Architectural monuments of Belgium, 1915 – ‘Opulence in the worst distress’ TAGS: Architecture | Belgium | Jules Jacques van Ysendyck (1836-1901) | Karel Sluyterman (1863-1931) | Sir Robert Lorimer (1864-1929) A LOST BUT RECONSTRUCTED HERITAGE… FROM THE LIBRARY OF SIR ROBERT STODART LORIMER (1864-1929), ARCHITECT In the book collections curated by the CRC is the work entitled La Belgique monumentale: …Continue reading →

Periodicals Archive Online – additional titles available TAGS: American | Architecture | area studies (African | Art History | Asian | book history | Canadian | classics | Cultural Studies | e-journals | Economics | education | European languages | fashion | Geography | health and medicine | history | history of science and medicine | Indian | international studies | Irish) | JISC | Law | Literature | Periodicals Archive Online | Philosophy | Political Science | ProQuest | science and technology | Sociology | theology | women's and children's studies Thanks to funding from JISC Collections, we have access to 50 archival e-journals in the humanities and social sciences subject areas.  These e-journals are available on the ProQuest website and …Continue reading →

Visualising the Scott Monument TAGS: Architecture | scott monument | walter scott In Semester 2 this year, we had a number of first-year architecture students visiting the CRC to research historic Edinburgh buildings. There have been enquiries about Old College, New College, and the National …Continue reading →

George McDonald Sutherland (1886-1917), architect TAGS: architects | Architecture | George McDonald Sutherland (1886-1917) | Sir Robert Lorimer (1864-1929) GEORGE MCDONALD SUTHERLAND AND HIS LOST ‘YEARS TO BE’… THE STORY OF A ROBBED CAREER. In his 1914 sonnets (III. The Dead), the war poet Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) wrote of …Continue reading →

Recent acquisition – Sketch-books of Scottish architect Charles Lovett Gill (1880-1960) TAGS: architects | Architecture | Charles Lovett Gill | London Recently, a group of 13 sketch-books by the Scottish architect Charles Lovett Gill were acquired by the Centre for Research Collections (Special Collections) for Edinburgh University Library. Gill was notable …Continue reading →

Trial – Phaidon Atlas TAGS: Architecture | database | Phaidon Atlas We have trial access to Phaidon Atlas database until 28th February.  Access available on campus or off campus via the VPN. Phaidon Atlas is a database of architects and buildings …Continue reading →

Get the Best from the Library for … ECA TAGS: Architecture | fine art | History of Art | music Want to get the best from the Library for subject areas in ECA? A key starting point is the Subject Guides at http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/subject-guides. Start here to explore print and electronic collections, …Continue reading →