A&DS:SpACE - a new pop-up venue for design and architecture in Edinburgh

Hopeful Housing Futures

Exhibition | Tue 15 - Thur 17 September | 10:00 - 17:00 | Admission Free

An interactive exhibition that explores ideas about the future of home, streets and neighbourhoods in celebration of National Housing Week.

• Explore your ideal living environment by playing the Imagine If Game - drop in and play, then compare your results to real-life examples of housing.
• Build a fictional street together to explore what good design should and shouldn't consider. Join a workshop to help us build it.
• Contribute to the "gallery of hopeful futures" showcasing good ideas from the neighbourhood workshops.
• The short film “Hopeful Futures” will be played every half an hour between workshops
• Come along to our closing panel discussion to find out "What do good neighbours, communities & homes look like?"

This exhibition aims to encourage conversation and surface good ideas to contribute to Hopeful Futures.

Exhibition, events and workshops by Imagine If. Space CIC

Additional events and workshops on Hopeful Housing Futures

Hopeful Housing Futures opening event

Event | Mon 14 September 2026 | 18:00 – 20:00 

Launch of A&DS & SpACE exhibition programme with the opening event by Imagine If. Space exploring 'Hopeful Housing Futures'

For more information and how to register, view here.

Build a Street Together: Founders

Workshop | Tue 15 September 2026 | 12:00 – 13:00 

Contribute to a fictional street shaped by 3 workshops throughout the exhibition - sign up to become a founder, innovator or steward.

For more information and how to register, view here.

Making Ideas Happen

Workshop | Tue 15 September 2026 | 15:00 – 16:00 

Play our neighbourhood game, share ideas about the future of neighbourhoods & how to make them happen.

For more information and how to register, view here.

Build a Street Together: Innovators

Workshop | Tue 16 September 2026 | 12:00 – 13:00 

Contribute to a fictional street shaped by 3 workshops throughout the exhibition - sign up to become a founder, innovator or steward.

For more information and how to register, view here.

Making Ideas Happen

Workshop | Tue 16 September 2026 | 15:00 – 16:00 

Play our neighbourhood game, share ideas about the future of neighbourhoods & how to make them happen.

For more information and how to register, view here.

Build a Street Together: Stewards

Workshop | Tue 17 September 2026 | 12:00 – 13:00 

Join the last workshop to create a fictional street for the exhibition - explore how people, nature and systems will steward the future.

For more information and how to register, view here.

Making Ideas Happen

Workshop | Tue 17 September 2026 | 15:00 – 16:00 

Play our neighbourhood game, share ideas about the future of neighbourhoods & how to make them happen.

For more information and how to register, view here.

What do good neighbours, communities & homes look like?

Event | Thur 17 September 2026 | 18:00 – 20:00 

Join Imagine If. Space CIC for an evening of conversation and inspiration, as invited panellists share real-world projects already creating more connected, inclusive, and thriving places. Through short talks and Q&A, explore practical examples, lessons learned and the ideas that can help shape better homes and communities for the future.

For more information about the event and how to register, view here.

---

The A&DS and RIAS Scottish Student Awards for Architecture 

Exhibition | Mon 21 - Thur 24 September 2026 | 10:30 -16:30 | Admission Free

An exhibition of architecture students’ work offers a vivid glimpse into how emerging designers are reshaping the built environment. The showcase brings together models, drawings, digital explorations, and experimental materials that reveal each student’s evolving architectural voice. Themes range from adaptive reuse and sustainable urbanism to speculative futures, with projects demonstrating how design can respond to social, ecological, and technological change. It’s a celebration of creativity, critical inquiry, and the next generation of designers preparing to shape tomorrow’s cities.

