In 1999 Glasgow celebrated as UK Festival City of Architecture and Design.

These resources have been selected from the 4th Dimension publications generated during that year, providing a wealth of educational materials on architecture and design.

Vertigo looks at how we live, and how cities in the early 21st century are changing in terms of politics, culture, living spaces and public spaces, finance, entertainment and spectacle.

Homes for the Future offers teachers a wide range of issues and perspectives on how we ‘see’ houses, how we understand their function and the different uses to which our houses are put. Activities are provided to accompany the source material.

Modern Masters traces the work of three masters of the modern movement in architecture: Alvar Alto, Mies van der Rohe and Frank Lloyd Wright. This material also includes activities developed around their work.

This resource provides teachers and students with a substantial body of information and ideas for teaching activities built around aspects of Thomson’s work. Issues covered include sustainable development, conservation, pattern and measurement, and investigative studies.