Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Glasgow, Scotland, 1892–96 (architects: Sir William Simpson and Edmund John Milner Allen)
Photograph: EAHN

Ruin of St Andrews Castle, Royal Burgh of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland, late fourteenth century.
Photograph: Bethany Weeks, Creative Commons

EAHN Tour to Scotland, 9–11 September 2011

For the first time, the EAHN study tour is organised as part of a joint event, immediately following the EAHN/DOCOMOMO-International two-day international conference on the theme of post-1945 mass housing in the socialist bloc. The theme of the conference will be reflected in the first morning of the tour. Admission to this conference, based at Edinburgh University (ECA), will be free of charge.

The principal organisers of the tour are Miles Glendinning (University of Edinburgh/Edinburgh College of Art) and Carmen Popescu (EAHN). As always, the tour will benefit from the expertise of local scholars, among whom will be Aonghus MacKechnie (Historic Scotland), Diane Watters (RCAHMS), and Johnny Rodger (Glasgow School of Art). The guides will cover a large array of buildings and ensembles, and a chronological span of over five centuries.

The tour schedule is as follows:

Thursday 8 September
● Reception and presentation of tour.

Friday 9 September
● Morning bus tour to the Cumbernauld Town Centre (1963–7) and early housing zone (c.1957–75), designed by the Cumbernauld New Town Development Corporation; and to Outer Glasgow mass housing, among which developments such as Red Road (1962–9), Easterhouse (1954–7), Springburn (1962–70), Sighthill (1963–8), Wyndford (1960–9), Woodside (1963–74), Anderston Cross (1962–70), and Hutchesontown-Gorbals (1954–74).
● Afternoon walking tour of the city centre/Blythswood, including the City Chambers (William Young, 1882–8), Royal Exchange/Royal Ex. Square (D. Hamilton and others, 1830s), St Vincent Street Church and the Egyptian Halls (Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson, 1857 and 1872, respectively), Central Station/Hotel (R.R. Anderson and others, 1882–4), and Glasgow School of Art (Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 1896–1909); and of the university area, with buildings such as the Kelvingrove Museum/Art Gallery (J.W. Simpson and E.J. Milner Allen, 1891), Glasgow University (G.G. Scott, 1864), and various nineteenth-century terraces at Great Western Road/Hillhead.
● The day will conclude with an evening reception at the Glasgow School of Art.

Saturday 10 September
● A day tour by tourbus to various Scottish castles, such as Linlithgow Palace, Stirling Castle, Doune Castle, Elcho Castle, and St Andrews. The drive back will pass through the restored historic Fife coastal towns of Crail, Anstruther, Pittenweem, and St Monans.

Sunday 11 September
● Morning visit of Edinburgh Castle and a guided walk through the Old Town/High Street/Canongate area, including the Ramsay Garden and adjacent projects (Patrick Geddes, 1890s), Victoria Hall (G. Graham and A.W.N. Pugin, 1840s), St Giles Cathedral (restored in the 1830s), and the John Knox House/Scottish Storytelling Centre (sixteenth century and 2002).
● Afternoon guided walk through the New Town (a classical area built in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries), with highlights such as the Royal Scottish Academy/National Galleries (W.H. Playfair, 1820s/1850s), the First New Town, with George Street (J. Craig, from 1766), the Second New Town, with Dundas Street and Howe Street (c.1800–20), and the Western New Town (c.1820–70).

The three-day tour will cost € 96, due by 1 June 2011, deadline of registration. Cost includes only local tourbus transportation and the EAHN fee; international transportation, local public transport fares, site entrance fees, hotel accommodation, and meals are not included.

For the full programme and more information (travelling to Scotland, accommodation, extensive presentation of the tour, etc.), see the announcement on www.eahn.org.