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| Robbie Coltrane to open new Glasgow School of Art building | Robbie Coltrane to open new Glasgow School of Art building |
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| Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane will help open a new £30m building at Glasgow School of Art (GSA) later. | Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane will help open a new £30m building at Glasgow School of Art (GSA) later. |
| The Reid Building, designed by US architect Steven Holl, is named after GSA's first female director Dame Seona Reid, who stepped down in 2013. | The Reid Building, designed by US architect Steven Holl, is named after GSA's first female director Dame Seona Reid, who stepped down in 2013. |
| It is equipped with studios, a gallery and new visitor centre. | It is equipped with studios, a gallery and new visitor centre. |
| Harry Potter star Coltrane will be joined at the opening ceremony by more than 2,000 past and current students, staff and friends of GSA. | Harry Potter star Coltrane will be joined at the opening ceremony by more than 2,000 past and current students, staff and friends of GSA. |
| A new choral work, Making it New, with music by composer Ken Johnston and words from Scotland's Makar, and former GSA student, Liz Lochhead, will be premiered at the event. | A new choral work, Making it New, with music by composer Ken Johnston and words from Scotland's Makar, and former GSA student, Liz Lochhead, will be premiered at the event. |
| Scottish writer and broadcaster Muriel Gray, a former student and current chairwoman of the GSA board of directors, will sing in the performance. | Scottish writer and broadcaster Muriel Gray, a former student and current chairwoman of the GSA board of directors, will sing in the performance. |
| A specially created Rube Goldberg machine - a contraption named after the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and inventor who created outlandishly complicated mechanisms to perform relatively simple tasks - will also be unveiled. | A specially created Rube Goldberg machine - a contraption named after the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and inventor who created outlandishly complicated mechanisms to perform relatively simple tasks - will also be unveiled. |
| The machine will feature helium-filled balloons, unfurling banners, two mice, an ascent up a "driven void", a GSA library book "domino rally" and a special contribution from one of the GSA cleaners. | The machine will feature helium-filled balloons, unfurling banners, two mice, an ascent up a "driven void", a GSA library book "domino rally" and a special contribution from one of the GSA cleaners. |
| The new building, part of a £50m project funded by the Scottish Funding Council, replaces the former Foulis Building and Newbery Tower on Renfrew Street. | |
| It sits opposite the GSA's iconic main building, designed by internationally-renowned architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh. | It sits opposite the GSA's iconic main building, designed by internationally-renowned architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh. |
| The School of Art building, completed in 1909, is widely regarded as his finest work. | The School of Art building, completed in 1909, is widely regarded as his finest work. |