Scotland Architecture
Best Architecture universities UK
You might dream of attending one of the best schools of architecture in the UK. If so, this list released by The Guardian will put some order in your choices. Cambridge University occupies the first place in the Guardian’s annual rankings among the best architecture schools in the UK. With a solid academic reputation going back some 800 years, University of Cambridge propelled into the first place this year as the top architecture school in the UK. Meanwhile, UCL’s Bartlett School of Architecture dropped to the second spot after spending three years…
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The Royal Mile runs through the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town, connecting the magnificent Edinburgh Castle, perched high on a base of volcanic rock, with the splendorous Palace of Holyroodhouse, resting in the shadow of Arthur s Seat. The Mile is overlooked by impressive, towering tenements, between which cobbled closes and narrow stairways interlock to create a secret underground world. Peppered with superb attractions such as The Real Mary King’s Close or the Scottish Storytelling Centre, historical sites including St Giles Cathedral and some…
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This in-depth course will allow you to build on your existing knowledge and understanding of fine art and design disciplines. You will get the opportunity to refine your practical skills in 2 and 3 dimensional work, whilst enhancing your understanding of the historical, contextual and sociological issues relevant to art and design practice. What you will experience This course will build on your current skills, focusing on the creative process as a whole as well as life, observational and developmental drawing, and sculpture and printmaking. The…
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By Car, Portland Place is just north of Oxford Circus, the nearest NCP car park is approximately 300 yards away. Follow the A4201 past West One taking the second left turning on to Weymouth Street and again taking the second left on to Weymouth Mews. By Air From London City Airport take the DLR line to Canning Town and change on to the Jubilee Line for Oxford Circus. Exit Oxford Circus station via Regent Street, head north and West One is directly opposite the new BBC building. From London Heathrow Airport, use the Piccadilly Line to Green Park…
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For the last 125 years the Forth Bridge has spanned the Firth of Forth, connecting with Edinburgh. Comprised of 53, tonnes of mild steel – including ten times the amount used to build the Eiffel Tower – this immense red structure with its triple diamond-shaped cantilevers is a indelible part of the east coast skyline. The Forth Road Bridge at night viewed from South Queensferry © Kenny Lam / VisitScotland An icon of industrial virtuosity, and of Scotland itself, it is of no surprise that Forth Bridge has been officially inscribed by as Scotland’s…
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For additional resources, see also Designing a Research Strategy, especially the sections on Style Manuals and Guides and Thesis/Dissertation Writing and Research. Art information and the Internet: how to find it, how to use it, Lois Swan Jones. Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx Press, 1. Also ebook. A manual for writers of term papers, theses, and dissertations, by Kate L. Turabian. 6th ed. rev. by John Grossman and Alice.Bennett. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing. A short guide to writing about art…
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Gray s School of Art is one of Scotland s four art schools and is an integral part of Robert Gordon University (RGU) in Aberdeen. Founded in 1885 by local businessman and philanthropist John Gray, the Art School was originally housed in the building adjacent to the Aberdeen Art Gallery on Schoolhill (now RGU offices). Gray s moved to its current home and second purpose built facility in 1966; a modernist building on the riverside Garthdee campus. In this environment bubbles a challenging and stimulating community atmosphere where creative education…
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The British Museum. This is the world’s oldest museum, begun in 1753 and embracing items of interest going back 6, years. Popular attractions include spectacular works from Ancient Egypt, Assyria, Greece, Mexico, Rome, Japan, China, India, Africa. Displays include statues, carvings, indigenous art and artefacts, coins, prints and drawings. Massive, varied, well-presented and free, the British Museum should be on any tourist list of top things to do in London. The V&A café, a work of decorative art in itself, quite apart from the staggering…
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Aberdeen University, Special Collections
The Special Collections Centre is home to the University’s historic collections of books, manuscripts, archives and photographs. Housed in climatically controlled facilities, the collections comprise over 230, rare printed books – including more than 4, 16th century items – as well as 5, irreplaceable archival collections, with material dating as far back as the 3rd century BC. The collections cover all aspects of the history and culture of the University, the City of Aberdeen, the region and the relationship they enjoy with the wider world…
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