Exhibition by Architecture and Design Scotland and The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland

Additional events and workshops

Career Conversations: Speed Mentoring Afternoon with RIAS Careers Studio and A&DS

Event | Tue 22 September 2026 | 16:00 -18:00 | Admission Free 

Join RIAS Careers Studio and Architecture and Design Scotland (A&DS) for an inspiring afternoon of speed mentoring designed to connect students with professionals from across the architecture and built environment sector.

For more information about the event and how to register, view here.

RIAS Seminar: Using Architecture Policy to Generate Public Value

Event | Wed 23 September 2026 | 13:30 - 15:15 | Free

How does Scottish architecture policy delivery compare with Europe's best? Join us for the launch of new RIAS commissioned research.

Join RIAS and Architecture and Design Scotland for a seminar exploring new research comparing role of architecture within public policy across different European contexts.

For more information about the event and how to register, view here.

RIAS BookshopLATE...How to Build a City with Gabriella Bennett

Event | Thur 24 September 2026 | 18:00 -20:00 | Admission Free for RIAS Members

Join the next RIAS BookshopLATE talk... author Gabriella Bennett discusses her new book 'How to Build a City'

Gabriella Bennett takes readers on a globe-trotting journey to learn how we are reimagining home to embrace the challenges of contemporary living. From political instability to wildfires, flooding and an increased pressure on materials and space, the built environment is under threat like never before. It must change - and it is. We'll travel to the frontier cities of this urban revolution and discover how people are transforming their communities in surprising ways.

For more information about the event and how to register, view here.

---

Scotland's Climate Week 2026, 29 September - 1 October

A short exhibition and event series curated by Architecture and Design Scotland to mark Scotland's Climate Week. 

Additional events and workshops

Heat Network – Impact on homes and occupants

Event | Tuesday 29 September 2026 | 12:00 - 17:00 | Admission Free 

Register: You’re welcome to drop in on the day, but to secure a seat, please email events@heatnetworkscotland.org

Come along to explore heat networks, through talks and demonstrations. Exhibitors and speakers are:

• Heat Network Scotland (Antoine Reguis) – The Home and voice of heat network sector in Scotland
• Vattenfall (Ben Carter) – Connecting homes in Edinburgh and the Lothians
• SAV Systems (Lukas Fabricius) – Practical changes within homes and buildings
• Porty Community Energy (Maria Vrabec) – Perception of change by the public

Sowing Seeds workshop 

Event | Wed 30 September 2026 | 12:00 - 15:00 | Admission Free 

As part of A&DS marking Scotland's Climate Week, join us for an afternoon of collective making exploring ecology, craft, memory and belonging.

Sowing Seeds brings together designer Alyesha Choudhury's research from Bangladesh with the experiences and stories of the Bangladeshi diaspora in Scotland. Through cyanotype printing, clay impressions, textiles and stitching, we will explore how plants, bodies and materials can leave traces and carry memories across places. 

Open to the Bangladeshi diaspora and anyone curious about plants, materials, making and memory. Funded by British Council Bangladesh & Women of the World (WOW) Bangladesh. Free (no booking needed).  

Scotland's Climate Week 2026, 29 September - 1 October

A short exhibition and event series curated by Architecture and Design Scotland to mark Scotland's Climate Week. 

Additional events and workshops

Climate Clinic – Diagnosing and treating the built environment 

Event | Thurs, 1 October 2026 | 13:00 – 16:30 | Admission Free

The Climate Clinic brings together architects, students, and built environment professionals to explore how we can adapt, reuse and future-proof the buildings and places we already have. Through a series of interactive discussions, the event will examine climate resilience, retrofit, adaptive reuse, circular construction and the design of healthier, more sustainable places in a changing climate.

Register here (Eventbrite)

Event by Architecture and Design Scotland 

People's Emergency Briefing - Community screening [SOLD OUT]

Event | Thurs, 1 October 2026 | 18:00 – 20:00 | Admission Free

Join us at A&DS:SpACE during Scotland's Climate Week for a screening of the People’s Emergency Briefing - an eye-opening 50-minute film bringing together nine leading UK scientists and experts with the latest evidence on the climate emergency. 

