ATS Talks: Architecture and Urbanism in late Georgian Edinburgh

Architecture and Urbanism in late Georgian Edinburgh: Thomas Hamilton and the Urban Picturesque

This lecture looks at the way architectural design interacted with urban design in the work of Thomas Hamilton. It is about a general change in the way Nature was invoked in urban design in the early nineteenth century and about the ways in which architects began to think about how buildings, especially public buildings, should be approached and experienced in the urban landscape.

The talk focuses mainly on two locations in central Edinburgh, the Calton Hill and the Mound. A number of architects will be discussed, including William Henry Playfair and William Burn, as well as John Nash and John Soane, but the focus is primarily on Thomas Hamilton, the Glasgow-born architect, greatly admired by Alexander Thomson.

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Dr John Lowrey

Senior Lecturer, Architectural History at the Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, part of Edinburgh College of Art within Edinburgh University. He has specialised in the study of classical architecture in Scotland and in the architectural history of Edinburgh.

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Join us for tea and coffee before the talk - the talk will start promptly at 6:30pm.

Tickets are available in person or online.

£9 In person, £6 in person (ATS Member), £3 online, £free online (ATS Member)

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