How To: Record Buildings

Guides to help you investigate, understand and survey Scotland's buildings and urban spaces.

Download this series of guides to help you investigate, understand and survey Scotland's buildings and urban spaces. Each document covers a different element of recording buildings:

  • An Introduction to Recording Buildings
  • Photography
  • Photograph - Top Tips
  • Sketching
  • Reading Buildings
  • Personal Safety
  • Risk Assessments
  • Building Recording Form

These How To guides were created as part of a series for Scotland’s Urban Past (SUP), a community-engagement project we ran from 2014-19. The project supported communities in recording, researching and celebrating the history on their doorsteps.

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  • Date Published: 05 November 2019
  • Publisher: Historic Environment Scotland
  • Publication Types: How To Guide
  • Areas of Interest: HES
  • Audiences: Researchers, Conservation and Heritage Enthusiasts
  • Subjects: Architecture, History, Scotland, Photographs, Collections and Archives
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  • Language: English
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surveying-guide-recording-buildings.pdf (2.20 mb)

An Introduction to Recording Buildings

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surveying-guide-photography.pdf (944.83 kb)

Photography

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surveying-guide-sketching.pdf (647.01 kb)

Sketching

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surveying-guide-reading-buildings.pdf (393.29 kb)

Reading Buildings

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surveying-guide-personal-safety.pdf (625.28 kb)

Personal Safety

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surveying-guide-risk-assessment.pdf (189.99 kb)

Risk Assessments

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surveying-guide-photography-top-tips.pdf (279.66 kb)

Photography - Top Tips

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surveying-guide-building-recording-form.pdf (1.05 mb)

Building Recording Form

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