RIAS Seminar: Using Architecture Policy to Generate Public Value
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RIAS Seminar: Using Architecture Policy to Generate Public Value will be held on September 23rd at A&DS:SpACE in Edinburgh, with no ticket price.
How does Scottish architecture policy delivery compare with Europe's best? Join us for the launch of new RIAS commissioned research.
Join RIAS and Architecture and Design Scotland for a seminar exploring new research comparing role of architecture within public policy across different European contexts. By considering Scotland alongside Bilbao and Vienna, the discussion will investigate how governance structures, funding mechanisms and policy instruments enable architecture to contribute to public value.
The research suggests that architecture's influence is determined not only by design ambition, but also by the institutional arrangements and financial frameworks that support it.
Presented by Aseel Almahfoodh Master’s degree in Comparative Public Policy at the Edinburgh University School of Social and Political Science, the event will share insights from comparative research and consider what these findings mean for Scotland. Aseel will be joined by Ian Gilzean from Architecture and Design Scotland, Stuart Hay from the RIAS and architectural practioners to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing architecture's role in shaping places and communities today, followed by questions from the audience.
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Date: Wednesday 23 September
Doors open: 1:30pm
Talk begins: 2pm
Venue: A&DS:SpACE, Level 0, Edinburgh Futures Institute, access directly from Middle Meadow Walk
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RIAS Seminar: Using Architecture Policy to Generate Public Value takes place on Wednesday, 23 September 2026 at 14:00.
RIAS Seminar: Using Architecture Policy to Generate Public Value is held at A&DS:SpACE, Edinburgh Futures Institute, The University of Edinburgh in Edinburgh (Level 0, 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9EF).
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RIAS Seminar: Using Architecture Policy to Generate Public Value will be held on September 23rd at A&DS:SpACE in Edinburgh, with no ticket price.
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How does Scottish architecture policy delivery compare with Europe's best? Join us for the launch of new RIAS commissioned research.
Join RIAS and Architecture and Design Scotland for a seminar exploring new research comparing role of architecture within public policy across different European contexts. By considering Scotland alongside Bilbao and Vienna, the discussion will investigate how governance structures, funding mechanisms and policy instruments enable architecture to contribute to public value.
The research suggests that architecture's influence is determined not only by design ambition, but also by the institutional arrangements and financial frameworks that support it.
Presented by Aseel Almahfoodh Master’s degree in Comparative Public Policy at the Edinburgh University School of Social and Political Science, the event will share insights from comparative research and consider what these findings mean for Scotland. Aseel will be joined by Ian Gilzean from Architecture and Design Scotland, Stuart Hay from the RIAS and architectural practioners to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing architecture's role in shaping places and communities today, followed by questions from the audience.
About the event:
Date: Wednesday 23 September
Doors open: 1:30pm
Talk begins: 2pm
Venue: A&DS:SpACE, Level 0, Edinburgh Futures Institute, access directly from Middle Meadow Walk
Description supplied by the event organiser.
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RIAS Seminar: Using Architecture Policy to Generate Public Value takes place on Wednesday, 23 September 2026 at 14:00.
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RIAS Seminar: Using Architecture Policy to Generate Public Value is held at A&DS:SpACE, Edinburgh Futures Institute, The University of Edinburgh in Edinburgh (Level 0, 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9EF).
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Entry to RIAS Seminar: Using Architecture Policy to Generate Public Value is free.
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