Back Court Development - Robin Webster

Thank you to Robin Webster, who presented at the first Velvet and Silk Cafe back in January, for this interesting article on developing unused areas of the city. If you missed his presentation, this is what he spoke about on the night. Enjoy.

http://www.thevelvetandsilkcafe.com/page3.htm

Round 3 at Society M

I hope everyone enjoyed last nights Velvet and Silk Cafe as much as I did! Speakers were a great mix, with a wide range of topics for discussion. Hope it gave everyone who was there some ideas for collaborations or projects.

Please contact me at mail@thevelvetandsilkcafe.com for more details.

More speakers and a new venue in October . . .

The Velvet and Silk Cafe Returns!

Tonight, Collective Architecture take the reigns and host the second in the Velvet and Silk Cafe series at their offices in Merchant City, Glasgow. Speakers include artist Martin Boyce, Simon Harlow of Silo Design and Build, art historian Irene Mariani, Julie Keany of Bute Fabrics and Simon Smith of Glasgow City Council, followed by an edited screening of Murray Grigors 'Space and Light Revisited'.

Looking forward to catching up with everyone too!

On Venice and Cardross. . .

This article is definitely worth a read, and some stunning stills from Murray Grigors film 'Space and Light Revisited'

http://www.publicartscotland.com/reflections/68

and a wee pic from the discussion in Venice. . .

An Interesting First Night!

The first Velvet and Silk Cafe evening was held on Thursday the 20th of January and was a great night!! Thank you to Gordon Murray for allowing us to host the night in their office and to the speakers: Alistair McAuley of Timorous Beasties, Alan Pert of NORD, Robin Webster of Cameron Webster Architects, Michael Dougall of Collective Architecture, Brian Proudfoot of GOODD and John Barr of John Barr Architects who all gave great presentations! And thank you to everyone who turned up to support us on the first night, it made for a great social evening as well as giving some of us the motivation to revisit a sketchbook after some time!

Thanks Again!