We are delighted to announce that The Reason of Towns, an exhibition with Valerie Mulvin, will tour to Architecture Fringe, a Scottish festival of design, architecture and built environment, on 6-22 June, supported by Culture Ireland.

This international stop on The Reason of Towns tour offers an opportunity for new learning and knowledge exchange. It will be a locus of discussion about shared or distinct urban traditions, anticipating new potentials of reciprocal exchange through architecture between Scotland and Ireland. Responding directly to the theme of Architecture Fringe in 2025, Reciprocity, The Reason of Towns reveals the reciprocity between people and the places they build, and how thereafter places build them. Addressing issues of climate, heritage, housing, vacancy, and the transformative potential of professional and community practice, the exhibition reminds that all such things are connected and are best considered together.

Details of the exhibition in Glasgow, including opening times, can be found on the Architecture Fringe website.

On 7 June at 11am at The Briggait, IAF Director Emmett Scanlon will be in conversation with President of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS), Karen Anderson, moderated by Andy Summers, co-founder of Architecture Fringe. Further details and booking are available on the Scotland + Ireland page on the Architecture Fringe website.

On 7 June at 1pm, immediately after the Scotland + Ireland conversation, Valerie Mulvin and Emmett Scanlon will give a guided tour of the exhibition. To book your place, visit The Reason of Towns – Exhibition Tour on the Architecture Fringe website.