Dundee Conservation Lectures in their 21st year
Published on Fri 20 Feb 2015
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' which he directed in 1975, is currently being restored by the Scottish Film Archive.
Peter Burman has alternated between practical and academic conservation roles. He came to Scotland to be Director of Conservation of the National Trust for Scotland for fi ve years and then Professor of Cultural Management at the Brandenburg Technical University (in World Heritage Studies). Currently he is devoting himself more to writing and lecturing which he combines with some consultancy work: and as a volunteer by being a trustee of SAVE Britain’s Heritage, SPAB and Hopetoun House Preservation Trust and by being chairman of the Falkland Stewardship Trust. He has recently carried out further research on the work of the Adam family of architects.
The Dundee Conservation Lectures are open to all, at no charge, so please join us for that promises to be a most entertaining and enlightening evening.
Conservation Lectures 2014-2015 full season flyer
About the Dundee Conservation Lectures:
The Dundee Conservation Lectures sprang out of the MSc Urban Conservation Programme at Dundee University, and are jointly organised by Town and Regional Planning UoD, The Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland (Tayside and East Fife) and the Dundee Historic Environment Trust. During the Autumn and Spring terms a series of around eight lectures cover a range of conservation issues, offering an opportunity to learn from guest experts and to debate divers philosophical, practical, legislative and technical aspects of conservation practice. The lecture programme can contribute to cpd requirements for built environment professionals, but is also open to all at no entry cost.
4 November Mark Tewdwr-Jones ‘The planners did their best’: John Betjeman’s Use of Film as Architectural Propaganda
25 November Tim Brittain-Catlin Bleak Houses
9 December Duncan MacMillan / Simon Green Scotland’s Shrine/Lorimer Abroad
10 February Andrew McClelland Lost Buildings of Belfast
24 February Peter Burman / Murray Grigor Robert Adam in his family and wider contexts (and film: The Age of Adam)
10 March Andy Millar / Stuart Eydmann Creative funding / Painting the Town – Urban History Through Art
24 March Bill Brogden Invention of the Landscape Style / The Scottish Landscape
30 March Mary Miers Highland Retreats