If you’re thinking of training as a blacksmith, or know someone that might be interested, read on to hear from our Blacksmithing Craft Fellow, Murray Holmes, based at Ratho Byres Forge.
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.
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.