This station is normally staffed by up to 18 personnel working on a retained duty system. It is provided with 2 fire appliances which are equipped to deal with all types of emergency including structural fires and road traffic collisions. All of the staff are trained in responding to these incidents.

As part of their work, staff are also heavily involved in community fire safety activities, which includes carrying out Home Fire Safety checks.

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The foundation stone for the new Falkirk Town Mission was laid on 10th September 1898. Amazingly, almost all of the money for it, about £1600, was raised at a grand bazaar in the Town Hall that year.

The original plans by Alexander Gauld were modified when the mission was given a bell from Falkirk Steeple – the tower was provided with a louvred belfry instead of a dome. The church has a horseshoe balcony, reached by a stair in the tower. A library (now a crèche) and meeting rooms were placed to the front of the building.

The Town Mission closed its doors for the last time in March 1985. On 12th December 1986 they re-opened as the Struther’s Memorial Church and remain so to this day.

]]> Stuart House is the Tallest Multi Storey Block of Flats in Cumbernauld. The top floor flat provides excellent views from the town and surrounding countryside.

]]> The history of a 210-year-old manse is presented in the form of traditional storytelling talk, with images and illustrations covering the origin of the church and manse and the lives of some of the ministers concentrating particularly on the first minister, James Robertson and his children, who later in life achieved tremendous success!

*The storytelling is by the current owner, in one of the rooms of the house, which can cater for a maximum of 6 people at a time. The talk is approximately 1 hour long and should be booked in advance by either phoning 01771624412 or 07855537824 or by email: ablo.home@gmail.com

A Doors Open Day must which proves a book should not be judged by its cover, as cited by previous visitors: “It was the best hour we have spent in a long while”. “A fabulous insight into some fascinating local history, brought to life brilliantly”

]]> The Studio Pavilion is an addition to House for an Art Lover that offers free contemporary art in a public park, through a robust and diverse programme of exhibitions, residencies and public engagement opportunities that span art, design and architecture.

The Studio Pavilion at House for an Art Lover opened in 2014. Designed by ZM Architecture and linked to the Victorian Walled Garden, the Studio Pavilion is a highly significant addition to House for an Art Lover that allows us to present a robust and diverse programme of exhibitions, residencies and public engagement opportunities that span art, design and architecture. The Studio Pavilion offers free contemporary art in a public park and provides a regular programme of art activities and public courses.

]]> This building with tall minimalist facade and single window combines artist and architect studios and workshops with residential space. Existing workshops on the site have been renovated and frame a communal garden space and courtyard.

Significant artwork is exhibited on all levels, including pieces by resident artist Arthur Watson.

]]> Scotland�s leading digital media brand opens its doors for a behind the scenes look at our Glasgow headquarters. STV reaches over 3.5 million viewers each month and produces engaging multi-platform digital content on our website www.stv.tv.�
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]]> Sue Ryder Dee View Court is a specialist neurological care centre in Kincorth, Aberdeen, caring for people aged 18 and over with life-changing conditions affecting the brain and nervous system. Visitors will receive behind the scenes tours of Scotland?s only purpose-built neurological care centre, and learn more about the work of Sue Ryder in the community.?

]]> A family owned Sulwath Brewers real ale brewery. The traditional brewing methods used here have helped to create a thriving business selling to connoisseur markets all over Britain. Sulwath is the ancient name for the Solway estuary and who can think of a better use for pure Scottish water, than real ale?

]]> for residential volunteers and field studies students. The Centre has many green credentials, including a wood pellet boiler and solar thermal panels. The surrounding land has been transformed into wildlife gardens, for particular use by visiting schoolchildren.]]> Designed by Robert Stevenson, this was Shetland’s first lighthouse, built in 1821, perched atop the cliffs of Shetland’s most southerly point. Neo-classical light tower and flanking pavilions, engine house, keeper’s accommodation and foghorn. Plans to conserve the buildings and create a major visitor and educational facility will start next year.

]]> Summerhall is a vibrant cultural village in the heart of Edinburgh. A place where things happen, all kinds of interesting, wonderful and downright inspiring things.

