Its smoke-blackened ceilings lit by builders' lamps, this is the charred Glasgow School of Art library nine months into a painstaking restoration. Opened in 1909, the Mackintosh Library's dark wood, high windows, ornate balcony and clusters of electric lamps helped it become known as a turning point in modern architecture and one of the finest buildings in Britain. But the much-loved centre of learning was gutted last year by a blaze sparked when canned spray foam, which a student was using for an art project, drifted into a projector fan and caught alight. Scroll down for video Phoenix from the ashes: Nine months after a fire ravaged the world-renowned Mackintosh Library at Glasgow School of Art, builders have almost finished the painstaking task of making the building structurally sound before a restoration which could cost up to £35million
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Century-old library at Glasgow School of Art designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh was destroyed last May
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Fire began after flammable spray foam for a student artwork was sucked into projector fan and caught alight
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New photos show charred interior of library as builders pave way for restoration which could cost £35million
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Blackened stones from the walls are numbered in the hope they can be returned to their original positions
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
The fire prompted anguish in the art and architecture community, which said it was @placeholder's finest work