The following date-based events are associated with this building: |
| From | To | Event type | Notes |
| 1888 | | | Competition announced |
| 1891 | | | Competition entry by H & D Barclay |
| 1891 | | | Competition entry by Stark & Rowntree |
| 1892 | | | Competition entry by Keppie and Mackintosh submitted in final round |
| 1892 | | | Competition entry by J W Simpson and Milner Allen |
| 1892 | | | Final selection of designs made - J W Simpson and Milner Allen appointed |
| 1892 | | | Competition entry by John Wallace |
| 1892 | | Design exhibited | A N Prentice design - at RA |
| 1893 | | Design exhibited | Designs by T Manly Deane and Hunter & Morris exhibited at RA |
| 1894 | | | Sir Thomas Manly Deane competition design |
| 1901 | | | Building completed and opened as part of International Exhibition |
| 1914 | | | New south approaches |
| 1918 | | | New print room |
| After 1975 | | Plans drawn up | Street Lighting project |
The following books contain references to this building: |
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |
| Academy Architecture | 1892 | | | | p46 (A N Prentice's design) |
| Academy Architecture | 1893 | | | | p86 , no 787 (A N Paterson's design) |
| Academy Architecture | 1894 | | | | p96 Competition design, perspective view of interior of central hall (Deane design). H & D Barclay competition design p97 |
| Academy Architecture | 1898 | | part 1 | | p78 |
| Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts | 1893 | | | | 787 (A N Paterson design) |
| Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts | 1894 | | | | 870 (H & D Barclay design); 642 (Deane design); 874 (Morris & Hunter design) |
| Graves, Algernon | 1905 | The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of exhibitors and their works… | 1905-6 | London: Graves and Bell | 1892, no 1802 (Prentice); 1893, no 1682 (T M Deane); 1893, no 1528 (Morris & Hunter) |
| Harper, Roger H | 1983 | Victorian Architectural Competitions: An Index to British and Irish Architectural Competitions… | | London: Mansell Publishing | |
| RSA | 1895 | | | | 511 (Wallace design) |
| RSA | 1896 | | | | H & D Barclay design |
| Stark, David | 2004 | Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Co., 1854 to 2004 | | Glasgow: Stenlake Publishing Ltd | pp191-3 |
| Stevenson, D M, et al. | 1914 | Municipal Glasgow: its evolution and enterprises | | Glasgow: Corporation of the City of Glasgow | pp39-45 |
| Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p278 |
The following archives hold material relating to this building: |
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |
| Courtesy of Alexander Macgregor | Information sent to the Dictionary | | Sent April 2016 |
| Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 33071 | |
| Hunterian Museum | Mackintosh Collection | | Job book for new print room by Keppie |
| Keppie Design (David Stark) | Database of jobs by Honeyman and Keppie | | No 241 |
| RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | John Alfred Taylor Houston: F no1794 (microfilm reel 14) |
| Strathclyde Regional Archives | Glasgow Dean of Guild | | 1/5371, 1/2627 |