Scottisharchitecture.com is an online architecture centre, that is part of Architecture and Design Scotland's ACCESS to Architecture Programme. The website is designed to engage, inform and illuminate on all aspects of Scottish architecture and the built environment, across as wide an audience range as possible - from students and young people taking part in related workshops to professionals looking for lively and up-to-date news and debate.
Scottisharchitecture.com offers an important portal to information relating to projects delivered by the ACCESS to Architecture programme. The website also provides:
- comprehensive and constantly updated news;
- diary details of forthcoming events around Scotland;
- regularly updated features on new buildings and places;
- an education resource aimed at learners across all ages;
- articles, interviews and blogs reflecting the latest thoughts and developments happening across Scotland and beyond.
Scottisharchitecture.com considers the virtual visitor every bit as important as our real exhibition visitors and event participants.
If you wish to contact scottisharchitecture.com please email ScotArch@ads.org.uk
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Visioning in Scotland: Visionary and Ambitious Plans
Placemaking is a key policy focus for Scottish Government. Better places need better stories, visions of what they could be, and actions to deliver them. Since 2009, the Urbanism team at Architecture + Design Scotland have been working with Local Authorities in Scotland exploring ways of achieving more visionary and ambitious plans. A series of case studies on lessons learned are available on the Architecture +Design Scotland website. These lessons have generated a series of reflections which are contained in essays. These essays discuss the way we see the world, and how we frame what we do relative to architectural and other discourses. There has not been a coherent replacement for the modernism narrative. Placemaking needs to develop a new narrative, which is about collaboration and practice. The essays set out some thoughts on these issues. Comments are welcome.
To read essays click here
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