Editing Dundee (section)

== Culture ==
Dundee made a bid to be named the 2017 [[UK City of Culture]], and on 19 June 2013 was named as one of the four short-listed cities alongside [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], [[Leicester]] and [[Swansea Bay]].<ref>{{cite news |title=UK City of Culture 2017 shortlist of four announced |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22967259 |work=BBC News |access-date=20 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620015412/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22967259 |archive-date=20 June 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> Ultimately, Dundee's bid was unsuccessful, with Hull winning the contest.<ref name="TelegraphCultureBid">{{cite news |last1=Cramb |first1=Auslan |title=Dundee loses City of Culture bid, but presses ahead with events |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scotland/10462917/Dundee-loses-City-of-Culture-bid-but-presses-ahead-with-events.html |access-date=27 September 2016 |work=The Telegraph |date=20 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010080319/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scotland/10462917/Dundee-loses-City-of-Culture-bid-but-presses-ahead-with-events.html |archive-date=10 October 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> Dundee came in fifth place in a newspaper survey regarding numbers of cultural venues in the United Kingdom, ahead of other Scottish cities.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/news/local/dundee/dundee-crowned-scotland-s-most-cultural-city-and-we-beat-hull-too-1.619566 |title=Dundee crowned Scotland's most cultural city (and we beat Hull too!) |work=eveningtelegraph.co.uk |date=10 October 2014 |access-date=11 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414225112/http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/news/local/dundee/dundee-crowned-scotland-s-most-cultural-city-and-we-beat-hull-too-1.619566 |archive-date=14 April 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://dundee.stv.tv/articles/295051-dundee-is-the-fifth-most-cultural-city-in-the-uk-according-to-new-survey/ |title=Dundee is the fifth most cultural city in the UK according to new survey – STV Dundee – Dundee |author=Joe Birchenall |work=STV Dundee |access-date=14 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120224847/http://dundee.stv.tv/articles/295051-dundee-is-the-fifth-most-cultural-city-in-the-uk-according-to-new-survey/ |archive-date=20 January 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In August 2021, Dundee made a joint bid with [[Perth and Kinross]], [[Angus, Scotland|Angus]] and [[Fife]] for the UK City of Culture again in 2025 under the title of 'Tay Cities'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rae |first=Steven |title=UK City of Culture 2025: Tay Cities unite in first joint title bid |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/perth-kinross/2469964/uk-city-of-culture-2025-tay-cities-unite-in-first-joint-title-bid/ |access-date=21 August 2021 |website=The Courier |date=20 August 2021 |language=en-GB |archive-date=21 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821010236/https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/perth-kinross/2469964/uk-city-of-culture-2025-tay-cities-unite-in-first-joint-title-bid/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Dundee also went to bid to become the [[European Capital of Culture]] in 2023 but due to [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|the United Kingdom voting to leave the European Union]] in June 2016, Dundee's bid, along with those of other British cities submitting bids, was discontinued by the [[European Commission]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-42095477 |title=Brexit blow to Dundee's 2023 culture bid |date=23 November 2017 |work=BBC News |access-date=24 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326214722/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-42095477 |archive-date=26 March 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/dundee-formally-withdraws-capital-culture-bid-due-brexit/ |title=Dundee formally withdraws Capital of Culture bid due to Brexit imposed on Scotland by Westminster. |work=Evening Telegraph |access-date=24 March 2018 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325045507/https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/dundee-formally-withdraws-capital-culture-bid-due-brexit/ |archive-date=25 March 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Museums and galleries===
[[File:McManus Galleries.jpg|thumb|left|The [[McManus Galleries]] in the city's Albert Square]]