Register for free here (Eventbrite) 

Event by Architecture and Design Scotland 

---

Exhibition of the 2026 RIAS Award Winning Projects

Exhibition | Mon 5 - Thur 8 October 2026 | 10:30 - 17:00 | Admission Free

Explore the winning projects from the 2026 RIAS Awards for Architecture at this public exhibition, bringing together a selection of outstanding architectural projects from across Scotland.

The exhibition will also showcase the 2026 RIAS Doolan Award shortlisted projects, offering an insight into the range of work being considered for the 2026 Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland. Together, the projects provide an opportunity to see the variety of approaches, scales and contexts represented in this year’s awards.

Exhibition by The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland

Additional events

2026 Doolan Award Shortlist: In Conversation

Event | Thur 8 October 2026 | 17:30 – 19:00

Join RIAS President and awards judge Libby Heathcote, as she hosts and chairs this live discussion with the practices shortlisted for the 2026 RIAS Doolan Award, to explore the projects that are in the running to be named this year's best building in Scotland.  

For more information about the event and how to register, view here.

---

Edinburgh Through a Child's Lens

Exhibition | Mon 12 - Thur 15 October 2026 | 10:00 - 17:00 | Admission Free

What do Edinburgh's children tell us about their city?

Through drawings, maps, models, words and ideas, children from across Edinburgh show us the city as they experience it- an opportunity to see Edinburgh differently, through the eyes of the young people who live here.

Before we talk about the future of Edinburgh, we are going to listen to the people who will live longest with the decisions we make.

Exhibition and events by Simpson Studio

Additional events and workshops

Exhibition opening: The children’s opening

Event | Mon 12 October 2026 | 15:00 - 17:00 | Admission Free

What do Edinburgh’s children tell us about their city? This opening event is our day of listening to children - an opportunity to see Edinburgh differently, through the eyes of the young people who live here.

Before we talk about the future of Edinburgh, we are going to listen to the people who will live longest with the decisions we make. Come along, explore the exhibition and, listen to the ideas. 

Exhibition Opening | Free Tickets | Refreshments will be provided

Book your tickets on Eventbrite here.

Panel discussion: Designing for childhood in the city - What makes a great city for children?

Event | Tue 13 October 2026 | 13:30 - 14:30 | Admission Free

Having listened to what Edinburgh’s children have told us about their city, Tuesday asks us to think, to consider what their experiences and ideas mean for the way we design, plan and shape Edinburgh.

Book your tickets on Eventbrite here.

Activity: Build the city - children's build day

Event | Weds 14 October 2026 | 10:00 - 16:00 | Admission Free

A day for children and families to make, build, play and imagine the city together. Children don’t always communicate their experiences of place most powerfully through words. Making and play can reveal ideas, relationships and observations about the city that conventional consultation can miss.

So, for our Make day, we’re putting the city in their hands. Children are invited to get creative, build their ideas and imagine the places they would love to grow up in - exploring what their streets, neighbourhoods, play spaces and wider city could become.

Book your tickets on Eventbrite here.

Talk and drinks reception: The teen gap with Make Space for Girls

Event | Thur 15 October 2026 | 15:00 - 17:00 | Admission Free

As children grow into adolescence, the spaces designed specifically for them begin to disappear. Playgrounds are left behind and public space becomes increasingly important, a place to meet friends, gain independence and develop a sense of belonging.

But who are these spaces really designed for? Who feels welcome in them, and who gets pushed to the edges?

Together with Imogen Clark from Make Space for Girls and Anna Gaffney of A Place in Childhood, we explore what young people need from their city as they grow, with a particular focus on the experiences of teenage girls and the inequalities that can shape their access to public space

Book your tickets on Eventbrite here.