Originally the old Royal Dick Veterinary College for Edinburgh University, Summerhall is a mix of 20th century public architecture, 70s style lecture theatres and unique features and spaces such as The Dissection Room. The building's Techcube is a prime example of Brutalist architecture - an economical solution to urban destruction after World War II.

]]> Summerlee, the museum of Scottish Industrial Life, reopened in September 2008 following a major £10 million redevelopment.

The main exhibition hall was completely stripped out and refitted and the new hall now provides a modern and environmentally sustainable setting for some of Scotland's most important displays of social and industrial history, including many 'star' items from the collection unseen by the public.

Much of the Museum’s collection of industrial machinery is in working condition and the interactive displays gives 'hands on' experience, allowing visitors to explore their industrial heritage in a new and exciting way.

Museum is open from 10am-5pm with Doors Open Days activities as follows:

  • Curator Led Tours of the Industrial History Store

Join the Industrial History Curator for a fascinating behind the scenes tour of the newly refurbished museum store. See objects and learn more about the story of industrial Lanarkshire.

11am - 12 noon; 1pm - 2pm

Free. Booking recommended. Please call 01236 856150.

  • Sea Hames by Oceanallover

Sea Hames is an immersive performance piece by the acclaimed Oceanallover and is a visceral and poetic response to the mythology and iconography of horses. It will take place around Summerlee Museum and is suitable for families.

Free. Please wear weather appropriate clothing and footwear.

http://www.oceanallover.co.uk/

  • Tours of the tramp depot from 2pm-5pm
  • Mine tours from 1pm-4pm, £1.10 for adults/ 65p for children (no disabled access)
  • Heritage tram rides from 10am–4:30pm, all day tickets £1.65 for adults/ 85p for children.
  • Exhibition hall with displays and interactives telling the story of industry.
  • See the Vulcan exhibition, housed within a replica of Scotland’s first iron hulled boat, sited on the Gartsherrie cut of James Watt’s Monkland canal.
  • Visit the Miners’ row with houses and gardens showing life from 1840s to the 1980s and also an old fashioned sweetie shop for a soor ploom or a lollipop.
  • Large play area, picnic area, and outdoor walks.
  • Café serving hot and cold food and refreshments from 10am-4:30pm.
  • Accessible WCs, baby change and gift shop.
  • Numerous outdoor exhibits including a sawmill, wood drying shed, engines, locomotives and much more!

Accessible parking. 10 minutes from Coatbridge Sunnyside railway station or 5 minutes from Coatbridge Central.

]]> Joseph Thomson, a famous explorer of Africa, was born in this cottage in 1858. When his father bought the house in 1856, he used his master building skills to add a cantilever staircase to access two bedrooms which he developed in the roof space to accommodate his five sons. On ground floor there is a box bedroom where Thomson was born and a room reserved for the Heritage of Penpont, Keir and Tynron .

Outwith the cottage there is a wash-house, an outside boiler and sandstone steps leading to an annexe which was built as an armoury for the Penpont Rifle Volunteers (1860-1885). In the back garden there is still a pigsty and a privy.

The cottage was home to Mrs. Jean Carson for 70 years and has changed little since the Thomson's occupied it from 1856-1868.

Because Jean was proud to be in Thomson`s birthplace, she willingly welcomed parties of schoolchildren in the 80s and 90s . She explained its unique features and showed how she swept her own chimney using a whale bone brush she had bought for 30 shillings. Even at 95 she was willing to be photographed and filmed and, as a result, the idea was born of, one day, converting this cottage into a Heritage Centre.

As such, it was officially opened in 2013 by the Duke of Buccleuch who has leased the property to the community at a nominal rent.

Sophia Harkness MBE FRSGS

]]> A fine survival of an 18th century cottage. The cottage uniquely retains its Celtic Cuppills (‘crucks’), thatch and evidence for a hanging lum (central fireplace).

Pre-book a tour for a detailed insight into the building’s development or drop in afterwards for a more general exploration of this rare vernacular heritage.