The city's main museum and art gallery, [[McManus Galleries]], is in Albert Square.<ref>{{harvnb|Day|Milne|2010|p=30 }}</ref> The exhibits include work by [[James McIntosh Patrick]], [[Alberto Morrocco]] and [[David McClure (artist)|David McClure]] amongst the collection of fine and decorative art, items from Dundee's history and natural history artefacts. [[Dundee Contemporary Arts]] (abbreviated DCA) opened in 1999 is an international art centre in the Nethergate close to Dundee Rep, which houses two contemporary art galleries, a two-screen arthouse cinema, a print studio, a visual research centre and a café bar.<ref>{{harvnb|Jarron|2011|p=183 }}</ref> Britain's only full-time public [[observatory]], [[Mills Observatory]] at the summit of the city's [[Balgay]] Hill, was given to the city by linen manufacturer and keen amateur scientist John Mills in 1935.<ref>{{harvnb|Day|Milne|2010|p=47 }}</ref> [[Dundee Science Centre]] in the Greenmarket is a science centre based on the five senses with a series of interactive shows and exhibits.<ref>{{harvnb|Day|Milne|2010|p=20 }}</ref> [[Verdant Works]] is a museum dedicated to the once dominant jute industry in Dundee and is based in a former jute mill.<ref>Gale & Kaur (2002) p. 187; Dundee Heritage Trust (1998) pp. 1-3</ref>

The [[University of Dundee]] also runs several public museums and galleries, including the D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum and the Tayside Medical History Museum. The university, through [[Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design]] also offers the Cooper Gallery for contemporary art, and its archives including: the abcD (artists' books collection Dundee); the REWIND Archive (video art collection); and the [[Richard Demarco]] Digital Archive.

The [[V&A Dundee]] Museum of Design opened in September 2018 and is built south of Craig Harbour onto the [[River Tay]] in a building designed by [[Kengo Kuma]]. It was officially opened by the [[Prince William, Duke of Cambridge|Earl and Countess of Strathearn]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dingwall |first1=Blair |title=William and Kate will officially open V&A on royal visit to Dundee on Tuesday |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/dundee/816641/william-and-kate-will-officially-open-va-on-royal-visit-to-dundee-on-tuesday/ |website=Dundee Courier |date=28 January 2019 |access-date=28 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129010544/https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/dundee/816641/william-and-kate-will-officially-open-va-on-royal-visit-to-dundee-on-tuesday/ |archive-date=29 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> It is the centrepiece of the city's waterfront redevelopment. The new museum may bring another 500,000 extra visitors to the city and create up to 900 jobs.<ref name="V&A Museum of Design, Dundee">{{harvnb|Dundee to get its own V&A museum }}</ref>

[[File:"The Riders of the Sidhe" John Duncan 1911 McManus Galleries, Dundee.jpg|thumb|right|"The Riders of the Sidhe" John Duncan 1911 McManus Galleries, Dundee]]

The city's archival records are mostly kept by two archives: Dundee City Archives, operated by [[Dundee City Council]] and the [[University of Dundee]]'s Archive Services.
Dundee City Archives holds the official records of the city and of the former [[Tayside Regional Council]].<ref name="City Archives">{{cite web |title=Archives |url=http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/archive/ |publisher=[[Dundee City Council]] |access-date=17 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105064700/http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/archive/ |archive-date=5 November 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> The archive also holds the records of various people, groups and organisations connected to the city. The university's Archive Services hold a wide range of material relating to the university and its predecessor institutions and to individuals associated with the university, such as [[D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson]]. Archive Services also holds the archives of several individuals, businesses and organisations based in Dundee and the surrounding area.<ref name="University of Dundee Archive Services">{{cite web |title=University of Dundee Archives Services |url=http://www.dundee.ac.uk/archives |publisher=University of Dundee |access-date=2 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614032353/http://www.dundee.ac.uk/archives/ |archive-date=14 June 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> The records held include a substantial number of business archives relating to the jute and linen industry in Dundee; records of other businesses including the archives of the [[Alliance Trust]] and the department store G. L. Wilson; the records of the Brechin Diocese of the [[Scottish Episcopal Church]]; and the [[NHS Tayside]] Archive.<ref name="University of Dundee Archive Services2">{{cite web |title=University of Dundee Archives Services the Collections |url=http://www.dundee.ac.uk/archives/archman.htm |publisher=University of Dundee |access-date=2 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023152251/http://www.dundee.ac.uk/archives/archman.htm |archive-date=23 October 2013 }}</ref><ref name="Archives, Records and Artefacts">{{cite web |title=Business Archives |date=27 January 2011 |url=http://www.archives-records-artefacts.blogspot.com/2011/01/business-archives.html |publisher=Archives, Records and Artefacts at the University of Dundee |access-date=5 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315133547/http://www.archives-records-artefacts.blogspot.com/2011/01/business-archives.html |archive-date=15 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> The same archive also holds the [[Michael Peto]] collection which includes thousands of the [[photojournalist]]'s photographs, negatives, slides, publications and papers.<ref name="University of Dundee Archive Services Peto">[http://www.dundee.ac.uk/archives//peto/ "Michael Peto Photographic Collection"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315060307/http://www.dundee.ac.uk/archives/peto/ |date=15 March 2016 }}, University of Dundee. Retrieved 26 May 2011.</ref>

