Summary
It was raining and the tide in the Venice Lagoon was high. Wellies were essential to take part in To Have And To Hold, Scotland's events at the 2010 Venice Architecture Biennale last weekend. The water was rising outside the church of Santa Maria Ausiliatrice where an international group - including architects, academics and conservation specialists - gathered to watch Space And Light Revisited, Murray Grigor's split screen film about St Peter's Seminary in Cardross.
The A-listed building, designed by Isi Metzstein and Andy MacMillan of Gillepsie, Kidd and Coia, is an architectural masterpiece of its era. It opened in 1966 and has lain empty since 1984. It is now in a perilous state of decay. Partnerships between developers and its owners, the Archdiocese of Glasgow, and the vociferous attention of campaigners have failed to achieve a long- term solution.See the full content of this document
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Visual Art: Scotland Preserv'd
To Have And To Hold was a series of public screenings, exhibition visits and a public debate, intended to explore current notions of conservation theory and practice. It took as its inspiration a new proposal for the site...
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