Dundee Conservation Lectures in their 21st year
Classical Revival in 18th Century Architecture Murray Grigor OBE & Peter Burman 6 pm D'Arcy Thompson Lecture Theatre, Tower Building The 21st season of the Dundee Conservation Lectures continues on 24th March. Murray Grigor OBE is the probably greatest Scottish exponent of architecture and design through fi lm and his celebrated fi rst fi lm, Mackintosh, 1968, rekindled interest in the then neglected architect. He has since gone on to make over 50 fi lms with a focus on arts and architecture (most recently 'Beatus: the Spanish Apocalypse', 2014). 'The Hand of Adam' ...
From Global Business City to Tourist City
Postmodern Transformation of Tokyo's CBD into a Tourist Destination On May 1st Dr Keisuke Enokido, Professor of International Tourism at Hannan University, Osaka, led a constructive research seminar on the tourismification of business districts, using a case study of new forms of area management in Tokyo. In anticipation of the opening of the V&A in Dundee, and efforts to draw international visitors and tourists to the city, colleagues from the schools of Town and Regional Planning and Business joined Professor Enokido and local city centre practitioners to learn more about the restoration of Tokyo&rsq...
100 years of Cities in Evolution
Marking the centenary of the publication of Geddes, Cities in Evolution Exhibition & Workshops The Scottish polymathic planner and botanist, Patrick Geddes, was able to articulate conceptual frameworks for the evolution of cities – what he called ‘thinking machines’ – and create resilient narratives for understanding the dialogues between the on-going processes of city evolution and democratic social organisation. This program of research workshops culminating in a symposium and public exhibition of work drawn from the Geddes archives, evaluates the relevance of Geddes to contem...
The Changing Face of Urban Planning
Mono 68: One city, One month, One camera Photographs by Phil Thomson, Dundee, November 1968 Lamb Gallery, Tower Building, University of Dundee To accompany this highly popular exhibition we have arranged another special event: Monday 16 March at 5.30pm The Changing Face of Urban Planning – a series of short talks followed by a discussion exploring how planning has changed in Dundee and other cities over the years. Why was so much of the city demolished and are we more sympathetic towards conservation of the built environment today? The event will start in the Lamb Gallery then move into Room T4 for f...