Docomomo Scotland
Campaigning for the conservation of Scotland’s 20th-century built heritage
Upcoming Events
Highway over the Clyde
The history of Glasgow’s Kingston Bridge
Tuesday, 19th February, 7pm
in Edinburgh and online
Opened in June 1970, the Kingston Bridge serves as a critical link for the M8 motorway over the River Clyde.
At this lecture Stuart Baird from Scottish Roads Archive will discuss the history behind this iconic piece of postwar infrastructure. His talk will feature a wide range of historic photographs, including some rarely seen images.
Next event
to be confirmed
Late March or early April
Watch this space
We’re a national chapter of Docomomo International
An international non-profit organisation, Docomomo International is dedicated to the documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the Modern Movement.
Initiated in 1988, it is currently headquartered in the Netherlands, supported by select international specialist committees and by national chapters from around the world.
Current campaigns
Listing requested for Argyle House
in Edinburgh, now at risk
“Experts have applied to have the building which features in the Netflix Dept Q series granted listed status, and this is now under consideration.
“It comes as Argyle House in Edinburgh has been the subject of a planning application for demolition.
The Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland …, Docomomo Scotland … and the Twentieth Century Society have raised the bid.”
Edinburgh’s Wesfield Court
proposed for listing
We’ve asked Historic Environment Scotland to assess the listing of Westfield Court, in Edinburgh’s Gorgie area. The building, designed by Williamson and Hubbard of Kirkcaldy betwee 1946 and 1948, was built from 1949 till 1952.
We consider the multistorey building an innovative and substantially intact survivor of the pioneering phase of Scottish Modernist mass housing.
60 Key Scottish Monuments
Compiled in 1993, the list of key Scottish monuments tables list of sixty notable post-war buildings in Scotland.
The buildings date from the period 1945–1970 and were selected by a panel as being significant examples of architectural style, building materials and location. The purpose was in part to raise the profile of post-war architecture and to “demonstrate that architecture, as an art, flourished during those years”.
About us
Membership
We’re a membership organisation, run by volunteers. To remain independent and unbiased, we do not receive any public funding.
You can support us by becoming a member of Docomomo Scotland and Docomomo International. Annual membership starts at £10.
Keep up to date
We campaign, organise lectures and tours, comments on development proposals and propose heritage listings and recordings.
To keep up to date with 20th-century heritage in Scotland, subcribe to our email newsletter and follow us on Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.
Volunteering
As per our Constitution, we’re run by a Committee elected by our membership. We depend on our members, especially those voluntering for us.
If you would like to get involved to help us in any way, e.g. by helping with our campaigning, casework, events, publicity, research, please get in touch with us. We love to hear from you!
We’re a charity
We’re a not-for-profit charitable organisation. We advance the education of the public and stimulate interest in buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the Modern Movement in Scotland by encouraging research, documentation and conservation.
Docomomo Scotland is registered at the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator with the number SC032552.