Welcome to the Recap - a short weekly update blog from Architecture and Design Scotland. This is based on our internal blog that is shared with staff and board members on Fridays. This blog is for the week ending 30 August. Lots of staff returned from their summer holidays this week, so while they grapple with their post-holiday inboxes we'll keep the blog short and sweet!
The Andy MacMillan Memorial Lecture 2024
It was confirmed this week that the Andy MacMillan Lecture 2024 will take place on 9 October at Civic House, Glasgow.
This year we will be joined by Glasgow City Councillor Holly Bruce in conversation with Collective Architecture's Jude Barber.
After the Lecture, we will be announcing the winners of the 2024 A&DS and RIAS Scottish Student Awards for Architecture, as well as the winner of the RIAS Scottish Design Tutor Award.
The Secretary of State for Scotland visits EFI
The Secretary of State for Scotland, Ian Murray MP, toured the Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) on Friday as part of his first official visit to the University of Edinburgh.
Mr Murray was shown around the building by the University’s Principal and Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Peter Mathieson and Interim Director EFI Professor Kev Dhaliwal.
As part of the tour, Mr Murray visited the Scottish Prevention Hub to hear about the work of the team members of the hub – including Architecture & Design Scotland – and to learn how the different organisations are collaborating and using data to drive solutions.
Read the University of Edinburgh's write up of the visit here.
Orkney - A Fragile Correspondence
We are excited to announce that A Fragile Correspondence, the exhibition from the 18th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, is returning to its Orkney roots!
The exhibition – co-curated by Architecture Fringe, Ism Magazine and /other – will be part of the Orkney International Science Festival between 5–11 September at the Ship of Fools Gallery in Kirkwall. It will be part of a special exhibition featuring Orcadian content, seaweed and earth displays.
Coming up...
We plan episode 2 of the Value of Design podcast, film more Value of Design videos, and organisation ramps up for our 'What next for place?' event on 18-19 September.