Tea with an Architect in Scotland →
I’ll be one of three architects doing Scotland’s first “Tea with an Architect”, at Edinburgh’s Royal Botanic Gardens on Saturday, between 10am-12pm.
McGregor Bowes is a new, award winning, architecture studio and project safety office, committed to conserving architecture, design excellence and considered, proportionate construction safety advice.
Operating from Edinburgh, McGregor Bowes provides architectural and CDM co-ordinator services to clients throughout Edinburgh and surrounding districts. The firm was established in 2010 by the principal, Chris Bowes, who has over 20 years' experience working in architectural practice, in firms based in Edinburgh, Glasgow, London and Hong Kong.
Although he has a broad range of experience, Chris has particular expertise and interest in the care, restoration and sympathetic adaptation of historic buildings. Chris has worked on some of Scotland's most significant landmarks, such as: St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh Castle and Fort George.
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Operating from Edinburgh, McGregor Bowes provides architectural and CDM co-ordinator services to clients throughout Edinburgh and surrounding districts. The firm was established in 2010 by the principal, Chris Bowes, who has over 20 years' experience working in architectural practice, in firms based in Edinburgh, Glasgow, London and Hong Kong.
Although he has a broad range of experience, Chris has particular expertise and interest in the care, restoration and sympathetic adaptation of historic buildings. Chris has worked on some of Scotland's most significant landmarks, such as: St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh Castle and Fort George.
Check out my about.me profile!
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The Highlanders’ Museum in Fort George is now on Urban Realm’s directory of buildings and has been chosen by them, from over a hundred entries, for publication in Architecture Scotland Annual 2013.
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Fort George ( Dùn Deòrsa or An Gearastan - ‘The Garrison’) (1748 - 1769)
Located near Ardersier, north-east of Inverness, Scottish Highlands
Contractor: John, Robert and James Adam
More info here
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Highlanders’ Museum is almost complete. Some before and after (almost) shots.
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Final push for Highlanders’ Museum | Inverness Courier
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BDTwitter100 2013 →
Very happy to get an honourable mention in Building Design’s poll of the top 10 architects to follow on Twitter.
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The Highlanders’ Museum at Fort George gets closer to completion and is starting to look like a museum again.
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A look around St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh. from Stressed Technician on Vimeo.
St Giles Cathedral,
or to use its proper name, the High Kirk of Edinburgh.Located 1/3 the way down the Royal Mile in the centre of Edinburgh.
A church is believed to have been on this location since at least 854.
Much of the current interior dates from rebuilding work carried out after a fire in 1385.Music:-
Tenebrous Brothers Carnival - Mermaid. Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Light and colour at the High Kirk of Edinburgh from Stressed Technician on Vimeo.
The High Kirk of Edinburgh (better known as St Giles’ Cathedral) has an interesting collection of colourful stained glass windows. The mix of light and colour makes it really worth a visit for anyone around that area.
The church dates from the 1300s, though most of the stained glass in the windows dates from a major restoration carried out in the 1870s.
It’s located on the Royal Mile between Edinburgh Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse, very easy find.
Regardless of what religious beliefs anyone may (or may not) hold, an hour or so looking around the building would be time well spent.
(Recorded June 2012.)
(Music: Kevin Macleod, incompetech.com/, Agnus Dei X ISRC: US-UAN-11-00679)
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Pinch me! I have one of the top 5% most viewed @LinkedIn profiles for 2012. http://www.linkedin.com/pub/profile/24/207/544
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ALL THE BELLS… Ready to ring. Five minutes to go!
After the ring started, Ben’s bell broke- the clapper fell off. Sad bell.
Theme: Linear by Peter Vidani