===Literature===
Dundee has a strong literary heritage, with several authors having been born, lived or studied in the city. These include [[A. L. Kennedy]], [[Rosamunde Pilcher]], [[Kate Atkinson (writer)|Kate Atkinson]], [[Thomas Dick (scientist)|Thomas Dick]], [[Mary Shelley]], Mick McCluskey, [[John Burnside (writer)|John Burnside]] and [[Neil Forsyth]]. The [[Dundee International Book Prize]] is a biennial competition open to new authors, offering a prize of £10,000 and publication by Polygon Books. Past winners have included: Andrew Murray Scott, Claire-Marie Watson and Malcolm Archibald. [[William McGonagall]], regularly cited as the "world's worst poet",<ref name="World's Worst Poet">{{harvnb|McGonagall|1992 }}</ref> worked and wrote in the city, often giving performances of his work in pubs and bars. Many of his poems are about the city and events therein, such as his work ''The Tay Bridge Disaster''.

Dundee's poetic heritage is represented by the 2013 poetry anthology ''Whaleback City'' edited by W. N. Herbert and Andy Jackson (Dundee University Press) containing poems by McGonagall, Don Paterson, Douglas Dunn, John Burnside and many others. City of Recovery Press was founded in Dundee, and has become a controversial figure in documenting the darker side of the city.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cityofrecovery.com |title=cityofrecovery.com |access-date=25 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216222315/http://cityofrecovery.com/ |archive-date=16 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Cinema ===
The Dundee Mountain Film Festival (DMFF), held in the last weekend of November, presents the best presenters and films of the year in mountaineering, mountain culture and adventure sport, along with an art and trade exhibition.<ref name="Dundee festival">{{harvnb|Dundee Mountain Film Festival }}</ref> DMFF is also one of the members of International Alliance for Mountain Film (IAMF)<ref name="International Alliance">{{harvnb|International Alliance for Mountain Film }}</ref> among other important international [[mountain film]] festivals.

[[Dundee Contemporary Arts]] hosts an annual horror film festival called ''Dundead'', which started in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://zcint.co.uk/article/dca-unveil-dundead-ii-festival-lineup |title=DCA Unveil Dundead II Festival Line-Up |date=5 March 2012 |access-date=15 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130718061619/http://zcint.co.uk/article/dca-unveil-dundead-ii-festival-lineup |archive-date=18 July 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> It also hosts the Discovery Film Festival, an international film festival targeted for young audiences.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.discoveryfilmfestival.org.uk/about |access-date=19 April 2023 |website=Discovery Film Festival |language=en |archive-date=19 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419011907/https://www.discoveryfilmfestival.org.uk/about |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The city also has two [[Multiplex (movie theater)|Multiplex]] cinemas, [[Odeon Cinemas|Odeon]] and [[Cineworld]].

=== Theatre, drama, dance ===
Dundee is home to a full-time [[repertory]] ensemble, which originated in 1939. One of its alumni, Hollywood actor [[Brian Cox (actor)|Brian Cox]], is a native of the city.<ref>{{harvnb|Cox may be ambassador for Dundee }}</ref> The [[Dundee Repertory Theatre]], built in 1982, is also the base for the [[Scottish Dance Theatre]] company.

