🌟 Speaker Spotlight 🌟
John Lowrey is a senior lecturer in architectural history. He joins us on 9th March to discuss Architecture and Urbanism in late Georgian Edinburgh: buff.ly/B2tZQZ6
📸 The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh College of Art
🌟 Speaker Spotlight 🌟
John Lowrey is a senior lecturer in architectural history. He joins us on 9th March to discuss Architecture and Urbanism in late Georgian Edinburgh: buff.ly/B2tZQZ6
📸 The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh College of Art
Next up in the AHSS Strathclyde Group Winter Lecture Series:
Heritage with Purpose: Adaptive Reuse and Community-Centred Design, with Sarah Jane Storrie
🗓️ 19 March 2026
📍 St Andrews West Church & Renfield Centre, Glasgow
⏰️ 7:30 – 9:30pm
🎟️ £6 online/in-person | £2 students: buff.ly/va5EmB8
Coming up next in the AHSS Forth & Borders Group Winter Lecture Series:
Architecture and Urbanism in late Georgian Edinburgh with speaker John Lowrey
🗓️ Mon 9 Mar 2026
📍 Augustine United Church, Edinburgh and via Zoom
🎟️ £6 | £2 students
🔗 Book your tickets here: buff.ly/B2tZQZ6
🚨 Don't miss out!
The Strathclyde Group Winter Lecture Series continues tomorrow, Thursday 19th February!
📢 Speaker: Gordon Urquhart
🗓️ Topic: The Ironwork of James Sellars, Architect
🎟️ For more info and booking: buff.ly/wWWLQ8A
🚨 Reminder: The Ironwork of James Sellars, Architect
Join us to explore the “fertile mind and facile pencil” of Sellars with speaker Gordon Urquhart.
📍 St Andrews West Church & Renfield Centre, Glasgow and online
⏰️ 7.30pm
🎟️ buff.ly/wWWLQ8A
Upcoming event!
Gordon R Urquhart joins us to explore the ironwork designs of Victorian architect James Sellars:
🗓️ 19th Feb
⏰️ 7.30pm
📍 Glasgow & online
💷 £6 / £2 students
🔗 Book here: buff.ly/wWWLQ8A
⏰ Coming up on Monday!
Rescuing Buildings at Risk in Northern Ireland
A timely talk on saving historic buildings — and what Scotland can learn from NI’s experience.
📅 Mon 9 Feb | 6.30pm
📍 Edinburgh + online
🎟️ £6 / £2 students
🔗 buff.ly/83mCkYF
The Ironwork of James Sellars, Architect
Historian & author Gordon R Urquhart explores the ironwork designs of Victorian Glasgow — and the overlooked relationship between architects and iron foundries.
📅 Thu 19 Feb 2026 | 7.30pm
📍 Glasgow + online
🎟️ £6 / £2 students | £25 series
🔗 buff.ly/IwVIT4i
Karen Latimer OBE has spent 40+ years in architectural heritage and was awarded an OBE for services to heritage.
On Monday 9th, Karen joins us to share lessons from rescuing buildings at risk in Northern Ireland — and what Scotland can learn.
buff.ly/83mCkYF
We have objected to proposals to demolish the Cat B former Glasite Chapel in Galashiels.
Built in 1842, this rare building has been at risk for decades due to neglect & no evidence has been submitted to justify demolition.
Demolition here would reward neglect.
buff.ly/Egsx1iz
Join us for “Rescuing Buildings at Risk in Northern Ireland” with Karen Latimer OBE (Hearth). 🌍🏛️
🗓️ 9 Feb 2026, 6:30 pm
📍 Edinburgh + online
🎟️ Book now buff.ly/83mCkYF
Help shape heritage casework in Scotland.
AHSS Forth & Borders is recruiting a Cases Panel Secretary & Convener — an impactful voluntary role with training and modest payment.
📧 nationaloffice@ahss.org.uk
⏰ 31 Jan 2026
📸 Tom Parnell
An application to list Argyle House, researched by Docomomo Scotland and submitted jointly with Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland and The Twentieth Century Society, has been accepted by Historic Environment Scotland.
📄 View the case: buff.ly/aEiduwj
📸 Tom Parnell
🚨 THIS WEEK! Join us on Thursday 22nd for our next lecture, with Chris Bragg of Sowne of Organe, exploring how 19th-century organ design has shaped modern conservation.
🗓 Thu 22 Jan, 7.30pm
📍 St Andrews West Church, Glasgow
💻 Also via Zoom
🎟 £6 / £2 students
🔗 buff.ly/BnDd92F
AHSS Forth & Borders is seeking a Cases Panel Secretary & Convener.