---

The Mass Timber Revolution

Exhibition | Wed 21 - Thur 29 October 2026 (Closed Sat/Sun) | 10:00 - 17:00

The Mass Timber Academy presents The Mass Timber Revolution, its new exhibition highlighting the virtues of engineered solid laminate (mass) timber products and systems in the construction of a low-carbon, energy-efficient, and healthier built environment for the next three quarters of the 21st century. 

The exhibition invites you to understand more about mass timber and why it is important that we now think seriously about what we build and why. 

The world is changing around us, and many old certainties may no longer apply in the future. This is certainly true when we consider global warming and the impact this is having on the increasingly unusual ways existing buildings perform. Even after a quarter century of use in the UK, Mass Timber is still not well known here by much of the country’s building industry or by the wider public. Yet internationally, this is one of the fastest-growing areas of design and construction and one that future design professionals trying and graduating here need to become familiar with. 

Additional events

Water, Water everywhere, but not if it's prevented

Event | Wed 21 October | 15:15 - 16:00

Featuring Simon Corbey, Executive Director, ASBP

The Association of Sustainable Building Products’ (ASBP) mission is: “To lead the transformation to a healthy low carbon built environment by championing the understanding and use of demonstrably sustainable building products.” The organisation has led on a number of the major issues affecting the design, specification and installation of mass timber products and systems, such as the highly regarded Mass Timber Insurance Playbook. 

A Chartered Surveyor with a Master's in Architecture, Simon’s role with the ASBP concentrates on its seminars and learning events, e.g. its recent webinar, Biogenic Carbon – Recognising, measuring and rewarding natural carbon storage and its forthcoming one-day event, Building Resilience Through Reuse. Simon will outline the ASBP’s forthcoming guidance on managing water and moisture risk throughout the lifecycle of mass timber buildings. 

This event will take place online.

Building mass timber structures

Event | Fri 23 October | 10:00-12:00

Featuring Daniel Vazquez, Design Engineer, Mass Timber Structures Ltd

Daniel is a Building Engineer with a background in architectural technology, timber engineering and mass timber construction. He specialises in the design, coordination and delivery of mass timber structures, combining technical design and engineering with the practical delivery of projects on site. 

Having worked across a wide range of projects throughout the UK, including bespoke housing, office buildings, leisure centres and educational buildings, Daniel’s experience of the full project process, from early design development and coordination through to temporary works, lifting operations and the installation of CLT and Glulam structures.

If you want to know how mass timber structures actually get built, you can't afford to miss the nuts, bolts and more in this talk!

This event will take place live at the exhibition.

A journey into timber

Event | Mon 26 October | 16:00 - 17:30

Featuring Peter Fisher, Director, Bennetts Associates

Timber Square consists of two buildings - a former printworks that has been extended upwards by six storeys and a new-build 15-storey building, the largest commercial building in the UK to feature CLT floor slabs. The project brief called for a human-centric, health-focused design with low embodied carbon and operational carbon, strong connections and a porous urban realm, all of which led to the use of CLT. 

Peter Fisher, the director at Bennetts Associates responsible for Timber Square, combines leadership and technical expertise with a belief in the value and beauty of restrained, resourceful design. He has an unusual background, having studied both architecture and environmental design. The journey into timber traces the practice’s use of timber over many years in award-winning projects.

This event will take place live at the exhibition.

Book your spaces for this event now on Eventbrite here.

Timber intelligence in every dimension

Event | Wed 28 October | 15:30-16:30

Featuring John Spittle 

In recent years, Wiehag has delivered some of the largest and most exciting mass timber projects to be seen in the UK and around the world. The company combine structural innovation with high-precision manufacture and installation of mass timber components. 

Many of the projects are regarded as icons of advanced 21st century timber engineering, the latest being the 39 storey Atlassian Tower in Sydney. Closer to home, the Crossrail Station at London’s Canary Wharf and the Macallan Distillery on Speyside demonstrate the extraordinary range of Wiehag’s expertise. 

