parent‑institution relationship provide essential, verifiable metadata.

## Notable For
- Being the architecture school affiliated with the Glasgow School of Art.  
- Official inception recorded in 1970.  
- Presence in multiple international authority databases (ISNI, VIAF, Ringgold, Library of Congress).  
- Recognized and indexed on Wikipedia in at least three languages (English, Spanish, Korean).

## Body

### Identity and Classification
- Official name (Wikidata/Wikipedia title): Mackintosh School of Architecture.  
- Described in source material as "school at the Glasgow School of Art."  
- Classified as an instance of "university" in the provided structured properties.

### Location and Parent Institution
- Located in Scotland.  
- Country listed as the United Kingdom.  
- Operates as part of the Glasgow School of Art (parent institution relationship explicitly stated).

### Founding / History (recorded data)
- Inception year: 1970 (recorded with provenance metadata in the provided dataset).

### Authority and Identifiers
- ISNI values: 0000000122905351; 0000000404363351.  
- VIAF ID: 135952192.  
- Freebase ID: /m/026z1k9.  
- Ringgold ID: 192336.  
- Library of Congress authority ID: no95039149.  
- Yale Lux ID: group/6421ac0e-9d46-43aa-a072-5499311d63a7.

### Digital and Catalog Presence
- Wikipedia entry title: Mackintosh School of Architecture.  
- Wikipedia languages noted: English (en), Spanish (es), Korean (ko).  
- Wikidata sitelink count: 3.

### Metadata and Provenance Notes
- Multiple identifier systems provide cross-references used for cataloguing and authority control.  
- Structured properties include provenance tags for some identifiers and the inception date (as provided in the source dataset).

## References

1. Aligned ISNI and Ringgold identifiers for institutions
2. Virtual International Authority File