The Whitehall Theatre opened in 1969.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whitehalltheatre.com/about-us/ |title=About Us - the Whitehall Theatre |date=13 July 2021 |access-date=2 June 2023 |archive-date=2 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602163822/https://whitehalltheatre.com/about-us/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Little Theatre at the foot of the Hilltown is home to and maintained by Dundee Dramatic Society.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dundeeds.co.uk/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602163823/http://dundeeds.co.uk/|url-status=dead|title=Our Society • Dundee Dramatic Society|archivedate=2 June 2023|website=Dundee Dramatic Society}}</ref>

=== Music ===
Dundee's principal concert [[auditorium]], the [[Caird Hall]] (named after its benefactor, the jute baron [[James Key Caird]]) in the City Square regularly hosts the [[Royal Scottish National Orchestra]].<ref>{{harvnb|Day|Milne|2010|p=78 }}</ref> Various smaller venues host local and international musicians during Dundee's annual [[Jazz]], Guitar and [[Blues]] Festivals.

Dundee has hosted the [[Royal National Mòd|National Mod]] a number of times – 1902, 1913, 1937, 1959 and 1974.<ref name=SMO>[http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/mod/ List of Mod's places] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115062253/http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/mod/ |date=15 January 2013 }} for each year on [[Sabhal Mòr Ostaig]] website</ref>

Dundee also hosted [[BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend]] back in 2006 and was due to host for a second time in 2020 but it was cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. Dundee hosted the event again on 26th-28 May 2023 at Camperdown Park in the north-west of the city.<ref>{{cite web |title=Radio 1's Big Weekend 2023 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ed8wxj |website=BBC Events |access-date=12 April 2023 |archive-date=16 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416112732/https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ed8wxj |url-status=live }}</ref>

Popular music groups such as the 1970s [[soul-funk]] outfit [[Average White Band]], the [[Associates (band)|Associates]], the band [[Spare Snare]], [[Danny Wilson (band)|Danny Wilson]], [[the Hazey Janes]], and the [[Indie rock]] bands [[The View (band)|the View]] and [[The Law (Scotland band)|the Law]] are from Dundee. Musician, songwriter and performer [[Michael Marra]] was born and raised in Dundee. [[Ricky Ross (musician)|Ricky Ross]] of [[Deacon Blue]] and singer-songwriter [[KT Tunstall]] are former pupils of the [[High School of Dundee]], although Tunstall is not a native of the city.<ref name="Almost Famous">{{harvnb|Almost Famous }}</ref> The Northern Irish indie rock band [[Snow Patrol]] was formed by students at the [[University of Dundee]].<ref name="Snow Patrol">{{harvnb|Snow Patrol }}</ref> [[Brian Molko]], lead singer of [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]], grew up in the city<ref name="NME Interview">{{harvnb|NME Interview with Placebo }}</ref> as did [[Ian Cussick]], singer of [[Lake (German band)|Lake]]. At the end of June, Dundee hosts an annual [[blues]] festival known as the ''Dundee Blues Bonanza''.<ref name="Dundee Blues Bonanza">{{harvnb|Dundee Blues Bonanza }}</ref>

=== Media ===
[[File:DC Thomson Dundee Meadowside south east face (post refurb).jpg|thumb|Dundee Headquarters of [[DC Thomson]] & Co.]]

Dundee is home to DC Thomson & Co. Ltd, established in 1905, which produces over 200&nbsp;million magazines, newspapers and comics every year; these include ''[[The Beano]]'', ''[[The Dandy]]'' and ''[[The Press and Journal]]''.<ref name="Discover Dundee Retail" />

Dundee is home to one of eleven [[BBC Scotland]] broadcasting centres, located within the Nethergate Centre.<ref name="Contact numbers for BBC Scotland">{{harvnb|Contact numbers for BBC Scotland }}</ref> [[STV North]]'s Tayside news and advertising operations are based in the Seabraes area of the city, from where an ''STV News Tayside'' opt-out bulletin is broadcast, (though not on Digital Satellite), within the nightly regional news programme, ''[[STV News at Six]]''. The city also had a community internet TV station called The Dundee Channel which was launched on 1 September 2009.

