Tag: traditional skills

Grassroots hutting: an architecture borrowed from the soil

Wednesday 24 January 2024


How can local materials and ancient skills help us with sustainable building practices for the modern age? That's a question we've explored on a recent project to construct a traditional turf hut near Comrie, Perthshire.

“The greenest building is the one that already exists”: How traditional buildings are key to a circular society

Wednesday 20 July 2022


The construction and demolition industry is responsible for huge amounts of waste every year, in the UK accounting for around 60% of material use and waste. Madeleine Clark explores how traditional buildings are part of the solution.

Five Years of the Engine Shed: Our Staff Highlights

Friday 1 July 2022


We can barely believe it's been five whole years since we moved into our building in Stirling! As we start to move on from the pandemic and consider how best to support the building conservation sector going forward, in this blog some of our team reflect on their highlights from the past few years.

The traditional skills that built Scotland

Tuesday 27 August 2019


Discover the traditional skills that have been used for hundreds of years to create Scotland's historic buildings and how they're still being used today.

Shining a spotlight on Scotland’s traditional buildings

Wednesday 5 June 2019


Scotland’s traditional buildings mean different things to different people. They’ve changed over the years, with some even being re-purposed. In this blog, our volunteers tell us about their favourite traditional building in Scotland, and why it’s so special to them.

The secrets of Scottish women in the Arts and Crafts movement

Friday 8 March 2019


The arts and crafts movement was more accepting of women artists, but their work was still made to stand in the shadows of men. Discover more about Scottish women in the Arts and Crafts movement, and uncover the secrets of some of their work in buildings that you might not have known.

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