John Spittle has represented the company in the UK and Ireland for the past 14 years and has extensive experience in all forms of timber engineering. He has been involved in setting up & running large-scale national contracts, from first idea to completed projects!

This event will take place online.

The Value of Housing

Exhibition | Tue 3 - Fri 13 November 2026 | 10:00 - 17:00 (opening hours vary due to events) | Admission Free

Exploring the critical contribution that good quality housing makes to society, the economy and people’s health and wellbeing.

In the midst of the acute housing crisis Scotland is facing, there is a need to build well for the future, as well as building quickly. This exhibition, curated by 7N Architects, explores the proposition that the best and most sustainable investment that can be made in housing is to build homes of enduring quality that will become well-loved places.

The themes of Placemaking, Health & Wellbeing, Regeneration, Retro-Fit, 20-Minute Living and Stewardship are explored through the work of 7N Architects, Page\Park, Collective Architecture and Ed Taylor Urbanism. The views of visitors will be gathered at the exhibition, and the outcomes will be published to contribute to the critical debate on housing.

Exhibition by 7N Architects

Exhibition opening hours for w/c 3 November

3 Nov Tuesday, 10:00 - 12:00 and 14:00 - 17:00 | 4 Nov Wednesday, 10:00 - 17:00 | 5 Nov Thursday, 13:00 - 17:00 | 6 Nov Friday, 10:00 - 17:00

Opening hours for w/c 10 November

9 Nov Monday, 10:00 - 17:00 | 10 Nov Tuesday, 10:00 - 11:00 and 14:00 - 17:00 | 11 Nov Wednesday, 15:00 - 16:30 | 13 Nov Friday, 10:00 - 16:00 

---

The retrofit challenge: net-zero meets heritage [SOLD OUT]

Standalone event | Tue 10 November | 12:30 - 13:30 | Admission Free

How can generic energy retrofit approaches be reconsidered to ensure traditional buildings become more energy efficient while retaining their historic character? Join Gary Cunningham, Energy Retrofit and Adaptation Specialist, and Yann Grandgirard, Head of Climate Change at Edinburgh World Heritage, for an exploration of the opportunities and challenges of retrofitting Scotland's traditional buildings for a net-zero future. Drawing on recent Edinburgh World Heritage pilot projects, Gary and Yann will share practical insights into historic window upgrades, whole house retrofit of tenements, and innovative retrofit solutions developed through the EU and UKRI-funded FuturHist project. Discover how carefully designed interventions can improve comfort and reduce energy use while respecting the heritage values of historic buildings.

To book your tickets, view here.

Event by Edinburgh World Heritage

---

Demystifying AI in Architectural Design [SOLD OUT]

Standalone event | Thur 12 November 2026 | 12:30 - 17:00 | Admission Free

An event exploring how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being integrated into architectural practice, and what might this mean for architects in Scotland?

For more information and to book tickets on Eventbrite, view here

Event by Architecture and Design Scotland 

---

Living Well in the City

Exhibition | Mon 16 - Thur 19 November 2026 | 10:00 - 17:00 | Admission Free

Join the Edinburgh Architectural Association for a week of exhibition, talks, workshops and conversations exploring what it means to live well in the city. Featuring the 2026 EAA Awards shortlist exhibition, the programme brings together architects, students and the wider public to explore the housing and ecological crisis, celebrate good design and imagine a more sustainable and equitable future for Edinburgh.

Exhibition by Edinburgh Architectural Association

View full event collection on Eventbrite here.

Additional events

Exhibition opening: 2026 EAA Awards shortlist exhibition

Event | 16 November 2026 | 18:00 - 20:00 | Free

Join the Edinburgh Architectural Association for the launch of the 2026 EAA Awards Shortlist Exhibition, marking the beginning of our week-long takeover of A&DS.

Bringing together shortlisted projects from this year's EAA Awards, the exhibition celebrates the work of architects and practices shaping Edinburgh and the wider region.

