Aberdeen: 2nd edition: An Illustrated Architectural Guide

Although the RIAS’s highly praised series of popularly written architectural guidebooks to Scotland has not yet quite covered the whole country, some areas are already appearing in a revised edition.

It should come as no surprise that Aberdeen should be one of them for, as Scotland’s most prosperous city, it is still giving rise to large‐scale development, mostly associated with the oil industry, whether directly (as in the office blocks serving the various companies) or indirectly (as with the housing or retail developments needed for the staff attracted to the city).

The present edition, in which the numerous monochrome illustrations...