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The Strathclyde Group Winter Lecture Series continues tomorrow, Thursday 19th February!

📢 Speaker: Gordon Urquhart
🗓️ Topic: The Ironwork of James Sellars, Architect

🎟️ For more info and booking: buff.ly/wWWLQ8A
February 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM
🚨 Reminder: The Ironwork of James Sellars, Architect

Join us to explore the “fertile mind and facile pencil” of Sellars with speaker Gordon Urquhart.

📍 St Andrews West Church & Renfield Centre, Glasgow and online
⏰️ 7.30pm
🎟️ buff.ly/wWWLQ8A
February 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Upcoming event!

Gordon R Urquhart joins us to explore the ironwork designs of Victorian architect James Sellars:

🗓️ 19th Feb
⏰️ 7.30pm

📍 Glasgow & online

💷 £6 / £2 students
🔗 Book here: buff.ly/wWWLQ8A
February 13, 2026 at 10:00 AM
⏰ Coming up on Monday!

Rescuing Buildings at Risk in Northern Ireland

A timely talk on saving historic buildings — and what Scotland can learn from NI’s experience.

📅 Mon 9 Feb | 6.30pm
📍 Edinburgh + online
🎟️ £6 / £2 students
🔗 buff.ly/83mCkYF
February 8, 2026 at 9:00 AM
The Ironwork of James Sellars, Architect

Historian & author Gordon R Urquhart explores the ironwork designs of Victorian Glasgow — and the overlooked relationship between architects and iron foundries.

📅 Thu 19 Feb 2026 | 7.30pm
📍 Glasgow + online
🎟️ £6 / £2 students | £25 series
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February 4, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Karen Latimer OBE has spent 40+ years in architectural heritage and was awarded an OBE for services to heritage.

On Monday 9th, Karen joins us to share lessons from rescuing buildings at risk in Northern Ireland — and what Scotland can learn.

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February 2, 2026 at 8:30 AM
We have objected to proposals to demolish the Cat B former Glasite Chapel in Galashiels.

Built in 1842, this rare building has been at risk for decades due to neglect & no evidence has been submitted to justify demolition.

Demolition here would reward neglect.

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January 30, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Join us for “Rescuing Buildings at Risk in Northern Ireland” with Karen Latimer OBE (Hearth). 🌍🏛️

🗓️ 9 Feb 2026, 6:30 pm
📍 Edinburgh + online
🎟️ Book now buff.ly/83mCkYF
January 28, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Help shape heritage casework in Scotland.
AHSS Forth & Borders is recruiting a Cases Panel Secretary & Convener — an impactful voluntary role with training and modest payment.

📧 nationaloffice@ahss.org.uk
⏰ 31 Jan 2026

📸 Tom Parnell
January 27, 2026 at 8:01 AM
An application to list Argyle House, researched by Docomomo Scotland and submitted jointly with Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland and The Twentieth Century Society, has been accepted by Historic Environment Scotland.

📄 View the case: buff.ly/aEiduwj

📸 Tom Parnell
January 22, 2026 at 8:00 AM
🚨 THIS WEEK! Join us on Thursday 22nd for our next lecture, with Chris Bragg of Sowne of Organe, exploring how 19th-century organ design has shaped modern conservation.

🗓 Thu 22 Jan, 7.30pm
📍 St Andrews West Church, Glasgow
💻 Also via Zoom
🎟 £6 / £2 students
🔗 buff.ly/BnDd92F
January 20, 2026 at 4:31 PM
AHSS Forth & Borders is seeking a Cases Panel Secretary & Convener.

Looking for someone organised, IT-literate, and interested in heritage casework. Training provided + modest monthly payment.

📅 Deadline: 31 January 2026
🔗 buff.ly/GdfIZN7

📸 Tom Parnell
January 19, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Join us for our next lecture: 'Tensions in visual organ design in the 19th-century UK', with speaker Chris Bragg of Sowne of Organe.

