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Historic Concrete 2011

Historic Concrete was a seminar day, organised jointly by IHBC Scotland and Docomomo Scotland, to look at the history, development, repair and conservation of historic concrete in Scotland.

The seminar took place on 04 November 2011 at Page \ Park Architects in Glasgow.

Delegates booklet and presentations (as PDF files)
Delegates booklet including programme, bibliography etc. [9MB]
Carsten Hermann - Setting the scene [2MB]
Dennis Urquhart - Mass concrete [3MB]
Allison H. Borden - Early reinforced concrete [2MB]
Dale Lyon - Inter and post war concrete [3MB]
Lorna McDougall - Investigation and repair [1MB]
Peter Elliott - Conservation approaches [1MB]
Bill Revie - Investigation, examination and analysis [6MB]
Phil Banfill - Repair of reinforced concrete [4MB]
Branka Dimitrijevic - The Lion Chambers, Glasgow [3MB]
Isobel Griffin - A reinforced concrete air raid shelter, East Fortune [2MB]
Alistair King - Fraser Building, University of Glasgow [2MB]
Steve Price - Concrete repair BS EN 1504 [1MB]

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EVENTS

Irvine New Town: The archaeology of the future AND Docomomo Scotland Annual General Meeting


Talk in Edinburgh on Tuesday,
12 November, 18:30-20:00
(with Docomomo Scotland's Annual General Meeting starting at 17:30)

free but ticketed - please book your ticket on our Eventbrite page

Join archaeologist Joss Durnan for a talk about his hometown of Irvine. Scotland’s fifth New Town, Irvine is a place of hidden futures. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, under chief architect and planner David Gosling, Irvine Development Corporation produced plans for this modest Ayrshire town that envisioned a futuristic seaside paradise. On paper, this was to be the perfect blend of Britain’s most iconic New Towns. In reality, the vibrant and utopian vision laid out by IDC now manifests in unfinished projects, poorly understood paradigms or, in some cases, demolition sites. What happened to that bold dream, and what will be next for Irvine’s New Town, as it is steadily (un)earthed as the archaeology of the future?

The Annual General Meeting 2019 of Docomomo Scotland will preceed the talk. Starting at 17:30, the meeting is open to members and guests. Anyone is welcome to join the meeting to learn more about Docomomo Scotland. (Decision-taking at the event is restricted to members.)

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If you have any queries, please get in touch by email at mail@docomomoscotland.org.uk

Past events 2019

Irvine New Town: Scotland's Lost Utopia

walking tour in Irvine, guided tour and talk by Joss Durnan, on Saturday, 12 October, 14:00-15:30

Roads and Records: The Glasgow Motorway Archive

talk by Stuart Baird, Chairman of the Glasgow Motorway History Archive
Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh, 06 June 2019


Detroit: Ghosts of an Industrial Past (and AGM 2018)

Talk by Simon Montgomery
Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh, 19 February 2019

Past events 2018

Fife Modernist Architecture Tour

Mini-bus tour led by Katherine Breen and Diane Watters of Historic Environment Scotland
Kirkcaldy, Burntisland and Glenrothes, Sunday, 09 September 2018

Cables Wynd & Linksview Houses: Recognition and development of 20th-century heritage
Talks by Dawn McDowell, Historic Environment Scotland, and Jude Barber and Nichola McLachlan, Collective Architecture
Edinburgh, Tuesday, 27 February 2018

Tradition and Innovation: Modernist legacy in Cambodia and Vietnam

Travelogue by Nick Haynes, Docomomo Scotland
Edinburgh, Tuesday, 06 February 2018

Past events 2017

Obstinately traditionalist: The interwar housing of J.E. MacRae, Edinburgh City Architect
Talk by Steven Robb, Historic Environment Scotland
Edinburgh, Tuesday, 28 November 2017

The Architecture of Kininmonth & Spence
Talk by Dr. Clive B. Fenton, Docomomo Scotland
Edinburgh, Thursday, 02 November 2017

Past events 2016

Design for Today film evening
with mulled wine and mince pies
Edinburgh, Tuesday, 13 December

