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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

Online talks - autumn/winter 2020/21

We have three online talks set up for the winter, via Zoom. They're free, but you'll need to register by email. Just email us to say you want to join the talk - a separate email for each, ideally - at mail@docomomoscotland.org.uk, and we'll send you a link on the day.

On Wednesday, 11 November (18:00 - 19:15), Dr Ewan Harrison, Curator, RIBA, will present Too Commercial, No Convictions on the work of R Seifert and Partners.

On Wednesday, 2 December (18:00 - 19:15), Dr Alistair Fair, Reader in Architectural History, University of Edinburgh, will present Remaking Edinburgh's South Side, on the redevelopment schemes sponsored by the University for the area in the 1960s and 70s.

On Wednesday, 20 January (1800-1915), Harriet Richardson, University of Edinburgh, will offer us the benefit of her current research (and a long-standing interest in the architecture of hospitals) in "Modern Principles in Hospital Design: Scottish Innovation in the 1950s"

Further talks are planned for early 2021 - more detail to follow, here and in our Newsletter and Twitter feed.

For updates on forthcoming events, please register for our free email newsletter, visit us on Eventbrite or follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

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

Past events 2019

Irvine New Town: The archaeology of the future
Talk by Joss Durnan

Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh, 12 November 2019

Docomomo Scotland Annual General Meeting

Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh, 12 November 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.