The launch is an opportunity to explore the projects, meet people from across Edinburgh's architectural community and celebrate the ideas, ambition and creativity behind this year's shortlist.

Register for the event on Eventbrite here.

EAA book club: Feeling at Home by Alva Gotby

Event | 17 November 2026 | 18:00 - 20:00 | Free

Join the first EAA Book Club to discuss Alva Gotby's Feeling at Home and explore the politics of housing and domestic life.

Register for the event on Eventbrite here.

Panel discussion: the housing emergency beyond numbers

Event | 18 November 2026 | 18:00 - 20:00 | Free

Join the Edinburgh Architectural Association for a panel discussion exploring where the housing and climate agendas converge, where they pull apart and what each can learn from the other.

Register for the event on Eventbrite here.

Social meet up: Architects Talking

Event | 19 November 2026 | 18:00 - 20:00 | Free

As part of our week-long takeover of SpACE, the Edinburgh Architectural Association is launching Architects Talking, a new monthly informal gathering for Edinburgh's architects and friends from other professions and trades.

For our first event, we're asking: What could a Centre for Architecture bring to Edinburgh?

Register for the event on Eventbrite here.

---

Collaborative Practice Pilgrimage

Exhibition | Mon 23 - Fri 27 November 2026 | 10:00 - 17:00

Following a pilgrimage exploring the work and legacy of Charlotte Perriand, the 2026 CPP Exhibition and Fundraiser presents a collection of original artworks, photography and personal reflections by Beth McFadzean, Freya Stevenson and Mairi Lorimer. Through a range of creative responses, the exhibition offers insights into Perriand’s enduring influence on architecture, design and the relationship between people and place.

Exhibition by Andrew Gillespie Trust

Additional events

Andrew Gillespie Trust Exhibition and Fundraiser 2026

Event | Thur 26 November 2026 | 18:00 - 20:00

To celebrate the completion of the 2026 Collaborative Practice Pilgrimage, Andrew Gillespie Trust is delighted to exhibit the work of Beth McFadzean, Freya Stevenson and Mairi Lorimer, who travelled to France to experience the work of renowned architect and designer Charlotte Perriand. Please join Andrew Gillespie Trust at ​A&DS:SpACE for a reception and speech about the recent pilgrimage and the work of the Trust.

To join the event, register here.

---

boom saloon at A&DS:SpACE

Live Broadcast Call | Mon 23 - Fri 27 November 2026 | Event hours vary

A series of events in collaboration with Architecture and Design Scotland at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, bringing together individuals to explore one question: how has where you work shaped the change you make?

Live broadcast call by Boom Saloon. 

See full event series on Eventbrite here.

boom saloon at A&DS:SpACE: who owns & uses space?

Live Broadcast Call | Mon 23 November 2026 | 18:00 - 21:00 | Paid event

Who owns & uses space? A conversation centred around equity & voice within the field of architecture and built environment.

As part of boom saloon x A&DS, Calling boom saloon welcomes you to listen in and discuss: Who owns the spaces we share? Who gets to use them, and who gets heard when decisions are made? Join us for an evening about youth, equity and voice.

Grab a seat, take some popcorn and settle in. There’s no welcome speech: the screen lights up, a phone rings, and you’re listening in on a conversation between Marco Morgan of Bombai Circus and boom saloon member Craig Stott in Leeds, about who space really belongs to.

Then we take this call live, with brilliant minds, Ilayda Tunca in Turkey and Dan Dorcic in Berlin join from abroad to pick up the thread, alongside Edinburgh voice, Gordon Tsang. Text in your questions and we’ll put them to the call.

Finally, we open the conversation up to the room, as our Edinburgh-based contributors from the call join you in person to carry the discussion further.

