Roger Emmerson TALK
‘Stonily Grey and strange of aspect: Edinburgh’
18th OCTOBER 2023 7PM
Most people consider modern architecture as the 'concrete monstrosities' of the '50s, '60s and '70s. This talk will focus on how the ‘Modern age’ could be reconsidered as beginning from the Scottish Enlightenment and how ‘modern thought’ provides the background to contemporary architecture.
Augustine United Church (AUC), 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1EL, with live streaming for people who are not able to be there in person.
Admission: Free to Members; Non-members £8
Roger Emmerson was born in Edinburgh and studied architecture at the University of Edinburgh and in Glasgow University. He has worked in both public and private sectors and ran his own practice, ARCHImedia while teaching architectural design at Edinburgh College of Art. He has written extensively on architecture; his latest book, Land of Stone: a journey through modern architecture in Scotland, was published in 2022.
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