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| + | The Forbes Chair of Architecture was established in 1947. It was a joint post with [[Edinburgh College of Art]], where the holder would also be Head of the School of Architecture. The first appointee was [[Raymond Gordon Brown (1912-1962)]]. | ||
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| + | In 1963, the School of Architecture was transferred from the [[Faculty of Arts]] to the newly founded [[Faculty of Social Sciences]]. Two further architectural chairs were established shortly afterwards: the Chair of Architectural Science (1966) and the Robert Adam Chair of Architecture (both currently vacant). A further Chair of Architectural Computing was established in 1994. | ||
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| + | In 2009, the School of Architecture merged with Edinburgh College of Art's School of Landscape Architecture to form the [[Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture]] (ESALA). The merger of these two schools pre-empted and, in many ways, anticipated the full merger of Edinburgh University and Edinburgh College of Art in August 2011. | ||
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| + | From 2009 to 2011, the ESALA belonged to both Edinburgh College of Art and the [[School of Arts, Culture and Environment]] in Edinburgh University's [[College of Humanities and Social Science]]. Since August 2011 it has been part of an enlarged Edinburgh College of Art within the College of Humanities and Social Science. | ||
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Raymond Gordon Brown was the first to hold the Forbes Chair of Architecture taking up the post on 1 Feb 1949. This was a joint post which also saw him as Head of the School of Architecture at Edinburgh College of Art. Selection was made by a Joint Committee which included both the Principals of the two institutions. There were 17 applicants from which 4 were short-listed. The decision to appoint Brown was unanimous. The Chair itself was instituted following an Ordinance of 15 Dec 1947. | Raymond Gordon Brown was the first to hold the Forbes Chair of Architecture taking up the post on 1 Feb 1949. This was a joint post which also saw him as Head of the School of Architecture at Edinburgh College of Art. Selection was made by a Joint Committee which included both the Principals of the two institutions. There were 17 applicants from which 4 were short-listed. The decision to appoint Brown was unanimous. The Chair itself was instituted following an Ordinance of 15 Dec 1947. | ||
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| + | *[[University Calendar]] | ||
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Revision as of 12:45, 7 July 2016
The Forbes Chair of Architecture was established in 1947. It was a joint post with Edinburgh College of Art, where the holder would also be Head of the School of Architecture. The first appointee was Raymond Gordon Brown (1912-1962).
In 1963, the School of Architecture was transferred from the Faculty of Arts to the newly founded Faculty of Social Sciences. Two further architectural chairs were established shortly afterwards: the Chair of Architectural Science (1966) and the Robert Adam Chair of Architecture (both currently vacant). A further Chair of Architectural Computing was established in 1994.
In 2009, the School of Architecture merged with Edinburgh College of Art's School of Landscape Architecture to form the Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA). The merger of these two schools pre-empted and, in many ways, anticipated the full merger of Edinburgh University and Edinburgh College of Art in August 2011.
From 2009 to 2011, the ESALA belonged to both Edinburgh College of Art and the School of Arts, Culture and Environment in Edinburgh University's College of Humanities and Social Science. Since August 2011 it has been part of an enlarged Edinburgh College of Art within the College of Humanities and Social Science.
Raymond Gordon Brown was the first to hold the Forbes Chair of Architecture taking up the post on 1 Feb 1949. This was a joint post which also saw him as Head of the School of Architecture at Edinburgh College of Art. Selection was made by a Joint Committee which included both the Principals of the two institutions. There were 17 applicants from which 4 were short-listed. The decision to appoint Brown was unanimous. The Chair itself was instituted following an Ordinance of 15 Dec 1947.
Chair of Architectural Science was established in 1966. Robert Adam Chair of Architecture established 1967. A Chair of Architectural Computing was established in 1994. A Chair of Architectural History and Theory was established in 2011. A Chair of Landscape Architecture was established in 2011.
Forbes Professors of Architecture
- 1948-1950: Raymond Gordon Brown (1912-1962)
- 1953-1975: Sir Robert Hogg Matthew (1906–1975) (part-time from 1968)
- 1985-1992: Isi Metzstein (1928-2012)
- 1992-1995: Robert Tavernor (1954- )
- 2013- : Mark Dorrian
Is the Robert Adam Chair of Architecture that Guy Barrie Oddie (1922-2011) occupies from 1968 a different chair?
C. B. Wilson Chair of Architectural Science from 1968 too.
Professors of Architectural Computing
- 1995- : Richard Coyne
Professors of Architectural History and Theory
- 2011- : Ian Campbell
Professors of Landscape Architecture
- 2012- : Catharine Ward Thompson