]]> It was brought under NHS control in 1948, and in 1962 it became the Sunnyside Royal Hospital.
The hospital closed in 2011 but the building still stands.
The tour is a 360º photograph from the outside of the abandoned hospital
Accessibility note: The hospital itself is not open to the public, but the grounds around it are fairly uneven and grassy.]]> It was brought under NHS control in 1948, and in 1962 it became the Sunnyside Royal Hospital.
The hospital closed in 2011 but the building still stands.
The tour is a 360º photograph from the outside of the abandoned hospital
Accessibility note: The hospital itself is not open to the public, but the grounds around it are fairly uneven and grassy.]]> Millbuies was the home of benefactor George Boyd Anderson and reflects his expansive, innovative, creative and slightly eccentric personality. Designed by architect Sir Robert Matthews, assisted by Sir James Dunbar Nasmith, it was built in 1957 as an early eco-home incorporating many unusual, heat-saving features suggested by the owner: triple and quadruple glazing, positioned to catch maximum sunlight, underfloor heating, a sun room and an inner courtyard. The house is set in a beautiful garden sloping down to the Gogar burn with statues, terraces, a sunken garden, and specially commissioned doocot and stone compost area. It is a fascinating example of modernist architecture which aims to bring the garden into the house in accordance with the principles of architect Frank Lloyd Wright. It was B listed by Historic Scotland in February 2012. At the time of printing the future of Suntrap is uncertain; please check www. suntrapgarden.org for details of opening.

]]> Come and visit Parliament House which is steeped in history and has impressive architecture. Upon entering the prestigious Parliament Hall you?ll gain sight of the impressive German-made stained glass ?Great South? window and the fabulous Baltic oak beamed ceiling. You?ll also have the opportunity to view and learn more about a typical courtroom used today.

]]> Surgeons� Hall Museum houses one of the largest and most historic collections of surgical pathology in the World. The Museum was developed as a teaching facility for students of medicine. Its fascinating collections are housed in a magnificent example of William Playfair�s architectural design.

www.museum.rcsed.ac.uk

]]> Sutherland & Co.’s studio is located in the seaside town of North Berwick. Occupying a former lane running between the High Street and Forth Street, the property is 45m deep and only 3m wide. The present building dates from the 1940s and has an art deco influenced facade. The first floor studio has recently been refurbished by Sutherland & Co. using a palette of self-finish materials.

]]> This striking. timber-clad building is designed to maximise natural daylight and ventilation, to reduce solar gain and provide a state-of-the-art teaching and learning facility at the heart of the Foresterhill health campus.

]]> Come and see the largest collection of Pictish carvings anywhere – still in the place where they were made over 1500 years ago. As well as telling the story of the caves our brand-new Museum & Visitor Centre has displays and information on local geology and history, including later industries based in the village, like mining and textiles.

]]> Located by the River Clyde, SWG3 has been expanding and growing for over 13 years to become one of the most significant cultural hubs in the country. Join a tour to explore the newly developed 6000sq ft Galvanisers yard, events spaces and studios throughout the industrial building.

]]> This is a traditional Synagogue serving the Grampian and North East region There is no permanent Rabbi, but the centre still hosts a series of social, cultural and religious events throughout the year. The Synagogue is the cornerstone of spiritual life for many local Jewish and non-Jewish families and friends.

]]> The collection is built up from artefacts from the nineteenth and twentieth century, as well as a collection of Scottish, local, and international art and craft pieces.
Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre is located on the shoreline of a marine Special Area of Conservation.
The tour consists of two 360º images taken inside two rooms of the Centre that can be moved between.
Accessibility note: The centre is wheelchair accessible.]]> The French Renaissance style former Town Hall by Andrew Maitland and Sons, 1874-76 was converted for use as Picture house/Cinema in the 1920s. The building features painted portraits on the walls and has interesting panelling.

Tain Heritage Trust, a local charitable group set up to restore old community buildings in Tain have secured funding to carry out essential repairs to make the former Town Hall wind and water tight. The group are now working on raising the major capital funding to enable the building to be restored to its former glory.

]]> This remarkable burial ground of the Taits of Harviestoun stands on its own in a field and is encircled by a high stone wall. The 5 monuments and wall plaque commemorate several generations, beginning with John Tait (1727-1800), a wealthy Edinburgh lawyer, who bought the Harviestoun estate in 1780. Their home, Harviestoun Castle, was demolished in 1970.

