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Recent Publications

Scotland: Building for the Future

Essays on the architecture of the post war era, exploring key building types and changing philosophies, promoting awareness of this more recent legacy and pointing to the need for protection to inform the management of change.

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Scotland’s Cinemas

Spotlight on Scotland’s Cinemas, produced in partnership with the CTA, celebrates the rich diversity of design and the historic colour of our picture house culture while touching on the need for designation to protect this disappearing resource.

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Raising the Bar

An introduction to Scotland’s historic pubs, surveyed in association with CAMRA, highlighting traditional types and characteristic details from palace pubs to jug bars and spittoons.

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Historic Scotland Inspectorate
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Salisbury Place
Edinburgh
EH9 1SH
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