Edinburgh’s post-war listed buildings
SOME 70 post-war buildings in Edinburgh have been awarded a historic listing. As of August 22, when the data was last compiled by listings managers…
Tag: Features + Opinion
Reflections on the Land Reform Bill
A FEW weeks ago, I attended a consultation event in Helmsdale for the proposed Land Reform in a Net Zero Nation Bill from the Scottish…
Setting up a Stove
MIX a group of artists and an empty town centre building and the resulting alchemy is potentially a version of The Stove Network, the highly-lauded…
Land ownership: a moment to celebrate
A community-buy-out of land in the south of Scotland? Benny Higgins, executive chair of the sellers, Buccleuch, reflects on how it was achieved… IN the…
To know your soil is to know your garden
IF trial and error is a reflection of having an inquiring mind, when it comes to one’s garden, Dr Liz Lakin is all for it.…
The Inch: Edinburgh’s ‘Garden City’
WE were that family. Over the decades, five generations living in what The Scotsman newspaper described as the worst slum in the city. The bottom…
The restoration of properties on Dumfries High Street
THE contractors are already on site and work is progressing to turn previously vacant buildingst into a combination of ‘enterprise’ space on the ground and…
In praise of deck-access
NINETEEN years ago, I designed a block of flats that were built near the Cameron Toll roundabout in Edinburgh. Located on Peffermill Road, passers-by might…
Building deconstruction and reuse
Buildings designed with the ‘circular economy’ in mind? Mariana Novosivschei, an architect with Michael Laird Architects, explains why it is not just about how building…
They do islands differently in Norway
He goes on holiday and comes back with this. On a ferry to the Scottish island of Canna, rural development practitioner, Andrew Prendergast, found himself…