]]> Situated in the heart of The University of Edinburgh?s historic Old College, Talbot Rice Gallery is one of Scotland?s leading contemporary art galleries comprising of three distinct exhibition spaces including the contemporary white cube and the neoclassical Georgian space. Visitors can enjoy the Gallery?s festival exhibition Samson Young Real Music.

]]> Richard Murphy, Architect

A new public use for one of our greatest public buildings Thomas Hamilton's Royal High School is one of Scotland's most important buildings, not just for its extraordinary architectural merits, but for its near revolutionary expression of a democratic ideal.

The Building was commissioned by the City in the early 19th Century as a direct response to the privatisation of education, offering free schooling to the Nation's brightest children in a building deliberately intended to be a beacon to the power of culture at the centre of the City.


]]> Crichton Woods, Architect

"As a child my grandfather spent a considerable amount of time with me. I remember being taken on numerous walking tours around buildings old and new. For many of the Edwardian buildings he had personally known the designers and had tales to tell of the builders.

On one particular occasion I remember my grandfather taking me to the National Galleries for an exhibition on the Robert Adam drawings from Blair Adam. I was swept away by the Romantic images. How could somebody sketch these fantastic images straight from their imagination? My grandfather then told me we had our own style of Scottish Architecture that was based on a very individual and beautiful style created in the sixteenth century and that many architects had used this language to design their buildings."

Crichton's main aim is to be simply the best practice in Scotland in designing houses and small developments in a modern Scots style. With new developments in carbon neutral construction and renewable energy it is a very exciting time to develop a new Scottish house style.

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]]> Healthy Buildings: light, landscape, timber and breathing construction

by Malcolm Fraser, Architect

The nursery at Edinburgh University's King's Buildings campus is designed around the 'free-play' concept, which helps develop children's confidence, independence and creativity. Three 'age group' playrooms are joined together by a single-storey building, with a large roof light offering views up to the tree canopy above. There is a first floor area for offices, staff and a family room. Each of the three playrooms opens out to the covered terrace, to allow outdoor time for the children, and then out into three distinct garden spaces.

A Cross-Laminated Timber structure provides the perfect combination of creating a warm, tactile interior, whilst also using a natural, sustainable product that could structurally achieve the clear roof volumes.

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]]> Inter-war Housing of Ebenezer MacRae, Edinburgh City Architect

Steven Robb

Steven works in the Heritage Management Directorate leading a team that deals with historic buildings casework on the east side of Scotland from Aberdeenshire down to the Borders. The team deals with many high-profile developments involving listed buildings and conservation areas.

Steven has recently published a paper on Edinburgh?s public washhouses and is currently researching the inter-war housing of Edinburgh?s City Architect Ebenezer MacRae.

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]]> David McLean�is Edinburgh born and bred, with a keen interest in the history and architecture of the city. Since 2011 David has managed the popular Lost Edinburgh page on Facebook.

David adores his hometown and feels very passionate about protecting its most cherished assets, its architectural heritage and uniquely stunning environment being high on the list.?


]]> Richard Rodger, Professor of Economic and Social History

The Edinburgh Atlas (E-ATLAS) will provide a new digital atlas of Edinburgh structured around six temporal periods: the early city; medieval city c.1300-1550; the early modern city 1550-1680; Enlightenment Edinburgh, 1680-1820; the 'modern' city, c.1820-1914; the capital city, 1914-2000.

The project will be structured around the theme of the city's spatial evolution, and guided by cartographic principles - administrative areas, urban plans, plots and jurisdictions.?

The initiative will result in both a published hard copy Edinburgh Atlas, updateable on demand, and an electronic version (the e-atlas).

Professor Rodger believes they will provide a ground-breaking new form of urban atlas, a spatial frame in which scholars, local history groups and the general public may supplement existing work and provide their own mapped data to interrogate city form over time. ?The changing nature and structure of the city will form the basis of interpretive essays organised around key themes, such as The Dynamics of Negotiated Spaces.

The work is being funded by a �633,000 grant from the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and supported by project partners: Edinburgh City Council, Edinburgh World Heritage Trust, National Library of Scotland (Map Library), Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments of Scotland, and Simpson and Brown (Architects).