Looking for someone organised, IT-literate, and interested in heritage casework. Training provided + modest monthly payment.
📅 Deadline: 31 January 2026
🔗 buff.ly/GdfIZN7
📸 Tom Parnell
Join us for our next lecture: 'Tensions in visual organ design in the 19th-century UK', with speaker Chris Bragg of Sowne of Organe.
🗓️ Thurs 22nd Jan, 7.30pm
📍 St Andrews West Church, Glasgow
💻 Also streamed live via Zoom
🎟 £6 / £2 students: buff.ly/clPnfb3
📸 Crichton Collegiate Church
Interested in a future career in heritage?
AHSS Forth & Borders is recruiting a Cases Panel Secretary & Convener — a valuable learning role with training and real sector experience.
Deadline: 31 Jan 2026
🔗 buff.ly/GdfIZN7
📸 Tom Parnell
Explore 19th-century UK organ design with Chris Bragg of Sowne of Organe in our first lecture of 2026:
📅 Thursday 22 January, 7:30pm
📍 St Andrews West Church, Glasgow
💻 Also streamed live via Zoom
🎟 £6 / £2 students: buff.ly/clPnfb3
🎉 Happy New Year from all of us at the AHSS!
As we welcome in 2026, we’d like to extend our heartfelt appreciation to our members and supporters for continuing to stand with us in protecting and promoting Scotland’s architectural and cultural heritage.
🎄Merry Christmas from all of us at the AHSS!
We’d like to wish our members, supporters, and friends a very happy and restful Christmas. We hope you enjoy a peaceful time spent with loved ones, and have a chance to pause, reflect, and recharge.
See you in 2026!
“Ugly” buildings? Or misunderstood ones?
Great to see AHSS member Robbie Macfarlane quoted in this Herald piece pushing back against lazy narratives around brutalism — using Edinburgh’s Nuffield Transplantation Unit as a brilliant example of form following function.
🔗 bit.ly/4ahTK1A
📚 Love learning about Scottish architecture?
When you join AHSS, you unlock our full magazine archive — decades of articles, research and commentary on Scotland’s built heritage.
👉 Become a member today: buff.ly/mnOFVB1
🪨 Tonight: The Building Stones of Edinburgh
with Luis Albornoz-Parra (BGS).
📆 6:30pm
📍 Edinburgh + Zoom
🎟 £6 / £2 students – book: buff.ly/YIOUy36
See you there!
🎁 A gift to yourself this winter…
Become a member of the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland and treat yourself to a whole year of discovery, insight and inspiration.
👉 Join today buff.ly/mnOFVB1
The Building Stones of Edinburgh with Luis Albornoz-Parra.
📆 Mon 8 Dec, 6:30pm
📍 Edinburgh + Zoom
🎟 £6 / £2 students – book: buff.ly/YIOUy36
🎤 Forth & Borders welcomes Luis Albornoz-Parra for their next Winter Lecture Series talk, exploring Edinburgh’s iconic building stones- with real samples to examine.
🗓️ Mon 8 Dec
📍 Augustine United Church, Edinburgh
💻 Also on Zoom
🎟️ £6 / £2 students
More info: buff.ly/WwKNzau
Professor Aonghus Mackechnie’s recent AHSS lecture asked: if a landscape ‘speaks’, can we hear it?
One member reflected on landscapes that speak to them — from Calton Hill’s Enlightenment legacy to places shaped by conflict, power and identity.
👉 buff.ly/AmKohuj
Which landscapes speak to you?
AHSS North East Annual Lunch – 28 Nov
We’re meeting this year at the Royal Northern and University Club, one of Aberdeen’s most storied (and best-kept secret!) private clubs.
Our speaker: David Oswald, with an illustrated tour of Aberdeen’s historic cinemas.
www.ahss.org.uk/news-events/...
Next up in the Strathclyde Group Winter Lecture Series: ‘Greek’ Thomson and the Watson Street Warehouses
📅 Thurs 20 Nov, 7:30pm
📍 St Andrews West Church, Glasgow
💻 Also streamed live via Zoom
🎟 £6 / £2 students
Book your ticket now to hear the full story:
👉 buff.ly/i3odUZz
This year marks the 120th anniversary of a tragic fire at Glasgow’s Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson designed Watson Street warehouses, which claimed the lives of 40 men and injured many more.
Dominic d’Angelo will revisit the story in our next lecture: buff.ly/i3odUZz