Dundee formerly had three local radio stations that were based in the city. Radio Tay was launched on 17 October 1980.<ref name="Radio Tay's first day">{{harvnb|Radio Tay's first day }}</ref> The station split frequencies in January 1995, launching [[Tay FM]] for a younger audience and Tay AM playing classic hits (now called [[Greatest Hits Radio Tayside & Fife]]). Neither Tay FM or Greatest Hits Radio are based within the city of Dundee, with their only locally targeted show (Tay FM breakfast) being broadcast from a Bauer studio in Edinburgh. In 1999, Discovery 102 was launched, later to be renamed [[Wave 102]] following a claim by [[The Discovery Channel]] that the station could mistakenly be linked to its brand. The station was further rebranded to Wave FM and Pure Radio. The 102FM frequency now carries a relay of Aberdeen-based radio station [[Original 106 (Scotland)]] which features news, content and commercials tailored for Tayside.

=== Landmarks ===
[[File:St. Mary's Tower, Dundee - geograph.org.uk - 1204975.jpg|thumb|left|180px|St Mary's Tower, oldest building in Dundee, dating to late 15th century]]

The city and its landscape are dominated by [[Law, Dundee|The Law]] and the [[Firth of Tay]]. The Law, a large hill to the north of the [[City Centre, Dundee|City Centre]] was the site of an [[Iron Age]] [[Hill Fort]], upon which the Law War Memorial, designed by Thomas Braddock, was erected in 1921 to commemorate the fallen of [[World War I]].<ref>{{harvnb|Law Hill War Memorial, Category B listing }}</ref> The waterfront, much altered by [[Land reclamation|reclamation]] in the 19th century, retains several of the docks that once were the hub of the jute and whaling industries, including the Camperdown and Victoria Docks.<ref>{{harvnb|Camperdown Dock, Category A listing}}<br />{{harvnb|Victoria Dock with Pedestrian and Vehicular Swing Bridges, Category A listing }}</ref> The Victoria Dock is the home of the frigate [[HMS Unicorn (1824)|HMS ''Unicorn'']] and the [[North Carr Lightship]], while [[Robert Falcon Scott|Captain Scott]]'s [[RRS Discovery|RRS ''Discovery'']] occupies Craig Pier, from where the ferries to [[Fife]] once sailed.

The oldest building in the city is St Mary's Tower, which dates from the late 15th century.<ref>{{harvnb|Nethergate, City Churches, St Mary's Tower or the Steeple, Category A Listing}}<br />{{harvnb|McKean|Walker|1985|pp=52–54 }}</ref> This forms part of the City Churches, which consist of St Clement's Church, dating to 1787–8 and built by Samuel Bell, Old St Paul's and St David's Church, built in 1841–42 by [[William Burn]], and St Mary's Church, rebuilt in 1843–44, also by Burn, following a fire.<ref>{{harvnb|Nethergate, City Churches, St Clement's, or Steeple Church, Category A Listing}}<br />{{harvnb|Nethergate, City Churches, Old St Paul's and St David's, or South Church, Category A Listing}}<br />{{harvnb|Nethergate, City Churches, St Mary's East, or Dundee Parish Church, Category A Listing}}<br />{{harvnb|McKean|Walker|1985|pp=52–54 }}</ref> Other significant churches in the city include the Gothic Revival [[St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee|St Paul's Episcopal Cathedral]], built by [[George Gilbert Scott|Sir George Gilbert Scott]] in 1853 on the former site of Dundee Castle in the High Street,<ref>{{harvnb|150 Nethergate, St Andrew's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Including Presbytery and Former Sea Wall to South, Category A Listing}}<br />{{harvnb|McKean|Walker|1985|p=57 }}</ref> and the Catholic [[St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee|St. Andrew's Cathedral]], built in 1835 by George Mathewson in Nethergate.<ref>{{harvnb|Castle Hill, St Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, including steps and boundary wall, Category A Listing}}<br />{{harvnb|McKean|Walker|1985|p=57 }}</ref>

