January 2012 Blog Posts (7)

Keep an eye on our heritage architectural gems - the lease holding law is changing

Councils could lose prized assets in lease-law change | Herald Scotland http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/councils-could-lose-prized-assets-in-lease-law-change.16516953

Added by Dr Carol McKenzie on January 23, 2012 at 23:21 — No Comments

Guided Tours 2012

This year's NGS Guided Tour schedule starts today, Sunday 22 January. The year of tours will look at Glasgow's history roughly in reverse, with walks outside the city centre working our way to where it all began at the Cross and Cathedral.

Today is a scene-setter, and takes place outside the mediaeval city but in the most central shopping area. We start at St Enoch and will walk up Buchanan Street, looking at locations and buildings which the other tours will…

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Added by Alistair Fyfe on January 22, 2012 at 10:45 — No Comments

Smelling Glasgow? The Role of Smell in Urban Design

For those interested in how odours of places are retained more in our memories longer than visual images, see the following new research (See the abstract of PhD thesis by Victoria Henshaw below) on how we might begin to map the geography of Glasgow's sniffs and whiffs. I would like to see such a study carried out in Glasgow.

What could we learn from such an approach to urban design and what could our sniffing of Glasgow whiffs reveal about how we design for…

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Added by Dr Carol McKenzie on January 20, 2012 at 12:51 — 3 Comments

Isi Metzstein Obituary in The Scotsman Jan 16th 2012

Read the Obituary at the following link:

http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary_isi_metzstein_esteemed_architect_who_made_a_life_in_scotland_after_escaping_nazi_germany_as_a_child_1_2058693

Picture of Andy Macmillan and Isi Metzstein…

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Added by Dr Carol McKenzie on January 20, 2012 at 12:13 — No Comments

Liveable Neighbourhoods: Renaissance, Regeneration and Reconstruction, A+DS with the Academy of Urbanism Report published

The Academy of Urbanism's sixth Annual Congress took place in Glasgow in 2011 supported by Architecture and Design Scotland. The Congress focused on Liveable Neighbourhoods, looking at their Renaissance, Regeneration and Reconstruction, exploring their resilience in terms of economy and social capital. Themes explored include placemaking; the psychology of place;…

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Added by Dr Carol McKenzie on January 20, 2012 at 11:42 — No Comments

Future Glasgow 2011-2061 Consultation Open 16th Jan to 10th February 2012

The Vision for Glasgow over the next 50 years is now open for public consumption so why not let your views be known and take part by responding to the consultation? I have attached the full document and a summary of the Vision here (pdf files). …

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Added by Dr Carol McKenzie on January 20, 2012 at 11:23 — No Comments

RED ROAD UNDERGROUND EXHIBITION BY CHRIS LESLIE & MITCH MILLER

The 'Red Road Underground' exhibition by Chris Leslie & Mitch Miller will be hosted in the NGS space this February with presentations & discussion date to be confirmed in the next few weeks.

For more information see their fabulous website:

www.redroadunderground.co.uk/

and to support their exhibition you can donate on:…

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Added by Lesley Palmer on January 7, 2012 at 10:36 — No Comments