Register for this event on Eventbrite here.

boom saloon at A&DS:SpACE: learning to see more

Live Broadcast Call | Tue 24 November 2026 | 10:00 - 12:00 | Paid event

Learning to See More: a participatory workshop from Uniform November's Frazer Macdonald Hay on place, memory and the things we overlook

How much do we really see of the places in which our lives unfold?

Buildings and places shape our lives in ways we don't always recognise. Some are celebrated for their architecture and history, while others are so familiar that we barely notice them. Yet all can carry memories, stories and meanings that extend far beyond their physical appearance.

Join writer, researcher and peacebuilding consultant Frazer Macdonald Hay for an engaging, two-hour workshop exploring how we see, understand and experience the places around us. Drawing upon an unconventional career spanning architecture, emergency services, education and international peacebuilding, Frazer will share stories and experiences from Scotland and around the world, inviting participants to consider familiar environments through different lenses.

Through storytelling, creative postcard exercises and conversation, we'll explore how places acquire significance, how their meanings change over time, and how we might imagine new futures for the buildings and environments we inherit. From everyday landmarks to extraordinary architecture, Learning to See More is an invitation to rediscover the places that shape our lives and the possibilities they hold.

Open to everyone. No specialist knowledge or drawing ability required – just curiosity.

Register for this event on Eventbrite here.

boom saloon at A&DS:SpACE: is truly accessible design ever possible?

Live Broadcast Call | Wed 25 November 2026 | 18:00 - 21:00 | Paid event

boom saloon calling asks: can you design accessibly? Join us for an evening exploring whether accessible design is ever truly possible.

As part of boom saloon x A&DS, Calling boom saloon asks: can you design accessibly? This evening explores whether accessible design is ever truly possible, and who is shaped by the answer.

The evening begins without introduction. A phone rings, and a pre-recorded conversation unfolds on screen between Ewan Graham, Partner and Healthcare Sector Lead at Hawkins\Brown in London, and boom saloon member Kirsty Watt. They consider what it takes to design for health, dignity and difference.

The conversation then moves to a live call, where additional speaker, Gerry King will respond with his personal experience, questioning and extending what has been said. Audience members are invited to text in their questions, which will be put to the call in real time.

The evening closes in the room, where our Edinburgh-based contributors join the audience in person to continue the discussion.

Register for this event on Eventbrite here.

boom saloon at A&DS:SpACE: design dial in

Live Broadcast Call | Thur 26 November 2026 | 10:00 - 13:00 | Paid event

boom saloon led, we will discuss architecture as direct action, and what the built environment can do outside institutional frameworks.

As part of boom saloon x A&DS, Calling boom saloon invites you to Finlay’s Design Dial-In, an afternoon exploring architecture as direct action.

What can the built environment do when it moves, adapts and organises itself outside institutional frameworks? This session looks at how people, projects and practices are shaping places without waiting for permission, and what that means for the way we design, build and take part in our cities.

Guest speakers to be announced!

Register for this event on Eventbrite here.

boom saloon at A&DS:SpACE: what materials will save the builds of the future?

Live Broadcast Call | Fri 27 November 2026 | 18:00 - 21:00 | Paid event

boom saloon calling asks: what materials will save the buildings of the future, and who controls the natural world they come from?

As part of boom saloon x A&DS, Calling boom saloon asks: what materials will save the buildings of the future, and who controls the natural world they come from?

We will begin the event listening in to a conversation between two brilliant minds, considering how materials, land and resources shape what we build and who decides.

The conversation will then move to a live call, where Edinburgh practitioners Peter Holmes, Lisa Simpson and Elma Charalampidou respond with their own perspectives. Audience members are invited to text in their questions, which will be put to the call in real time.

The evening closes in the room, as the Edinburgh contributors join the audience in person to continue the discussion.

Register for this event on Eventbrite here.

---

Art, Architecture & the City

Exhibition | Mon 30 November - Fri 18 December 2026 | 10:00 - 17:00

More information coming soon...

Exhibition by Simpson Studio and The Fine Art Society