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People dancing at the West Fest Ceilidh at St Mungo Square, University of Glasgow.

What next for place? Unlocking the power of place: design, data & collaboration

18/09/24 - 09:30 am
Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW
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An architectural sketch of green space in a town centre with people sitting and walking in the area.

Preventative design: how to build healthy, sustainable communities

19/06/24 - 11:00 am
Online - Microsoft Teams
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An illustration of blackburn town centre with green spaces, active travel routes and a bus stop.

How do you work outside your ‘red line’ to deliver liveable town centres?

17/04/24 - 12:00 pm
LinkedIn Live (online)
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A collage of images of people from across Scotland who have been part of the Climate Action Towns project

Climate Action Towns: Gathering and resource launch

28/03/24 - 12:30 pm
The Engine Shed, Forthside Way Stirling FK8 1QZ
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Landscape of a rural setting with forests and wind turbines in the distance.

Place Forum: Thinking big, thinking beyond

22/11/23 - 11:00 am
Online (Microsoft Teams)
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An illustration of two people at a podcast setting speaking into a microphone.

Place Conversations: Warm homes in a changing climate

28/09/23 - 12:30 pm
LinkedIn Live (online)
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Event attendees at the Architecture Fringe Summer Programme listening in at the Fruit Market Gallery.

Wrapping up the Architecture Fringe 2023 Summer Programme

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A photograph of a storefront with the words The Stove Cafe written in white on black background. A number of rainbow colour flags are visible in the main window.

Place Design Scotland launches webinar series

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An architectural image of new build passivhause flats for Midlothian Council. There are car parked in front of the flats with trees and people walking around it

Place Forum: towards zero carbon places - making it happen

07/06/23 - 11:00 am
Online Microsoft Teams
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A collage of 12 portraits from the 2023 Scottish Design Awards judging panel.

Architecture and Design Scotland joins Scottish Design Awards 2023 jury

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An illustration of a child riding a bike with their sibling. There are buildings in the background with people walking and running.

Place Forum: the power of place in child poverty and cost of living crisis

01/03/23 - 11:00 am
Online via Teams
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Reflections and projections: our work in 2023

25/01/23 - 11:00 am
Online MS Teams
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People sitting around a table during a LLTNP workshop in Strathard.

LAUDF16: Collaborative approaches to 20-minute neighbourhoods

23/11/22 - 11:00 am
Architecture and Design Scotland, 9 Bakehouse Close, Canongate, Edinburgh, EH8 8DD
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a dark grey plan of a city - Glasgow - with a number of buildings and structures coloured in bright colours and geometric shapes

Andy MacMillan memorial lecture: The Glasgow affects - Paul Stallan

27/10/22 - 18:00 pm
Collective Architecture 13 Bath Street, 4th Floor Glasgow G2 1HY
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A group of people sit on a canal-side in Venice in front of a yellow building with a large poster

Can you help us spread the word about Scotland + Venice 2023?

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A pencil illustration birds-eye view of a rural community along a river, showing green fields, and a cluster of buildings.

Climate Week 2022: Designing for a changing climate

27/09/22 - 12:30 pm
Online
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A portrait of Heather Chapple

Team news: Heather Chapple to leave Architecture and Design Scotland

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Architecture and Design Scotland office entrance. The sliding gate has the logo in a blue background.

Welcome to our two new board members

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A traditional historic building in Scotland with stone facade on a sunny day.

Climate change and damp in older buildings

30/06/22 - 12:30 pm
Online
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Stone Repair and Restoration CPD

28/04/22 - 12:30 pm
Online
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A architectural sketch for a proposed ice rink using an industrial site under railway arches.

Small but local: rethinking public spaces in post-pandemic times

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A young woman with her head laying on a copper disk and holding a card with the words 'I wish...'

Reflections on 2021

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A photograph of a person walking away from the camera between two full bookshelves of colourful library books

Reflections from Learning Places Scotland conference

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A view of planet earth from space with swirling clouds, the sea and the African continent.

COP26: Architecture and Design Scotland staff reflect on events

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A black and white logo with the words A&DS and RIAS Student awards for architecture 20.

Student Awards 2020: a look at this year’s winners

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A photograph of a large sheet of paper with a man writing notes from a conference. The sheet is already covered in writing in multiple colours.

Reflections from the Education Buildings Scotland conference

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An exhibition of green and purple blocks with text on them with blurred outlines of school pupils exploring the exhibition.

Present Voices – Future Lives: Housing to 2040 exhibition

01/02/20 - 13:00 pm
The Lighthouse, Glasgow, G1 3NU
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An illustration of the Place Standard wheel with bright colours and people around it. 'the Place Standard' is written in the centre.

The Place Standard Tool will build a planning system to empower all citizens

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A conference taking place in a large room where the delegates are sitting around round tables with white table cloths and coloured exhibition panels hang from the balcony above

Making Place international conference takes place in Glasgow

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A birds eye view of a large group of students in the reception area of the Lighthouse in Glasgow

A&DS and RIAS Scottish Student Awards for Architecture 2018 results

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Three elderly people walking across a street hand in hand.

Invitation to discuss caring places

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A photograph of an urban street at night - in Mannheim Germany - people cross the road in front of a tram.

Co-producing quality places: when places change

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A photograph of an urban street at night - in Mannheim Germany - people cross the road in front of a tram.

Co-producing quality places: passion and participation

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A photograph of an urban street at night - in Mannheim Germany - people cross the road in front of a tram.

Co-producing quality places: Green City Hotel

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A photograph of an urban street at night - in Mannheim Germany - people cross the road in front of a tram.

Co-producing quality places: learning for the Place Standard

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A photograph of an urban street at night - in Mannheim Germany - people cross the road in front of a tram.

Co-producing quality places: the importance of stories

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A photograph of an urban street at night - in Mannheim Germany - people cross the road in front of a tram.

Co-producing quality places: citizens, systems and outcomes

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A photograph of an urban street at night - in Mannheim Germany - people cross the road in front of a tram.

Co-producing quality places: galvanising neighbourhoods

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An illustration of the Place Standard wheel with bright colours and people around it. 'the Place Standard' is written in the centre.

Learning about the Place Standard

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Three people having a conversation about the Place Standard tool beside a building while holding paper.

The Place Standard: its origins and early examples

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A photograph of the interior of an innovative market hall in Rotterdam which includes apartments looking into a covered market hall with large scale graphics of plants and flowers

Region making and the power of regions - Winy Maas

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Two large outdoor chess sets placed on a pavement at the Scotland's Housing Expo with houses in the background.

Architecture and the street: Reflections on Scotland’s Housing Expo 2010

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A smiling elderly woman wearing glasses is looking at a smartphone screen.

Visions of a better future: care home design

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