As a result of the destruction suffered during the [[Rough Wooing]], little of the mediaeval city (aside from St Mary's Tower) remains and the earliest surviving domestic structures date from the [[Scotland in the Early Modern Era|Early Modern Era]]. A notable example is the Wishart Arch (or East Port) in Cowgate. It is the last surviving portion of the city walls. Dating from prior to 1548, it owes its continued existence to its association with the Protestant [[martyr]] [[George Wishart]], who is said to have preached to plague victims from the East Port in 1544.<ref>{{harvnb|Historic Environment Scotland|SM164}}<br />{{harvnb|McKean|Walker|1985|pp=32–33 }}</ref> Another is the building complex on the High Street known as [[Gardyne's Land, Dundee|Gardyne's Land]], parts of which date from around 1560.<ref>{{harvnb|70–73 (Inclusive Nos) High Street, Including Gardyne's Land, Gray's Close and Clock with Model of the Town House}}; {{harvnb|McKean|Walker|1985|p=18}}; {{harvnb|Dragging a building into the 21st century}}; {{harvnb|Gardyne's Land wins multiple awards }}</ref> [[The Howff]] burial ground in the northern part of the City Centre also dates from this time; it was given to the city by Mary Queen of Scots in 1564, having previously served as the grounds of a [[Franciscan]] abbey.<ref>{{harvnb|Meadowside and Barrack Street, The Howff, Category A listing}}; {{harvnb|McKean|Walker|1985|pp=50–51 }}</ref>

[[File:Claypotts castle 01.jpg|thumb|right|Claypotts Castle, dating from the late 16th century]]

Several castles can be found in Dundee, mostly from the Early Modern Era. The earliest parts of [[Mains Castle]] in Caird Park were built by David Graham in 1562 on the site of a hunting lodge of 1460.<ref>{{harvnb|Caird Park Mains Castle, Category A listing}}; {{harvnb|McKean|Walker|1985|p=120 }}</ref> [[Dudhope Castle]], originally the seat of the Scrymgeour family, dates to the late 16th century and was built on the site of a keep of 1460.<ref>{{harvnb|Dudhope Castle, Category A listing}}; {{harvnb|McKean|Walker|1985|pp=74–75 }}</ref> [[Claypotts Castle]], a striking Z plan castle in West Ferry, was built by John Strachan and dates from 1569 to 1588.<ref>{{harvnb|Claypotts Castle, Category A listing}}; {{harvnb|McKean|Walker|1985|p=103 }}</ref> In 1495 [[Broughty Castle]] was built and remained in use as a major defensive structure until 1932, playing a role in the [[Anglo-Scottish Wars]] and the [[Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms|Wars of the Three Kingdoms]]. The castle stands on a shallow tip projecting into the Firth, alongside two beaches, one of sand, the other of pebbles. The ruins of [[Powrie Castle]], north of Fintry, date from the 16th-century castle north.{{clarify|date=November 2014}}<ref>{{harvnb|Powrie, Old Powrie Castle, Including Adjoining Boundary Wall }}</ref>

North of the City Churches, at the end of Reform Street, lies the [[High School of Dundee]], built in 1829–34 by George Angus in a Greek Revival style.<ref>{{harvnb|Euclid Crescent High School, including Lodge, Gatepiers, Boundary wall and railings, Category A listing}}; {{harvnb|McKean|Walker|1985|p=47 }}</ref> Another school building of note is [[Morgan Academy]] on Forfar Road, built in 1863, designed by [[John Dick Peddie]] in a Dutch Gothic style.<ref>{{harvnb|Forfar Road, Morgan Academy, Main Block and Janitor's House with Terrace, Boundary Walls and Gatepiers, Category A listing}}; {{harvnb|McKean|Walker|1985|p=97 }}</ref>

