Grainger, Hilary J (2014) Private Perspectives: The Architecture and Design of Scottish Crematoria 1975-2011. In: Death in Scotland, from the medieval to the modern:beliefs, attitudes and pracitces., 31 January - 2 February 2014, New College, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Type of Research: | Conference, Symposium or Workshop Item |
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Creators: | Grainger, Hilary J |
Description: | The building of Scotland’s 27 operational crematoria fell into three distinct phases, the first being the pioneering work of the private sector between 1895 and 1939. In keeping with the governing agenda of Improvement, which promoted the harnessing of ‘material betterment to secular utopian ideals’, the post war period witnessed local authorities assuming responsibility for crematoria. An interregnum in building followed in the 1970s with the cessation of large-scale reconstruction programmes in Scotland. This was mirrored by a halt in the building of crematoria. By the late 1980s changes were afoot as global capitalization began to encourage a move away from the morality of social building types. The professional context for architects widened accordingly as new opportunities arose - exemplified by the Glasgow Garden Festival in 1988 and the city being declared the European City of Culture in 1990. |
Your affiliations with UAL: | Colleges > London College of Fashion |
Date: | 1 February 2014 |
Funders: | Cremation Society of Great Britain |
Event Location: | New College, University of Edinburgh, Scotland |
Date Deposited: | 22 May 2018 09:28 |
Last Modified: | 24 May 2018 13:28 |
Item ID: | 12708 |
URI: | https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/12708 |
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