Thursday, 29 October 2026 | 7-9pm | St Andrews West Church & Renfield Centre, 260 Bath Street, G2 4JP

Peter is a trustee of the National Trust for Scotland and the Building Preservation Trust for Scotland. He serves on the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland’s Practice Board and is a former national chairman of the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland. He writes and speaks regularly about built heritage. This session will explore the buildings Glasgow has lost over the years.

AHSS Strathclyde Group Winter Lecture Series

£6 online/in-person | £2 students | £25 for a 5 lecture bundle

• All of our events are hybrid with options to attend either in-person or online via Zoom.
• Online ticket sales end at 5 pm on the day of the event.

Mon, 9 November 2026 | 6:30 -8:30pm | Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL

In this joint lecture with Scotland’s Garden and Landscape Heritage, art historian Dr Andrew Paterson will introduce the creative practices of two celebrated contemporary artists based in Scotland, the sculptor Andy Goldsworthy and the pioneer of ‘concrete poetry’ Ian Hamilton Finlay, who have both elected to install much of their work outdoors, in both wild and cultivated natural environments, and who invite their audiences into a fresh experience of the natural world that is both thought-provoking and immersive.

AHSS Forth & Borders Group Winter Lecture Series

£6 online/in-person | £2 students

• All of our events are hybrid with options to attend either in-person or online via Zoom.
• Online ticket sales end at 5 pm on the day of the event.
• The venue is wheelchair accessible.

Thursday, 26 November 2026 | 7-9pm | St Andrews West Church & Renfield Centre, 260 Bath Street, G2 4JP

Niall is Director at Glasgow City Heritage Trust and former Chair of the Govanhill Baths Building Preservation Trust. He’s also a trustee of BEFS and co-chair of the Glasgow Built Heritage Commission. His evenings with the AHSS are always entertaining, insightful and a wonderful opportunity to learn more about Glasgow’s built heritage.

AHSS Strathclyde Group Winter Lecture Series

£6 online/in-person | £2 students | £25 for a 5 lecture bundle

• All of our events are hybrid with options to attend either in-person or online via Zoom.
• Online ticket sales end at 5 pm on the day of the event.

Mon, 7 December 2026 | 6:30 -8:30pm | Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL

This talk explores the ecclesiastical work of Dr Reginald Fairlie (1883-1952), one of the last figures in the historicist tradition in Scotland and remembered today as architect of the National Library of Scotland. Fairlie’s churches were characterised by simplicity and fine craftsmanship, rooted in his deep love of Scotland’s history, landscape, and religious traditions, particularly in the liturgy and customs of his own Catholic faith.

AHSS Forth & Borders Group Winter Lecture Series

£6 online/in-person | £2 students

• All of our events are hybrid with options to attend either in-person or online via Zoom.
• Online ticket sales end at 5 pm on the day of the event.
• The venue is wheelchair accessible.

Thursday, 28 January 2027 | 7-9pm | St Andrews West Church & Renfield Centre, 260 Bath Street, G2 4JP

Romanticism transformed Scotland’s identity and launched its tourism industry. Drawing on his recent book, Edinburgh: City of Romanticism, Aonghus explores how Edinburgh’s distinctive stone castles and Gothic architecture shaped the city throughout the long 19th century. He’ll also include examples from western Scotland and Glasgow.

AHSS Strathclyde Group Winter Lecture Series

£6 online/in-person | £2 students | £25 for a 5 lecture bundle

• All of our events are hybrid with options to attend either in-person or online via Zoom.
• Online ticket sales end at 5 pm on the day of the event.

Thursday, 25 February 2027 | 7-9pm | St Andrews West Church & Renfield Centre, 260 Bath Street, G2 4JP

Gordon is an architectural historian and conservationist, and recently retired Postgraduate Course Director with Historic Environment Scotland.

Vintage picture postcards are valuable records of historic buildings and local street-scapes. Architectural photography was once expensive and uncommon for everyday properties, so these postcards often provide the only detailed visual records we have of how ordinary historic environments looked.

AHSS Strathclyde Group Winter Lecture Series

£6 online/in-person | £2 students | £25 for a 5 lecture bundle

• All of our events are hybrid with options to attend either in-person or online via Zoom.
• Online ticket sales end at 5 pm on the day of the event.

Mon, 8th February 2027 | 6:30 -8:30pm | Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL

Factories, power stations, breweries and mills dot the townscapes of south-east Scotland, reinforcing a sense of place. In almost every case they are converted to other purposes, some long ago, some recently, and many around 1980-2008. Adaptations stretch the versatility of architects, planners and engineers: some changes are imperceptible, some are dramatic in ways rarely accepted in other types of listed building. Might past harm to the environment be forgiven after repeated re-use of the embodied energy invested in existing buildings?

AHSS Forth & Borders Group Winter Lecture Series

£6 online/in-person | £2 students

• All of our events are hybrid with options to attend either in-person or online via Zoom.
• Online ticket sales end at 5 pm on the day of the event.
• The venue is wheelchair accessible.

Mon, 8th March 2027 | 6:30 -8:30pm | Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL

The story of the fifteenth-century Trinity Collegiate Church and the project to find stones lost when it was demolished in 1848 raise questions about challenges to Edinburgh’s built heritage that are relevant today. Jill Harrison is a Research Associate in art history at the Open University. She leads the Trinity Network and recently curated the Reviving the Trinity Stones exhibition at the Museum of Edinburgh.

AHSS Forth & Borders Group Winter Lecture Series

£6 online/in-person | £2 students

• All of our events are hybrid with options to attend either in-person or online via Zoom.
• Online ticket sales end at 5 pm on the day of the event.
• The venue is wheelchair accessible.

Thursday, 25 March 2027 | 7-9pm | St Andrews West Church & Renfield Centre, 260 Bath Street, G2 4JP

Bruce is a Professor of Design History at Glasgow School of Art. He’s written extensively
on modern architecture and design, particularly in transport, leisure, and hospitality, and is internationally recognised for his work on the design history of modern merchant ships.

This session will cover the development of the Art Deco style in Scottish towns and cities between the world wars, and the influence of continental and American design on Scotland from the mid-1800s onwards.

AHSS Strathclyde Group Winter Lecture Series

£6 online/in-person | £2 students | £25 for a 5 lecture bundle

• All of our events are hybrid with options to attend either in-person or online via Zoom.
• Online ticket sales end at 5 pm on the day of the event.

Mon, 12th April 2027 | 6:30 -8:30pm | Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL

Christian Buchanan, Senior Heritage Policy and Engagement Officer at HES, will discuss Historic Environment Scotland’s work to support the regeneration of historic buildings, discussing the key blockers preventing their continued use and re-use and the solutions to help overcome them.

AHSS Forth & Borders Group Winter Lecture Series

£6 online/in-person | £2 students

• All of our events are hybrid with options to attend either in-person or online via Zoom.
• Online ticket sales end at 5 pm on the day of the event.
• The venue is wheelchair accessible.