As such, MESH combines institutional collaboration within Scotland's capital with research-led, intellectual innovation, technical innovation, web-based academic exchange and public involvement.

Like the earlier Visualising Urban Geographies project, also funded by the AHRC, MESH will work closely with its partners to develop new and imaginative resources to represent the changing nature of urban form. Professor Rodger is confident that the Edinburgh Atlas will form the basis for wider dissemination and project emulation in cities across the world.

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James Clerk Maxwell, the worlds greatest physicist of 19th Century, was born in 1831 at 14 India Street. The talk will explain why he should be be remembered, not least every time we reach for our mobile phone.

It will cover his family's connection with not only this New Town house, but at least a dozen more not a 'stone's throw' distant...

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]]> Chair of the Cockburn Association, Cliff Hague

Talk:�how can we ensure that heritage is at the heart of a vision for Edinburgh.

]]> Join architectural historian Barnabas Calder for a look at the long standing relationship between architecture and energy, focusing on Brutalism. Calder explores how this architecture celebrated and exploited the post-WWII energy boom, bringing with it liberating and life-enhancing technologies and possibilities to Glasgow and cities worldwide.

]]> Hannah Robinson shares her unusual Edinburgh secrets at Liberton Tower.

Tour, quiz, drinks and book signing - 'Secret Edinburgh an unusual guide'

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]]> John Cavanagh discusses The Piper at the Age of Dawn. You will also have the opportunity to listen to album on the main stage of the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on a top of the range hi-fi system provided by Loud + Clear.

John Cavanagh, renowned musician, broadcaster and author of "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" (published by Continuum), the only Pink Floyd album recorded with Sid Barrett, discusses the making of the album and the role played by Sid Barrett in the development of Pink Floyd. You will also have the opportunity to listen to the full album on the main stage of the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on a top of the range hi-fi system, provided by Loud + Clear.

Booking Essential:

]]> The Scottish Ecological Design Association look back at their 2016 publication of 100 buildings exemplifying a more thoughtful response to social, economic and environmental sustainability; discussing what makes these projects a guide for better ways to make the places we live.

]]> Our modern towns and cities have been designed around cars. In this talk we ask if walking can create a new way to see and redesign 21st century Glasgow.

]]> A history of Glasgow's great roads from prehistory to the present day and why people thought that the M8 was a good idea.

]]> The 2050 Climate Group educates, engages and empowers young people to take climate change actions to enable a low carbon and climate resilient Scotland. Hear about their work and vision for what Glasgow could look like in 2050.

]]> The 1990 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, despite being substantial, is in fact the only surviving component of a 1960s/70s plan to construct a much bigger 'cultural centre'. This talk considers these extraordinary designs, examining how this corner of Glasgow could have looked had the vision come true.

]]> This talk explores the architectural themes pursued by Isi Metzstein and Andy MacMillan of Gillespie, Kidd and Coia between 1956 and 1987 which found highly distinctive formal and spatial expression in a considerable range of unique buildings, each moulded to place and purpose and most memorably fashioned in light.

]]> A new optimism following WWII bolstered a boom for new architecture, transforming the way we built in the post-war years. This talk takes a look at the richness and innovation in the design of some of the city's Modern architecture, exploring the often controversial issue of these buildings protection.

]]> A talk on how Land Reform and Community Empowerment might re-shape the way we own, build and see the spaces in which we live.

]]> How could play help us develop our cities? A talk exploring Scotland's contribution to La Biennale Architettura di Venezia 2018, featuring projects where people of all ages used play to explore and shape the future of their places.

]]> A talk about the innovation and diversity in the design, reception and legacy of Scotland's post-war New Towns.

]]> A photographic journey using historic city images and stories to explore the theme of childhood and growing up in an ever-changing city.

]]> Many politicians world-wide are keen on their cities becoming part of the Smart City Elite. This talk will ask: How can we ensure that this race to become smart does not impoverish our cities as social and cultural places? How can we ensure that all this technology makes us more human and happy?

