The Dundee Conservation Lectures 1995-1996

11 October
CONSERVATION PHILOSOPHY
'Current Threats to Scottish Architecture - A personal perspective'
Ian Begg. Architect and Vice-President of the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland

18 October
PLANNING THE CITY
'James Thomson's Extraordinary Vision for Dundee'
Penny O'Connor. Centre for Planning Research, Dundee
'Charles Wilson. Architect and Park Circus, Glasgow'
Fiona J. Sinclair. Architect and author

23 October
VICTORIAN EXTRAVAGANZA
'The Architectural Patronage of the Third Marquis of Bute'
Gavin Stamp. Lecturer, writer and broadcaster

1 November
WORLD CONSERVATION PERSPECTIVE
'Current problems faced by Mid-European countries'
Jim Johnstone. Director, Edinburgh Old Town Renewal Trust

15 November
A CONSERVATION OFFICER'S PERSPECTIVE
'The District of Moray'
Ronnie Robertson. Senior Conservation Officer, Moray District
'Doocots'
Nick Brown. Conservation Officer, Moray District

22 November
HISTORIC GARDENS
'Cultural Landscapes; an assessment'
'The Reconstruction of the Privy Garden at Hampton Court'
David Jacques. Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies.
Lecturer and author

29 November
COLLEGIATE CITY
'Rebuilding Dundee as a City of Education'
Professor Charles McKean. Head of School of Architecture, Dundee

6 December
GLASGOW HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS
'Regeneration, Ingenuity and Imagination'
Rob Joiner. Director of Reidvale Housing Association.
'Quality Architecture in the Public Sector'
Fraser Stewart. Director, New Gorbals Housing Association

17 January
COLLEGIATE CITY
'Padua - The Historic City and its Architectural Development; Memories of a Research Student in the 1960s'
Professor Alistair Rowan. Principal Edinburgh College of Art
President of the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland

24 January
THE GEORGIAN TOWN
'Building the Georgian Town'
'Conserving the Georgian Town. The Work of the Spittalfields Trust'
Dan Cruickshank. Lecturer, writer and broadcaster

31 January
IRON WORK
'Iron in the Vernacular'
Bruce Walker. Historic Scotland, Architect, lecturer and writer.
'Cast Iron Structures'
Ted Ruddock. Engineer and historian

7 February
REVITALISING THE INNER CITY
'Re-using Redundant Buildings'
'Conservation and Urban Re-generation'
Nicholas Falk. Director of Urbed. Lecturer and writer

21 February
INVESTIGATING HISTORIC BUILDINGS
'What to look for; the Techniques Available; the Philosophy'
Simpson and Brown. Architects

28 February
TRADITIONAL MATERIALS
'Historic Paint'
Ian Gow. RCAHMS. Author
'Local Stone: contemporary problems'
Bob Heath. Architect and Stone Consultant

6 March
OBJECT CONSERVATION
'Conservation of Historic Wall Finishes in Historic Houses'
Madelaine Abey-Koch. Regional Conservator National Trust
Southern Region

13 March
DIPS AND SIPS
'Swimming Baths'
Douglas Campbell. Architect and conservation officer
'Public Houses'
Rudolph Kenna. Historian and author

For further information e-mail Neil Grieve n.f.grieve@dundee.ac.uk