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135:, an annual academic journal dedicated to the study of Scotland's buildings. These comprehensive studies of many of Scotland's most renowned architects – including thematic studies on William Adam, Robert Adam, the contemporaries of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, the Gothic Revival in Scotland, and essays on Scottish Architects' Papers – are published alongside a wide range of other architectural topics, creating a comprehensive and essential source for Scotland's architecture. 65:
and its geographical locus. In the 1960s, the Scottish Georgian Society formed a West of Scotland Group based in Glasgow under the chairmanship of bookseller Robert Clow, who had earlier formed the influential New Glasgow Society with architect Geoffrey Jarvis and others. In 1984, the present AHSS
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The Society is organized into five regional groups, each of whom undertake casework and organize educational activities. Management is by a national council comprising representatives of the five regional groups and elected members. As of October 2019 the office bearers were:
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Since its establishment, the Society has been involved in commenting and advising on development proposals which affect the historic buildings and townscapes of Scotland. The Society also runs regular lecture series on
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Christian sect. In October 2012 it was given, with an endowment, to the Scottish Historic Buildings Trust (SHBT) and the Society is now based at 15 Rutland Square, Edinburgh, EH1 2BB.
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The Society's national office was based at the Glasite Meeting House in Barony Street, Edinburgh, built in 1836 as a chapel for the
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The twice-yearly magazine contains reports on built heritage issues, casework, and group events.
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in 1959. From the 1960s the society began to broaden its interest beyond the
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in Edinburgh. Eleanor Robertson and the architectural historian
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name was adopted to suit. The Society's logo, a drawing of the
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Architecture organisations based in the United Kingdom
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Scotland
Architectural Heritage
George Square
Colin McWilliam
George Baillie-Hamilton, 12th Earl of Haddington
Georgian period
Old Town House
Aberdeen
registered charity
Scottish architecture
Glasite
Architectural Heritage


"The Story of the Society"
the original
"Constitution"
Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland website
Categories
Architecture in Scotland
Architecture organisations based in the United Kingdom
British architectural history
Historical societies of the United Kingdom
Charities based in Edinburgh
Organizations established in 1956
1956 establishments in Scotland
History organisations based in Scotland

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