Architecture can tell us a great deal about the period, the people , the processes of life and work and the divide within society. Every feature captured here helps viewer to visualise how our ancestors articulated with their buildings. Some links have gone and are only captured in this archive but some remain as monuments to or of the past.
- Architectural features of rural/ agricultural/ industrial/public and private buildings. See the functionality, purpose and style of past buildings. See how process and design were linked and recognise common design identities. EG The U shaped farm steadings.
- Castles of the area. Walk through the castles and see their design features and marvel at the detail and extravagance. Reflect on the Haves and the Have not's which design styles reflect.
- Thatched housing. Get a picture of how they were build. Date the first introduction of different materials. Identify the skill components of architectural content.
- The doos ducat. This functional building was prolific in rural countryside's. It allowed the Big Houses to have meat all year round. The doves were bread for the table. Meat was not always available all year round. The dove was a cheap form of meat and available all year round.
- Old Aberdeen. The architecture of this part of the city hold many distinctive features of the past architectural style.
- Brig O Balgownie. This is one of the early crossing of the river Don and has a settlement associated with the past activity of this busy point of access to the city.
- The early coaching Inns. The style of these buildings reflect a past way of communication which originally catered for the horse then the passengers. Their key locations represented early routes of travel.
- The mill town. This small grouping of buildings shows the layout and architectural details associated with a meal mill. The buildings include the actual mill, the owners house and the workers humble abodes. This footage highlights the outside toilet which had a speedy flow of water diverted under toilet seat so that all the sewage was taken away by running water.
- Over two hundred rural buildings painted by local artist over the past 30 years. This feature is perhaps the only one of its kind which captures architectural buildings, living, industrial and farming in the city and shire locations. Many of these buildings have been the victim of the bulldozer and as a result their identity has been lost for good. The water paintings provide us with clear detail of a genre of the past.
- The illicit still ( secret location) This old still can be seen in its almost ruined condition. However there is valuable comment from a man who knew of its operation during the mid 1900s. Its story holds many aspects of a past way of life.