Wednesday, 5 March 2025 14.00-15.00 BST – Zoom Webinar  (Register via Eventbrite here) “The architect shows the way …” Restoration and renovation of a late 1930s modern social housing complex in Antwerpen (Belgium) by architect Gustave Fierens Luc Verpoest The Fierens Blocks in Antwerpen’s St Andries district were designed and built in 1937-1939 by architectContinue reading “The architect shows the way …” Restoration and renovation of a late 1930s modern social housing complex in Antwerpen (Belgium) by architect Gustave Fierens

Wednesday, 2 April 2025 14.00-15.00 BST – Zoom Webinar  (Register via Eventbrite here) ‘Fairer futures: Reflections on Edinburgh’s environmental and cultural vernacular’ Calum Duncan ‘Every decision we make as architects, urban designers, planners, clients or users, is tainted by our preconceptions, nostalgic responses and conditioning of when we believe our ‘built environment-related core needs’ areContinue reading ‘Fairer futures: Reflections on Edinburgh’s environmental and cultural vernacular’

Wednesday, 19 March 2025 14.00-15.00 BST – Zoom Webinar  (Register via Eventbrite here) Reactivating a Roofless Ruin John Robson This masterclass is jointly offered by the Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies and the Architectural Design 2: Any Place course at ESALA. John Robson will be discussing the work by GRAS at Preston Tower, Doocot &Continue reading Reactivating a Roofless Ruin

Monday, 31 March 2025 14.00-15.00 BST – Zoom Webinar  (Register via Eventbrite here) Egle Renata Trincanato Uncelebrated Venice Dr Angelo Maggi The talk delves into the life of a remarkable woman who significantly influenced the Venetian scene of the twentieth century. This narrative traces a pioneering journey for women, beginning with access to university studies inContinue reading Egle Renata Trincanato Uncelebrated Venice

Wednesday, 26 February 2025 14.00-15.00 BST – Zoom Webinar  (Register via Eventbrite here) “We don’t do digital, we dig it all”: experimenting with ‘Data Civics’ methods to support urban development in Granton, Edinburgh Dr Vassilis Galanos  Granton is a neighbourhood on the waterfront periphery of North Edinburgh that challenges conventional imaginaries of Edinburgh’s heritage status.Continue reading “We don’t do digital, we dig it all”: experimenting with ‘Data Civics’ methods to support urban development in Granton, Edinburgh

Wednesday, 5 February 2025 14.00-15.00 BST – Zoom Webinar  (Register via Eventbrite here) Are the precepts ‘conserve as found’ and ‘honest repair’ climate resilient? A Scottish Perspective (with English , European and American highlights) Dr Tim Meek  Climate change, the overlapping emergencies of the war in Ukraine and ensuing energy crisis are driving the heritageContinue reading Are the precepts ‘conserve as found’ and ‘honest repair’ climate resilient? A Scottish Perspective (with English , European and American highlights).

Wednesday, 3 April 2024 14.00-15.00 BST – Zoom Webinar  (Register via Eventbrite here) The Netherdale Stand, Gala Fairydean Rovers – an innovative approach to the repair of a Brutalist classic Steve will give an overview of the recently-completed refurbishment of Peter Womersley’s Netherdale Stand in Galashiels. The presentation will focus on the approach to concreteContinue reading The Netherdale Stand, Gala Fairydean Rovers – an innovative approach to the repair of a Brutalist classic

Wednesday, 17 April 2024 16.00-17.00 BST – Zoom Webinar  (Register via Eventbrite here) This Masterclass is jointly offered by the Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies (SCCS) and Una Europa Self-Steering Committee for Cultural Heritage and is also part of the Festival of Cultural Heritage Research 2024 World heritage and global circulations. The case of Angkor,Continue reading World heritage and global circulations. The case of Angkor, Cambodia

Wednesday, 20 March 2024 15.00-16.00 GMT – Zoom Webinar  (Register via Eventbrite here) The reconstruction of major churches in Northern France after the First World War Several French cathedrals and major churches were severely damaged during WW1 and were reconstructed in 1923-40 as a project by the Ministry of Culture, who represented their state ownership.Continue reading The reconstruction of major churches in Northern France after the First World War

Wednesday, 24 April 2024 14.00-15.00 BST – Zoom Webinar  (Register via Eventbrite here) Fachwerk architecture from Pomerania to Pomerode, Brazil: transnational vicissitudes between patrimonialisation and touristification of the immigrants’ heritage The masterclass presents considerations on heritage and tourism policies established from the 1970s onwards for preserving and commodifying Fachwerk architecture in the Itajai Valley, Santa Catarina, Brazil –Continue reading Fachwerk architecture from Pomerania to Pomerode, Brazil: transnational vicissitudes between patrimonialisation and touristification of the immigrants’ heritage