Listing Spence - The lesser-known architectural works
Talk by Clive Fenton
Edinburgh, Thursday, 03 November

Annual General Meeting at and tour of Avisfield
Meeting and Modernist house tour
Edinburgh, Tuesday, 27 September

Disappearing and [Re[Imagining Glasgow
Talk and films by Chris Leslie on urban renewal
Edinburgh, Thursday, 21 July

Past events 2015

St. James Square area, Edinburgh
Talk by Tom Parnell on 20th century urban history
Edinburgh, Thursday, 10 December

Clarified Tectonics: Colour in the work of Basil Spence
Talk by Fiona McLachlan, University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Thursday, 22 October

Building Scotland 1945-1985
Photographic exhibition at Studio DuB
Edinburgh, 25 September to 30 October

Gregory's Girl: Cumbernauld as film stage set
Social member's film evening, Edinburgh, 13 July

Ten Buildings That Made Postwar Britain
Talk by John Grindrod, author of Concretopia
Edinburgh, 15 April / Glasgow 16 April

Tour of Edinburgh University campuses
led by Alistair Fair and Clive B. Fenton, 02 March

Repairing our postwar libraries - Projects at the NLS
Talk by Linda MacMillan (NLS) and Dermot Patterson (LDN Architects) at RIAS, Edinburgh, 19 January

Past events 2014

Playtime by Jacques Tati
Christmas film evening in Edinburgh, ECA, 02 December

Slideshow happening & AGM
A members' evening in Edinburgh with architectural gems from the ECA slide collection, 02 Sep. 2014

Inventorisation of modern heritage: Urbanism and landscapes
A one-day conference by Docomomo International at the Edinburgh College of Art, 13 Mar. 2014

Past events 2013

Empire exhibition Glasgow 1938 - 75 years on
A talk by Neil Baxter, organised jointly with the Glasgow City Heritage Trust, 04 Dec. 2013

Dr. Strangelove
Members' film evening at the Edinburgh College of Art, 26 Nov. 2013

Edinburgh's Modern Churches
Part 2: North Edinburgh
Minibus tour led by Dr. Clive Fenton, 19 Oct. 2013

Building Scotland 1945-1985
Photo exhibition at Glasgow City Heritage Trust, 12 Jul to 1 Sep. 2013
also in the Evening Times and on BBC Online

Neutra VDL Residences and Studio
Talks by Raymond Neutra at GSA, Glasgow, 07 May, and RIAS, Edinburgh, 09 May

Past events 2012

Modern Church, Modern City
A talk by Robert Proctor at ECA, Edinburgh, 04 Dec.

Modernism in Scotland
An event by Glasgow City Heritage Trust with talks from Docomomo Scotland and NVA, 14 Nov.

Utopia London
Film screening at ECA, Edinburgh, 06 Nov.
Watch the Utopia London trailer

Contemporary Days - The Designs of Lucienne & Robin Day
Film screening with director Murray Grigor
at ECA, Edinburgh, 22 Mar.
Watch the Contemporary days trailer

Past events 2011

Robert Matthew - A modernist architect
Talk by Dr. Miles Glendinning, at ECA, Edinburgh, 31 Mar.

Landscapes of the recent future
Docomomo International conference, at ECA, Edinburgh, 21 Apr.

The White House plus two art deco schools
Site visits in Craigmillar, Edinburgh, 04 Jun.

A socialist America
Talk by Owen Hatherley, at ECA, Edinburgh, 25 Aug.

New Town Cumbernauld
Film evening and talk by Jessica Taylor, at ECA, Edinburgh, 07 Sep.

International conference on mass housing
organised jointly by Docomomo International & EAHN, at ECA, Edinburgh, 08 Sep.

African University Design - A modernist legacy
Talk by Dr. Ola Uduku, at the Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, 20 Oct.

Historic Concrete
One-day seminar by Docomomo Scotland & IHBC Scotland, at Page \ Park Architects,Glasgow, 04 Nov.

Edinburgh's Modern Churches (part 1)
A minibus tour led by Dr. Clive Fenton, 12 Nov.
© Docomomo Scottish National Group 2014                                       Scottish Charity Number SC032552

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