]]> A chance to see 2 films by Chris Leslie, who will discuss his documentry work in Govan and Glasgow. '(Re)Imagining Glasgow' looks at Glasgow's regeneration over the past 40 year. The film playfully reworks Oscar Marzaroli's 1970's film 'Glasgow 1980'. 'The Last of the Govan Cranes' explores Govan's rich heritage in shipbuilding alongside the demolition of the cranes. Chris will introduce both films.

For more information please go to: http://glasgowdoorsopenday.com/event/reimagining-glasgow-and-the-last-of-the-govan-cranes-2-short-films-by-chris-leslie/

]]> The Radical Martyrs, John Baird and Andrew Hardie, were tried for treason, found guilty, and sentenced to be hung drawn and quartered. The Sighthill Monument commemorates their lives. Learn more of this eventful period in Scotland's history.Duration: 1 hour.

For more information please go to

http://glasgowdoorsopenday.com/event/the-1820-radical-war/

]]> Glasgow's growth in the 1700's through global trade is well known, but who was the city's architect? This talk, led by Dr Anthony Lewis, examines the career of Allan Dreghorn (1706-1764), and ways in which we can see and understand Georgian Glasgow better.

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The Empire Exhibition held in Bellahouston Park in 1938 was the fourth of the ve great exhibitions held in Glasgow between 1888 and 1988, but is probably the most fondly remembered, not least for the iconic Tait�s Tower.


Booking essential:

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Discover a Thomson villa and 2 villas by other architects, some of Alexander Thomson�s beautiful external detailing of 5 of his residential buildings in Glasgow and where the 7 Glasgow muses are to be found.

3 half hour talks followed by a Q&A.


Booking essential:

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The History Girls Frae Scotland will delve into the fascinating history of Glasgow through its female inhabitants. Researchers Rachael and Karen will discuss the colourful, energetic and powerful female personalities of Glasgow including artists, designers as well as female ship- yard workers, activists and wealthy philanthropists, in order to create a HERstory of this side of the city.


Booking essential:

]]> Director of ANTA Scotland Annie Stewart follows a history of tartan from the 16th century to contemporary incarnations including those produced by ANTA in their
Highland factory today.



]]> Journalist and writer Norry Wilson, curator of the Lost Glasgow Facebook page, uses old photographs and forgotten stories- some true, some tall- to trace the changing face of the Dear Green Place. This modern 'magic lantern' show is one part history, one part psycho-geography.

http://glasgowdoorsopenday.com/event/a-night-at-the-pictures/

]]> Join Liz Davidson, the Senior Project Manager responsible for overseeing the repair and restoration of the Glasgow School of Art, following the devastating fire in 2014. Find out about the project and plans for the future f the iconic Charles Rennie Mackintosh building.

Tue 13 Sep, 6.30pm (1 hour)

http://glasgowdoorsopenday.com/event/after-the-fire-the-glasgow-school-of-art/

]]> Architect Brian McGinlay will be giving a talk about the award winning refurbishment of South Block.

Undertaken by Nord Architects on behalf of Wasps Studios.

Children are required to be accompanied by an adult.

Visitors will have the chance to design & model their own dream house from plasticine which will become part of a large landscape that is constructed over the course of the day.
Hoskins Architects will use the process to explain how the design of buildings and the spaces between them can contribute to improving our lives. The activity is targeted at all ages, skills and abilities.

The workshop is accompanied by an exhibition of houses by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects & Hoskins Architects, first shown at the Royal Scottish Academy in 2016.

]]> Discover how our well planned and contemporary urban space conveys how we value people and has a positive impact on how our services are run. A seminar followed by a tour then lunch made by our cookery class.

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]]> In the 1960's the typical merchant ships built by Clyde yards, cargo and passenger liners, began to be superseded by new vessel types-roll-on/roll-off and container ships. Join Bruce Peter, historian and author, to examine the contribution made by Fairfield and Upper Clyde Shipbuilders.
Photo Credit: Tom D

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]]> A lecture and panel talk discussing the conservation
philosophy guiding the work undertaken to conserve,
restore and rebuild the Mackintosh Building, returning it to
use as a working art school.

