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It’s official, Edinburgh’s famous Mound isn’t a load of rubbish! Whilst working on the excavation for the ‘Scottish galleries at the National’ project our in-house archaeologists discovered that the Mound was in fact formed from well-ordered layers of carefully selected waste such as oyster shells, clay pipes and bricks. Historians had previously thought it had been built up in an ad hoc manner over 50 years, through the dumping of household waste along with earth and rubble from New Town construction sites. Our study is featured in this week’s Observer to mark the first anniversary of the opening of the new galleries.  https://lnkd.in/gNH-nVyb

Do take a moment to share your views on the future offering at the proposed National Centre for Music - this is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of a new cultural destination at the former Royal High School in Edinburgh. #culturalheritage #conservation #music #arts #heritage #Edinburgh

Many thanks to the Heritage Trust Network for organising another excellent conference. Of particular note was the Narro ‘Piece of cake’ presentation, the creativity of their presentation perfectly demonstrating the creative approach required by a design team when working with historic buildings.

Simpson & Brown opened our doors to hundreds of visitors at the Old Printworks for Doors Open Days 2024 over the weekend. We enjoyed sharing our building and projects with you. Thank you for all the great feedback which we received during the event. “Incredible range of buildings and so interesting to see a working architect’s office. Great creative space!” “Fantastic Range of projects, many familiar! Marvellous to discover this beautiful building hidden away so close to the city centre.” “Simply amazing! Thank you.” #Conservation #ConservationArchitect #Retrofit #BuiltHeritage #Heritage #archaeology #DoorsOpenDays

Do archaeologists have offices? Yes! Join us for Doors Open Days this weekend! Have you ever wanted to chat to an archaeologist? Or have a look around their offices? Simpson & Brown with Addyman Archaeology are opening our office for Doors Open Days. Join us at The Old Printworks, located just off Leith Walk. Once a grain store, it is now home to Simpson & Brown’s team of architects, heritage consultants and archaeologists. As part of Doors Open Days, you can: -       View our open-plan office space -       Handle some of our archaeology collection -       Speak to our archaeologists, architects and heritage consultants -       Discover details of our completed and ongoing projects -       See our large-scale map of Edinburgh with completed projects We will even have activities for children! We can’t wait to see you this weekend! Times: Sat 28 September 2024 09:00 – 17:00 Sun 29 September 2024 09:00 – 17:00 Address: The Old Printworks, 77a Brunswick Street, Edinburgh, EH7 5HS #Doorsopendays

Where do Heritage Consultants work? Join us for Doors Open Day to find out! Just off Leith Walk, behind rows of tenement buildings is The Old Printworks. Originally a grain store, it is now home to Simpson & Brown’s team of heritage consultants, archaeologists and architects. Fancy having a look around? Come and visit us for Doors Open Day. We will have: - Models, drawings and slideshows of our projects - An archaeology handling collection - Children’s activities - Architects, Archaeologists & Heritage Consultants on hand to answer question - And a large-scale display map of Edinburgh featuring our completed projects! We can’t wait to see you next week! Times: Sat 28 September 2024 09:00 – 17:00 Sun 29 September 2024 09:00 – 17:00 Address: The Old Printworks, 77a Brunswick Street, Edinburgh, EH7 5HS

We’re opening our office for Doors Open Day! If you’re interested in: - Viewing our design studio - Discovering details about our projects - Speaking to architects, archaeologists and heritage consultants about their work We also will also have children’s activities and a large-scale map of Edinburgh with completed projects. Our design studio, The Old Printworks, was originally built as a grain store before it developed by a prominent Edinburgh surgeon in the 1960s. It now houses several creative companies including Simpson & Brown’s team of architects, heritage consultants and archaeologists.   Times: Sat 28 September 2024 09:00 – 17:00 Sun 29 September 2024 09:00 – 17:00 Address: The Old Printworks, 77a Brunswick Street, Edinburgh, EH7 5HS

We are very happy that Fairburn Tower is in the running for this year’s Architects’ Journal Retrofit & Reuse Awards on 11th September 2024. The project has been shortlisted in the Conversation and Historic (up to £5 million) category for the rescue, restoration, and retrofit of the beautiful Fairburn Tower. The former ruin has now been transformed into self-catered visitor accommodation. Client: The Landmark Trust Architect: Simpson & Brown Structural Engineer: Narro Contractor: Laing Traditional Masonry The full shortlist: https://bit.ly/3yeTW0M #AJRetrofitandReuse #adaptivereuse #retrofit #AJRRAwards #AJRetrofit #AJAwards #RetrofitAwards Photography ©The Landmark Trust

Simpson & Brown are delighted to be awarded a place on the Excel framework for conservation architecture. #publicprocurement #procurement #framework #architecture #Scotland #conservation

We are delighted that the restoration of Fairburn Tower for the The Landmark Trust has won the Heritage Project category in the RICS Scotland Awards 2024. The project saw the Category A listed tower transformed from a roofless ruin into high quality holiday accommodation.