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Mackintosh designed a number of Tea Rooms for his enlightened patron Miss Catherine Cranston. In Sauchiehall Street, his design genius was unparalleled. Mackintosh expert Anne Ellis' talk will inspire and delight. Booking essential:

Glasgow University has a wealth of imposing and impressive buildings. Historian Dr Ronnie Scott focuses on the important contribution that Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Alexander Greek Thomson, the city's two world-class architects, have made to the…

Karen Beauchamp specalises in working with archives and recreating designs for specialist projects. Her illustrated talk will include samples of her work as well as unveiling the, just released, work from the archives of the Parisian firm of Isidore…

In conversation with the New Glasgow Society. Learn about the history and future of one of Glasgow�s oldest civic groups through the stories and experiences of one of its oldest members.Booking essential:

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'…

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.�

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.…

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…

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…

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? Booking essential:�

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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)

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…

A talk by the new owners of George Walton�s Aultwharriemansion in Dunblane and its recent restoration. Extensiveinternal and exterior work to uncover the original designs.Restored with a range of artisans.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

New owner of Backhausen , Dr Louise Kiesling will givea talk on the history of this famous Austrian 165 year oldfabric company, focusing on it�s seminal period workingwith the Wiener Werkst�tte.

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…

A series of talks from the craft men & women responsiblefor the painstaking work being undertaken to restore theworld famous Mackintosh building at the Glasgow Schoolof Art.The GSA restoration project draws on a number of highly skilled building…

A lecture and panel talk discussing the conservationphilosophy guiding the work undertaken to conserve,restore and rebuild the Mackintosh Building, returning it touse as a working art school.The Mackintosh building inhabited since its construction by…

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…

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.�

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…

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…

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,…

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

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,…

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.…

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:

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…

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:…

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…

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…

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

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

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

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…

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…

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…

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.

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

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.

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…

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…

Hannah Robinson shares her unusual Edinburgh secrets at Liberton Tower.Tour, quiz, drinks and book signing - 'Secret Edinburgh an unusual guide'�

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…

Chair of the Cockburn Association, Cliff HagueTalk:�how can we ensure that heritage is at the heart of a vision for Edinburgh.

Dr John W ArthurJames 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…

Richard Rodger, Professor of Economic and Social HistoryThe 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;…

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…

Inter-war Housing of Ebenezer MacRae, Edinburgh City ArchitectSteven RobbSteven 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…

Healthy Buildings: light, landscape, timber and breathing constructionby Malcolm Fraser, ArchitectThe nursery at Edinburgh University's King's Buildings campus is designed around the 'free-play' concept, which helps develop children's confidence,…

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…

Richard Murphy, ArchitectA 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…

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…

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…

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…

The Centre was founded in 1993 by Comann Eachdraidh Uibhist a Tuath and the Uist Art Association and the museum explores North Uist's social, domestic, economic, cultural and religious life. The collection is built up from artefacts from the…

The Centre was founded in 1993 by Comann Eachdraidh Uibhist a Tuath and the Uist Art Association and the museum explores North Uist's social, domestic, economic, cultural and religious life.
The collection is built up from artefacts from the…

The Centre was founded in 1993 by Comann Eachdraidh Uibhist a Tuath and the Uist Art Association and the museum explores North Uist’s social, domestic, economic, cultural and religious life. The collection is built up from artefacts from the…

Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre is a hub for people to meet, share ideas, learn new skills and experience exhibitions and events that are imaginative and stimulating.

Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre is a hub for people to meet, share ideas, learn new skills and experience exhibitions and events that are imaginative and stimulating.

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…

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…

A Smack Rigged “Fiffie” fishing boat originally launched in 1900, the Swan was purchased in 1991 by the Swan Trust and brought back to her original Shetland home. Since her re-launch the fully restored Swan has worked primarily as a sail…

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…

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.

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…

A classical 1832 building houses 18th century anatomy specimens and visiting medical exhibitions.

A classical 1832 building houses 18th century anatomy specimens and visiting medical exhibitions.

A classical 1832 building houses 18th century anatomy specimens and visiting medical exhibitions.

A classical 1832 building houses 18th century anatomy specimens and visiting medical exhibitions.

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…

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…

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…

Founded in 1781 by Susan Carnegie, it was originally called the Montrose Lunatic Asylum, Infirmary, and Dispensary.
It was brought under NHS control in 1948, and in 1962 it became the Sunnyside Royal Hospital.
The hospital closed in 2011 but the…

Founded in 1781 by Susan Carnegie, it was originally called the Montrose Lunatic Asylum, Infirmary, and Dispensary.
It was brought under NHS control in 1948, and in 1962 it became the Sunnyside Royal Hospital.
The hospital closed in 2011 but the…

Founded in 1781 by Susan Carnegie, it was originally called the Montrose Lunatic Asylum, Infirmary, and Dispensary. It was brought under NHS control in 1948, and in 1962 it became the Sunnyside Royal Hospital. The hospital closed in 2011 but the…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Converted from a nineteenth century farmhouse, the Sulwath Centre was opened in April 2009 to promote lifelong learning on the Solway. Located in the heart of Mersehead RSPB Nature Reserve, the Centre incorporates education and training rooms,…

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…

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 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.���

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…

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…

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…