To celebrate the bicentenary of Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson‘s birth a programme of events and activities have been planned to take place throughout 2017. We will continue to update this calendar throughout the year with more and more exciting events as these are confirmed so please keep checking back. You can also sign up to our e-mail newsletter here to stay up to date.
The Easter bunny has hidden clues at lots of National Trust for Scotland places!
Collect your hunt map, follow the clues, solve the puzzle and claim your chocolatey reward! Each hunt is completely different – the perfect excuse to hop along to more than one!
£2 per hunt (Usual entry prices apply if you’d like to visit the house)
The Easter bunny has hidden clues at lots of National Trust for Scotland places!
Collect your hunt map, follow the clues, solve the puzzle and claim your chocolatey reward! Each hunt is completely different – the perfect excuse to hop along to more than one!
£2 per hunt (Usual entry prices apply if you’d like to visit the house)
The Easter bunny has hidden clues at lots of National Trust for Scotland places!
Collect your hunt map, follow the clues, solve the puzzle and claim your chocolatey reward! Each hunt is completely different – the perfect excuse to hop along to more than one!
£2 per hunt (Usual entry prices apply if you’d like to visit the house)
Join Mini Manoeuvres for the Southside’s best garden party this summer.
Dress as your favourite character from Greek mythology and take part in our Soft Troy Battle activities.
A full day of music, dancing, arts and crafts, face painting and bouncing.
Food and drink will be available.
Babies free admission.
For further information please call 0141 571 0184
Mark Baines is the chairman of the Alexander Thomson Society, an organisation that protects Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson’s legacy and his architectural heritage. This talk will look at the former Caledonia Road Church along with other buildings designed by Thomson on the South Side of the city, including Walmer Crescent, Moray Place and a number of lost buildings in Laurieston and Huthchesontown.
Delivered as part of House for an Art Lover’s 2017 Heritage Programme.
The Save Egyptian Halls symposium brings speakers together discuss the significance of this A-listed building and how it might be saved.
Timetable tbc, speakers include:
Niall Murphy – Glasgow City Heritage Trust
Fiona Sinclair – Fiona Sinclair Architects
Scott Abercrombie / Mark Baines – The Alexander Thomson Society
Ben Adam – David Narro Associates
Andrew McConnell – Glasgow Building Preservation Trust
Dara Parsons – Historic Environment Scotland
Jamie McNamara – Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings
We are delighted that this year’s Alexander Thomson Lecture will be delivered by Amin Taha. The London-based, Stirling Prize nominated architect of buildings such as 15 Clerkenwell Close and Barrett’s Grove will deliver a talk reflecting on his work and his approach to architecture.
The Society were interested by Amin’s approach to the use of stone masonry, texture and pattern, and his abstracted use of classical forms in his Upper Street project.