Publications

A History of Scotland's Landscapes

These evocative spaces provide unique evidence for the way this land and its wealth of resources has been lived in, worked on, ruined, abandoned, restored and celebrated.

A Work of Beauty

Alexander McCall Smith's Edinburgh

Alexander McCall Smith curates his own story of Edinburgh, combining his incisive wit with a wealth of stunning imagery drawn from Scotland’s national collection of architecture and archaeology.

Consequences of Past Stone Cleaning

Intervention on Future Policy and Resources

"Consequences of Past Stone Cleaning - Intervention on Future Policy and Resources" is a research report assessing the effects different cleaning regimes had on natural stone.

Mousa to Mackintosh

The Scottishness of Scottish Architecture

The architecture of Scotland exists in many forms. In Mousa to Mackintosh, Frank Arneil Walker examines the recognisable and recurring features evident in Scotland’s buildings across the centuries to build a picture of ‘Scottishness’ in architecture.

Scotland's Shops

A publication on the design of shops in Scotland, including a gazetteer of retail buildings.