Dundee's industrial history as a centre for textile production is apparent throughout the city. Numerous former jute mills remain standing and while some lay derelict, many have been converted for other uses. Of particular note are the Tay Works, built by the Gilroy Brothers {{circa|1850}}–1865,<ref>{{harvnb|2 Lochee Road, Tay Works, Category A listing}}; {{harvnb|McKean|Walker|1985|p=85 }}</ref> [[Camperdown Works]] in Lochee, which built and owned by Cox Brothers, one of Europe's largest jute manufacturing companies, and begun in 1849,<ref>{{harvnb|Methven Street, Camperdown Works High Mill or Silver Mill, Category A listing}}; {{harvnb|McKean|Walker|1985|p=89 }}</ref><ref name="Cox Bros">{{cite web |title=MS 6 Cox Brothers Ltd, Jute Spinners and Manufacturers, and Cox Family Papers |url=http://arccat.dundee.ac.uk/dserve.exe?&dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=((text)=%271,000,001%27) |work=Archive Services Online Catalogue |publisher=[[University of Dundee]] |access-date=9 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215193736/http://arccat.dundee.ac.uk/dserve.exe?&dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=((text)=%271,000,001%27) |archive-date=15 February 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> and Upper Dens Mill and Lower Dens Works, built by the Baxter Brothers in the mid-19th century.<ref>{{harvnb|Princes Street and Return Elevations to Dens Street, Constable Street and St Roques Lane, Lower Dens Works, Category listing}}; {{harvnb|2 Princes Street, Upper Dens Mill, Category listing}}; {{harvnb|McKean|Walker|1985|pp=30–32 }}</ref>
[[File:James Duncan Mitchell, Lusitania 1915, Western Cemetery, Dundee.jpg|thumb|James Duncan Mitchell, died on the Lusitania in 1915, interred at Western Cemetery, Dundee]]
A more recent landmark is the {{convert|140|ft|m|adj=mid}} Tower Building of the [[University of Dundee]] built between 1959 and 1961. At the time of its construction only the Old Steeple was taller in the city. The Tower was built to replace the original college buildings which stood on the site.<ref name=Tower>{{cite journal |title=From the Archives: Fifty years since the Tower's foundation stone was laid |journal=Contact |date=October 2009 |pages=24–25 |publisher=University of Dundee }}</ref><ref name="Tower News">{{cite news |title=Dundee University's Tower Building needing facelift to address safety concerns |url=http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/dundee/dundee-university-s-tower-building-needing-facelift-to-address-safety-concerns-1.51518 |access-date=22 October 2013 |newspaper=The Courier |date=9 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031024458/http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/dundee/dundee-university-s-tower-building-needing-facelift-to-address-safety-concerns-1.51518 |archive-date=31 October 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> The building houses the university's main administration and includes galleries and the university's Archive, Records Management and Museum Services.<ref name="Tower Building">{{cite web |title=Tower Building |url=http://www.dundee.ac.uk/general/campusguide/virtualtour/tower/ |publisher=University of Dundee |access-date=22 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023063616/http://www.dundee.ac.uk/general/campusguide/virtualtour/tower/ |archive-date=23 October 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Many 1960s landmark multi-storey housing buildings were demolished in the late 2000s. The former Tayside House block, nicknamed 'Faulty Towers' by many local people, was demolished in 2013 as part of the waterfront redevelopment program.<ref name="Muncher">{{cite news |title=Bye-bye Tayside House — 'Muncher' completes its work |url=http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/dundee/bye-bye-tayside-house-muncher-completes-its-work-1.111722 |access-date=2 March 2016 |work=The Courier |publisher=D C Thomson & Co, Ltd. |date=12 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081304/http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/dundee/bye-bye-tayside-house-muncher-completes-its-work-1.111722 |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref> According to the architectural historian [[Charles McKean]] and his co-authors of Lost Dundee, the best views in the city were from Tayside House, because these were the only views from which the building itself could not be seen.<ref name="LostTayHouse">{{cite book |last1=McKean |first1=Charles |last2=Whatley |first2=Patricia |last3=with Baxter |first3=Kenneth |title=Lost Dundee. Dundee's Lost Architectural Heritage |date=2013 |publisher=Birlinn |location=Edinburgh |isbn=978-1-78027-106-4 |page=248 |edition=2nd }}</ref>