🗓️ Thurs 22nd Jan, 7.30pm
📍 St Andrews West Church, Glasgow
💻 Also streamed live via Zoom
🎟 £6 / £2 students: buff.ly/clPnfb3

📸 Crichton Collegiate Church
January 14, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Interested in a future career in heritage?
AHSS Forth & Borders is recruiting a Cases Panel Secretary & Convener — a valuable learning role with training and real sector experience.

Deadline: 31 Jan 2026
🔗 buff.ly/GdfIZN7

📸 Tom Parnell
January 12, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Explore 19th-century UK organ design with Chris Bragg of Sowne of Organe in our first lecture of 2026:

📅 Thursday 22 January, 7:30pm
📍 St Andrews West Church, Glasgow
💻 Also streamed live via Zoom
🎟 £6 / £2 students: buff.ly/clPnfb3
January 5, 2026 at 10:01 AM
🎉 Happy New Year from all of us at the AHSS!

As we welcome in 2026, we’d like to extend our heartfelt appreciation to our members and supporters for continuing to stand with us in protecting and promoting Scotland’s architectural and cultural heritage.
January 1, 2026 at 10:01 AM
🎄Merry Christmas from all of us at the AHSS!

We’d like to wish our members, supporters, and friends a very happy and restful Christmas. We hope you enjoy a peaceful time spent with loved ones, and have a chance to pause, reflect, and recharge.

See you in 2026!
December 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
“Ugly” buildings? Or misunderstood ones?

Great to see AHSS member Robbie Macfarlane quoted in this Herald piece pushing back against lazy narratives around brutalism — using Edinburgh’s Nuffield Transplantation Unit as a brilliant example of form following function.

🔗 bit.ly/4ahTK1A
December 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
📚 Love learning about Scottish architecture?

When you join AHSS, you unlock our full magazine archive — decades of articles, research and commentary on Scotland’s built heritage.

👉 Become a member today: buff.ly/mnOFVB1
December 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🪨 Tonight: The Building Stones of Edinburgh
with Luis Albornoz-Parra (BGS).

📆 6:30pm
📍 Edinburgh + Zoom
🎟 £6 / £2 students – book: buff.ly/YIOUy36

See you there!
December 8, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🎁 A gift to yourself this winter…

Become a member of the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland and treat yourself to a whole year of discovery, insight and inspiration.

👉 Join today buff.ly/mnOFVB1
December 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The Building Stones of Edinburgh with Luis Albornoz-Parra.

📆 Mon 8 Dec, 6:30pm
📍 Edinburgh + Zoom
🎟 £6 / £2 students – book: buff.ly/YIOUy36
December 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🎤 Forth & Borders welcomes Luis Albornoz-Parra for their next Winter Lecture Series talk, exploring Edinburgh’s iconic building stones- with real samples to examine.

🗓️ Mon 8 Dec
📍 Augustine United Church, Edinburgh
💻 Also on Zoom
🎟️ £6 / £2 students

More info: buff.ly/WwKNzau
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Professor Aonghus Mackechnie’s recent AHSS lecture asked: if a landscape ‘speaks’, can we hear it?

One member reflected on landscapes that speak to them — from Calton Hill’s Enlightenment legacy to places shaped by conflict, power and identity.

👉 buff.ly/AmKohuj

Which landscapes speak to you?
If a landscape ‘speaks’, can we hear it? - Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland
A member responds to Professor Aonghus Mackechnie's thought-provoking lecture to the AHSS Forth and Borders Group and Scotland’s Garden and Landscape Heritage.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
AHSS North East Annual Lunch – 28 Nov
We’re meeting this year at the Royal Northern and University Club, one of Aberdeen’s most storied (and best-kept secret!) private clubs.

Our speaker: David Oswald, with an illustrated tour of Aberdeen’s historic cinemas.

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AHSS North East Group - Annual Lunch - Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland
Fri 28th November 2025 | 12.30 for 1.00pm| The Royal Northern and University Club, 9 Albyn Terrace, Aberdeen
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November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM