ArchitecturAl conservAtion MAster clAsses 2012-13

These master classes will appeal to anyone interested in architectural conservation, whether a home owner or professional in the industry.

All of our evening lectures are delivered at Inverness College UHI by professionals who are experts in the field. They are passionate about conservation and interested in preserving our architectural heritage for generations to come, and they are keen to impart their knowledge to enthusiasts around the Highlands and Islands area.

Each of the seminars and short biographies of the lecturer are listed on the following pages. You can book all six classes at a reduced rate or individually.

NEW for this yeAr: There is a video conference option if you live a distance from Inverness. Please call 01463 273000 to discuss.

tuesdAy 23 october 2012

Making applications to the local Planning Authority - understanding the process, the minimum requirements and what constitutes a ‘good’ application

Kerry Bennett, Highland Council Conservation Officer

Kerry Bennett has practised in local planning authorities in Derbyshire both as Heritage Regeneration Grant Scheme Officer and as Conservation and Design Officer and was appointed to the post of Conservation Officer for the Highland Council in August 2009. She is keen to establish new and to update existing historic environment policy for the Highlands, and is passionate about the reuse of buildings at risk and the role of historic building conservation in delivering sustainable development.

Hear an update on what requires consent, how applications are processed and by whom, in light of recent changes in practice and guidance from Historic Scotland and changes in the General Permitted Development Order. Kerry’s presentation will explore the national minimum requirements for validation of applications and the additional requirements to make a good application to the local planning authority, the difference between the two and the relevant legislation and guidance.

conservation by numbers - have we lost sight of what good conservation practice should be?

Andrew P K Wright OBE, Accredited Conservation Architect and Architectural Historian

Andrew Wright acts as a conservation adviser to a number of building preservation trusts, institutions and private individuals and has prepared conservation plans for complex heritage sites. A staunch advocate for the use of lime, he has also encouraged through his work an understanding of the use of early cements in historic buildings. He is a Trustee of the Scottish Lime Centre Trust, the Cawdor Maintenance Trust and the Clan Mackenzie Charitable Trust. He lectures regularly on conservation issues.

Find out to what extent conservation practice has changed in recent times and have we learned from the mistakes of the past? Are we guilty of closing our eyes to what surrounds us, especially here in the North where vernacular building traditions are markedly different to elsewhere, even from one district to another? The talk will examine these issues and challenge perceptions as to what we may take for granted as good conservation practice.

ArchitecturAl conservAtion MAster clAsses 2012-13

tuesdAy 20

surveying, matching and sourcing stone for the built heritage

Luis J Albornoz-Parra, Applied Petrologist/Building Stone Scientist, British Geological Survey

Since 2004, Luis Albornoz-Parra has been involved in the selection, sourcing and performance (analysis and matching) of building stones in Scotland and Northern England, as well as carrying out building/stone decay surveys and conservation advice as an applied petrologist. He is the main contact for the delivery of Building Stones GeoReports and is responsible in the development and delivery of Commissioned Research projects.

Emily Tracey, Building Stone Conservation Expert, British Geological Survey

Emily Tracey’s main role within the BGS Building Stones Team is to contribute specialist knowledge of architectural styles, building conservation practice and settlement evolution patterns to commissioned and co-funded building stones projects. She is also currently responsible for developing the UK National Stone Database (jointly funded by BGS and Historic Scotland).

The United Kingdom has been a producer of building and roofing stone for hundreds of years. Thousands of quarries were once in operation providing stone for our historic villages, towns and cities. The uniquely varied geology of the British Isles has led to a wide range of stone types, which has influenced architectural style and created distinct local character. The importance of this local distinctiveness is becoming increasingly recognised and, as much of our stone-built environment is more than one century old, there is a growing need to maintain or repair its stone fabric. This lecture will address current issues of building and roofing stone in the UK, and how to improve the use and availability of indigenous building stone today and for the future.

the role of the historic scotland Architect in Grant schemes

Jamie MacPherson, District Architect, Historic Scotland

Jamie MacPherson is the District Architect for South Highlands and Islands (including Inverness City). He is responsible for overseeing the conservation and maintenance of properties in the care of the Scottish Ministers, and for providing technical advice and support to the Historic Scotland Investments & Projects Team on grant cases.

His presentation will cover the role of the Historic Scotland Architect in both Building Repair Grant Schemes, and Ancient Monument Grant Schemes.

case studies/projects focusing on inverness town steeple

Andrew Bradley, Operations Manager, Laing Traditional Masonry Ltd

Andrew Bradley is the Operations Manager for the North of Scotland (Grampian, Moray and Highland) with responsibility for the management of a team of over 30 craftsmen at Laing Traditional Masonry (LTM). During this time, he has taken direct responsibility for running two of LTM’s largest contracts in the North – the new build of a private chapel using new and second hand granite built in a hot lime mortar and the recent restoration of Marischal College in Aberdeen for Aberdeen City Council.

The talk will focus on the recent project by LTM at the Tolbooth Steeple in Inverness and will concentrate specifically on the matching of surface finishes on dressed stone, using hand tools. There will be a practical demonstration as part of this talk.

tuesdAy 11 deceMber 2012

national trust for scotland: conservation and care of historic interiors and collections

Ian Gow, Head of Collections, Archives and Libraries, National Trust for Scotland

Ian Gow was appointed Curator of National Trust for Scotland in 1998. He has written several books and many articles on Scottish architecture and the decorative arts, including ‘The Scottish Interior’, Edinburgh 1992 and several guidebooks.

His talk will discuss the radical challenge of presenting works of art and furnishings in situ that was a direct result of the NTS’s Country House Scheme, which came into being during the Second World War. It will touch on the sometimes differing American view of material culture and preservation that tends to favour putting houses back to precise timelines.

Fiona Butterfield, Specialist Conservator North, National Trust for Scotland

Fiona Butterfield is an accredited conservator-restorer and is Conservator North for the National Trust for Scotland. She joined the Trust’s Collections Conservation Team in 2011 after 25 years in private practice as a paper conservator.

The National Trust for Scotland takes a preventive conservation approach to ensure the long-term conservation of historic interiors and collections. Fiona will look at some of the methods used to support the Trust’s preventive conservation approach.

tuesdAy 15 JAnuAry 2013

Managing fire safety in traditional buildings

Stewart Kidd, Managing Director, Loss Prevention Consultancy Limited

Stewart Kidd is a loss prevention specialist with more than 35 years’ international experience in the application of modern risk management techniques in the protection of people and property. He is a former director of the UK’s Fire Protection Association and was also Director General of the Home Office/Association of British Insurers-funded Arson Prevention Bureau. He is presently advising the European Commission DG SANCO on a revision to the European Recommendations for fire safety in hotels.

The intent of Stewart’s presentation is to emphasise the need to balance fire safety requirements with the special interests of cultural resources fabric and to provide a brief guide to the way in which owners, occupiers and managements of all types of traditional buildings can help to ensure that our heritage will remain for future generations.

structural interventions and repair of historic buildings

David Narro, Managing Director, David Narro Associates, Consulting and Civil Engineers

David Narro is a chartered structural and civil engineer with over 38 years’ experience and has a special interest in ‘architectural’ engineering and in conservation and remedial works. He has been an advisor to Edinburgh New Town Conservation Committee on their handbook and to Historic Scotland for their Guide to Practitioners, serves on the RIAS Conservation Committee and is an external tutor at Edinburgh University Department of Architecture. He is a Board Member of the Scottish Registration Board dealing with applications to become approved certifiers and he is an approved certifier. David is past Chairman of the Scottish Branch of the Institution of Structural Engineers for the session 2003-2004.

All conservation must start from an understanding of a building’s fabric, its form and condition, its origins and evolution, its materials and the forces of decay acting upon it. The structural engineer has to gather information from historic drawings (RCAHMS) and site records, and through investigations and opening up.

The talk will give examples from the experience of David Narro Associates and will cover both new build and historic buildings – including repair, reconstruction and interventions.

noveMber 2012

tuesdAy 12 MArch 2013

renewed life for scottish castles

Dr Allan Rutherford, Heritage Management Team Leader, Ancient Monuments North, Historic Scotland

Dr Allan Rutherford is employed in Historic Scotland’s Heritage Management Directorate, having worked for Historic Scotland for 13 years. His PhD research focused on the planning within Scottish medieval castles and he has recently published (as co-author) on Bothwell Castle.

This presentation is a discussion of attitudes to castles in post-medieval Scotland.

Working on four highland castles

Lachlan Stewart, Architect/Designer, ANTA Architecture

Lachlan Stewart started ANTA with Annie Stewart in 1985, working in London, Edinburgh and the Highlands. Projects include work at Eilean Donan Castle, the restoration of Ballone Castle, work at Castle of Mey, Queen Mother Memorial Garden, Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, various houses and lodges in Scotland, the new café at the National Gallery of Scotland, furniture design for various projects and the new ANTA shop on George Street, Edinburgh.

This talk will investigate the different challenges these castles presented, and how they could influence a wider debate about reusing and caring for castles in Scotland.

sAturdAy 13 APril 2013

traditional home owners’ day promoted by inverness city heritage trust at inverness college uhi

The programme is yet to be confirmed but will include information, advice and practical demonstrations on renovating traditional buildings. This is an ideal opportunity for owners of traditional buildings or those people considering purchasing such a property to speak to conservation experts.

If you are interested in receiving further information please complete and return the booking form overleaf having ticked the Please send me details of the Home Owners’ Day box.

tuesdAy 12 februAry 2013

how the romantic view of scotland shaped the highland country house

Mary Miers, Architectural Writer, Arts and Books Editor, Country Life

Mary Miers is an architectural historian and journalist, and is currently the Architectural Writer, Arts and Books Editor for the magazine Country Life. In 1990, she set up Scotland’s Buildings at Risk Register, which she ran for eight years at the Scottish Civic Trust. Her publications include Scotland’s Endangered Houses; The Western Seaboard: an illustrated architectural guide; The English Country House; and Highlands and Islands: an anthology of poetry of place.

The talk will look briefly at the ‘discovery’ of Scotland by tourists and sportsmen in the 18th century, and how the Highlands became “all the rage” during the Victorian period. Mary will illustrate some of these and take the story right up to the present day, showing some striking examples of contemporary houses and shooting lodges recently built in the Highlands.

An overview of restoration and adaptive reuse projects

Doug Reid, Partner and Senior Architect, James F. Stephen Architects

Doug Reid is a chartered architect with some 30-plus years of experience in private architectural practice and is a partner in James F Stephen Architects based in their Glamis Studio in Angus. Accredited by the RIAS in Conservation Architecture at Advanced Level, Doug has worked on a diverse range of projects including the recently completed restoration and adaptation of the 16th century Merchant’s House in Brechin through to collaborating with Frank Gehry Associates on the Maggie’s Centre in Dundee.

This presentation is an overview of restoration and adaptive reuse projects including Kinloch Castle on the Isle of Rum, Domestic Finishing Mill in Paisley, Farmhouse in Tuscany, Raynham Hall in Norfolk and The Merchant’s House in Brechin.

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3. Tuesday 11 December

4. Tuesday 15 January

5. Tuesday 12 February

6. Tuesday 12 March

Please book all six sessions at £115.00

corporate offer:Up to six members of staff can book onto individual classes for £115.00. One member of staff per session.

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The cost of an individual class is £25.00 per session. Block booking of all six sessions is £115.00, same for the corporate booking.

Please note that the number of places are limited. Places will be allocated in order of bookings received.

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