The Mackintosh building inhabited since its construction by the Glasgow School of Art is widely recognised as a work of art in its own right. Through its many years of use the building has developed a unique patina and undergone a number of alterations and additions. The recent fire and subsequent restoration raises a number of considerations concerning the integrity of the original design, the history of the building and its adaption for future use. This lecture and panel talk is an opportunity to discuss this ever present dichotomy facing the conservation and restoration of buildings in use, drawing on the unique and precious Mackintosh building as a case study.



]]> A series of talks from the craft men & women responsible
for the painstaking work being undertaken to restore the
world famous Mackintosh building at the Glasgow School
of Art.

The GSA restoration project draws on a number of highly skilled building and decorative crafts people. These talks are an opportunity to hear from the craft operatives themselves about the challenges faced to conserve, restore and rebuild the Mackintosh Building.

The afternoon will be a fascinating tour through many of the disciplines essential to the project with presentations rich in anecdote drawn from experience on the job. Mackintosh�s relationship with practising craftsmen underpinned the genius of his design and each talk will reveal the skills and expertise that were originally required to deliver the art school Mackintosh envisaged.



]]> Join us for a fascinating talk about our about our world-renowned Robert Burns Collection by one of the Special Collections librarians.

When the library opened in 1877, one of the earliest decisions taken by the library committee was to form a Robert Burns Collection in memorial to the national bard. Over the years it has grown to over 5000 items and is believed to be the largest in the world. The collection includes rare and unique items including 15 original manuscripts of letters and poems, two copies of the Kilmarnock edition, translations, ephemera and artefacts.


Book by phone: 0141 287 2999 or in person at The Mitchell Library (Granville St reception).

]]> New owner of Backhausen , Dr Louise Kiesling will give
a talk on the history of this famous Austrian 165 year old
fabric company, focusing on it�s seminal period working
with the Wiener Werkst�tte.

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Theatres, music halls, circuses, zoos, roller-skating rinks and early cinemas are among the diverse examples of Glaswegian entertainment architecture featured in this lecture about the city�s expanding provision from the�latter-nineteenth century onwards.

Booking essential:

]]> Over 800 ships were built at Fairfield. Ian Buxton, President of the World Ship Society, explores the types and classes of ships since 1860. Duration: 90 minutes. For more information please go to�http://glasgowdoorsopenday.com/event/fairfield-built-ships/.�

]]> In the old coach house where her grandmother grew up, which is now Brel on Ashton Lane in the West End of Glasgow, a family member will chat about family history and about the journals which her grandmother sent to her brother who was at the Front in WW1.

Snippets of family history from Ashton Lane and Glasgow history from 100 years ago during WW1.

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This talk explores Glasgow�s fascinating history through its place-names. These place-names provide evidence of the languages spoken locally from the medieval period to the present day: Brittonic (a language closely related to Old Welsh), Gaelic and Scots.

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]]> George Square- the heart of Glasgow and central to its identity. But how did the square come into being, how has it evolved over three centuries and is there a pateren behind the locations of the monuments? Niall Murphy of Glasgow City Heritage Trust explores the background to the Square.

Wed 14 Sep 2016, 12.30pm, (1 hour)

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Photo credit: Tom D

]]> A talk by the new owners of George Walton�s Aultwharrie
mansion in Dunblane and its recent restoration. Extensive
internal and exterior work to uncover the original designs.
Restored with a range of artisans.

]]> In 1916 Glasgow Academy was a boy's private school. Reconstituted as a War Memorial Trust in a memory of former pupils who fell, this talk describes The Academy's century of evolution and expansion to become the thriving, co-educational school it is today.

http://glasgowdoorsopenday.com/event/glasgow-academy/

]]> Stephen Mullen presents this fascinating lecture which explores Glasgow's mercantile past from 1660 and examines the links with tobacco, slavery, the abolition movement and the city's urban environment.
Fri 16 Sep, 12.30pm (1 hour)

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Norry Wilson, curator of the Lost Glasgow Facebook page, uses archive snaps to take a sideways look at Glasgow, its architecture, people, and places. An idiosyncratic, and illuminating glimpse of our city�s history.

