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Focuses on the preservation and conservation of architects' papers in Scotland. Cataloguing of materials; Use and promotion of archive collections; Architectural heritage.

Focuses on the collections of the Scottish Architects' Papers Preservation Project. Buchanan Campbell; Carr and Matthew; J. and J.A. Carrick; Dick Peddie and McKay.

In this essay, the hitherto unknown history of Sir William Bruce's early life and career is revealed through important newly discovered sources. Until now, the Kincardine Papers had previously concealed the fascinating commercial and political ventures of the gentleman-turned-architect. This thorough examination of his early career brings forward information crucial to providing a full understanding of Bruce's approach to architecture and his later role as Surveyor of the King's Works. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Spotlights a collection of student drawings by architect Hamish McLachlan that is in the possession of the National Monuments Record of Scotland. MacLachlan's evocation of the practicalities of producing drawings; His description of a typical day in the life of a first year student at Edinburgh College of Art in 1938; Description of life in Basil Spence's drawing office in Edinburgh, Scotland.

This paper provides an overview of publishing about Scottish architecture from the I 1960s to the present, with a particular focus upon the role of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland in fostering the growth of such publishing within Scotland itself. It suggests that, as a result of the Enlightenment ideology which still pervades the subject, Scotland lags behind Europe in the under- standing of its own culture; and that Scottish architectural history is still not integrated into international architectural historiography. The paper is written from the perspective of the author who was Secretary and Treasurer of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland from 1979-1994, and therefore responsible for establishing RIAS Publishing (later Rutland Press) and the RIAS architectural publishing and drawings collection strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This short paper brings to light an unknown scheme by Robert Adam fro the northern end of Edinburgh's North Bridge, as evidenced in two pencil sketches held in the Adam papers at Sir John Soane's Museum. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In Sir William Bruce's lifetime, the relationship between architecture and natural, experimental and mechanical philosophies - the so-called 'new sciences' - was a fundamental one.1 It was reflected in the presence of major architects in important European scientific institutions in the period: groups such as the Royal Society of London and the Académie des sciences in Paris.2 These organisations could count among their members Sir Christopher Wren, Robert Hooke, François Blondel and Claude Perrault, all of whom practised architecture alongside other intellectual pursuits that we would now identify as science. In Scotland, the situation was somewhat different due to the fact that the new science was never institutionalised here, as it was in England and France. Nonetheless, as this article will demonstrate, many of Scotland's more prominent late seventeenth-century intellectuals counted architecture among their interests. Additionally, proposals were made in Scotland for scientific groups that, had they got off the ground, would have almost certainly promoted architecture as an intellectual subject in their meetings. What follows is an attempt to reconstruct how Scottish intellectuals in this period conceived of architecture as an intellectual discipline and as a practice. Ultimately, this paper will conclude that their approach to architecture tended to differ from their English counterparts. Just as they conceived of the new sciences in a much more straightforwardly Baconian way than the London Royal Society, so too was their attitude to architecture informed by the general climate of utility and improvement in Scotland at the time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This volume derives directly from the University of Edinburgh's commemorative Sir William Bruce symposium, which took place four centuries after his death in 1710. This is also the first dedicated volume on Bruce since those by John Dunbar and Hubert Fenwick in 1970, although in the interim much has been published by numerous scholars on Bruce's career and his context, legacy and impact on others. Today, two readily available modern abstract accounts of Bruce exist - one by John Lowrey in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004), the other by Howard Colvin in his Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 (4th edn, 2008). There seems no purpose in duplicating that material here, but it may be helpful to highlight here at the outset some key aspects of Bruce's life and architectural career. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper takes a specific look at the work of important seventeenth century Dutch architects and documentary sources which may have influenced, either directly or indirectly, one of Scotland's most prominent architects of the same period. Dutch and English classicism are noted as having an important impact on the architect's work, but also are Bruce's direct personal connections with Holland. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

On 31 January 1827, George IV issued a Royal Warrant which created the new Office of Works in Scotland, naming Robert Reid as Principal Officer with a yearly salary of £500. The appointment of Reid as first Principal Officer is significant as he became the first salaried public sector architect In Scotland. An architect paid by the Crown was not a new arrangement, however it was important that Reid's appointment was full-time and exclusive, thus not relying on any private work as many of his predecessors had. This paper attempts to document and further clarify Reid's role in establishing such a department in Scotland. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, the authors, both of whom teach at the Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies. Edinburgh College of Art, present a research methodology which demonstrates clearly that one should never judge a book by its cover, or, in this context, a building by its facade. Hugh Miller's Shrub Mount, Portobello, is deconstructed systematically and reconstructed in an attempt to trace the location of the famous Scot's museum and to contribute further to an archaeological approach to building conservation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this extended paper, the documentary evidence of the life and work of Eugene Bourdon is examined in full for the first time. In addition to assessing the influence of his Beaux-Arts training on the architectural education he developed for Glasgow's students, it attempts to undercover details of his time in North America and provides a vivid account of his experience of the Great War. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It is widely believed that the celebrated Edinburgh wood carvers, the Clow brothers, worked exclusively for the architect. Sir Robert Lorimer. However, this paper reveals that there was at least one occasion where they were successful in bidding for work in their own right. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The cataloguing of the Shearer and Annand Collection at the National Monuments Record of Scotland has focussed attention on James Shearer as an architect. His role as a town planner has yet to receive similar posthumous recognition. Through an evaluation of his major planning achievement, the Dunfermline Advisory Town Plan of 1946, this paper aims to explore Shearer's planning theories, the attention they received, and their effect on the future of Dunfermline. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although widely recognised as a designer of churches and asylums, a significant proportion of the commissions awarded to Arthur George Sydney Mitchell (18561930) came from commercial clients. This paper will attempt to provide more insight into the work Mitchell produced as principal architect to the Commercial Bank of Scotland and will also describe an important office building he designed for the United Free Church at the end of his career. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents a selective summary of architect-related additions to the collections of the National Monuments Record of Scotland for the year 2004. Collection of files relating to the work of the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland from 1975 to 1990; Acquisitions of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland; Comprehensive list of archeological accessions.

Explores the contribution of consultant architect James Shearer on the building program of the North of Scotland Hydro electric Board. Career highlights; Design of the Grudie Bridge power station; Scottish nature of the building.

Highlights the completed research undertaken by students from Scottish universities, which relate to the history of Scottish architecture. Architects.

Focuses on the evolution of the building design of the Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland. Requirements of a complex building project at the turn of the twentieth century; Use of cache of drawings at the National Monuments Record of Scotland; Three architects of the college building; Design for light pendant over main staircase.

Profiles architect John Douglas in Great Britain. Country house design of Douglas; Contribution of Douglas in the field of architecture; Opinion of Douglas about professional rivalry in the business.

Examines the importance of conservative surgery in the work of Scottish architect Patrick Geddes. Definition of conservation; Geddes' career history; Purpose of conservative surgery; Geddes' descriptions of the process of conservative surgery in the publication 'Patrick Geddes in India.'

Characterizes the Modernist style of architecture espoused by the Scottish architect Rennie Mackintosh. Mackintosh's admiration for Scottish architecture; Destruction of the geography of art; Language of form achieved by Mackintosh.