Using 'Glasgow At A Glance', Andrew McLaren Young and AM Doak's 1965 architectural guide, as a starting point, this illustrated talk aims to make you look closer, linger longer, and think more deeply about the people, places and buildings that shape our experience of the city. From the grand and gracious, to the mundane and humble, every corner of Glasgow echoes to the footsteps of history. Drawing on images from a variety of photographic archives, both public and private, journalist and historian Norry Wilson teases out the hidden histories, tall tales, myths and legends which go together to form the warp and weft of Glasgow's unique human 'tartan'. One part memory lane, one part psycho-geographical ramble, this is a visual love letter to the Dear Green Place.

Andrew McLaren Young (1913-1975) was Richmond Professor of Fine Art at the University from 1965 to 1975.�Born in Argyllshire, Young was brought up in Jamaica and studied at (but did not graduate from) the University of Edinburgh. He served in the King's Own Yorkshire Infantry during the Second World War, in Burma, North Africa and Italy, and then joined the Barber Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Birmingham.�In 1949 he was invited to come to Glasgow to establish a Department of Fine Art and the University awarded him an honorary MA on his appointment to the Richmond Chair in 1965. He was an authority on the works of James McNeill Whistler and made important acquisitions of works of art which are now exhibited at the Hunterian Art Gallery.

For an extended biography of AM Doak follow this link:�http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=203472



]]> Ever fancied learning more about the much-loved 'Clockwork Orange'? Did you know Glasgow's first 'Underground' wasn't the Subway - it was the 'City and District' from Finneston to the High Street? Join TV and radio broadcaster Colin MacKay to find out more about Glasgow's intriguing undergrounds!

Thu 15 Sep 2016, 12.30pm (1 hour)

http://glasgowdoorsopenday.com/event/glasgow-undergrounds/

Photo credit: Tom D

]]> Scotland has some of the most architecturally diverse cinema buildings of anywhere in the world. This double-act led talk will cover the full range of Glasgow�s cinema history covering cinemas that were, cinemas that are, and cinemas that might have been. (Maximum two tickets per person)

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]]> Join Helen Kendrick and photographer Neale Smith as they take you behind the front doors of some of the city's most alluring buildings. This illustrated talk, based on their publication 'Glasgow Interiors', explores a world behind Glasgow's historic facades, and the fascinating stories within.

Sun 18 Sep, 2pm (1 hour)

http://glasgowdoorsopenday.com/event/glasgows-historic-interiors-2/

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Join Helen Kendrick and Photographer Neale Smith as they take you behind the front doors of some of the city�s most alluring buildings. This illustrated talk, based on their publication �Glasgow Interiors�, explores a world behind Glasgow�s historic facades, and the fascinating stories within.


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It lies behind the prehistoric patterns that Ludovic McLellan Mann and Harry Bell argued underlie modern Glasgow. Can we still see prehistory in Glasgow�s urban�landscape today?


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Join Saqib Razzaq from Colourful Heritage and Isobel McDonald from Scotland Street School Museum to learn about the history and contribution of South Asian migrants within Scotland, and the development of a new exhibition showcasing the achievements of the South Asian community.

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]]> Helen McCook was Head of Costume and Textiles at Bonham's and teaches at the Royal School of Needlework. Regularly commissioned for a wide range of work from fashion houses, the royal wedding outfit, the Mackintosh music cabinet and galleries worldwide.

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]]> Elisabeth Viguie-Culshaw from the Lansdowne House of Stencils has extensive knowledge and experience in historic stenciling re-creation for listed buildings and has worked on important commissions such as Mackintosh's House for an Art Lover. Talk/demonstration and advice on your own projects!

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]]> Learn how Mackintosh's stencillied scheme for the House for an Art Lover was re-created 20 years ago by Elizabeth Viguie Culshaw, artist stenciller. From the origin of the designs to the techniques used to adorn the newly built 'House' in 1996.

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]]> Scotstlye: 100 years of Scottish Architecture is a new book and touring exhibition produced for the 2016 Festival of Architecture. Join contributing authors Ranald MacInnes, Ruairidh Moir and Helen Kendrick to find out more about Scotland's 100 'top' buildings and how they were selected for this project.
Photo Credit: Ross Campbell

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