New Sikh Temple in Glasgow
Construction start for £3.8m Glasgow Gurdwara - Sikh Temple in Pollokshields. 3 Feb

New Scottish House
Camusdarach House, Morar, for a deep sea diver client - design by Raw Architecture Workshop, London. 3 Feb

Reiulf Ramstad Architects Exhibition
3 Feb - 2 Mar
Reiulf Ramstad Architects Exhibition
Gallery, Architecture Department, University of Strathclyde
Lecture + reception to open the show 3 Feb 6pm
The Gallery is open 9-6, weekdays - see Glasgow Events. 3 Feb

Michael Wolchover Exhibition

picture from Michael Wolchover
Michael Wolchover - exhibition at Embo Deli, 29 Haddington Place, Leith Walk, Edinburgh, 6 Feb - 3 Mar
"After a lifetime of producing documentary material combining still and moving images, I now concentrate almost exclusively on still photography, usually interpreting some aspect of the built environment for architects, developers and contractors. Increasingly, my photography seeks to reveal the content of things by exploring their form - a kind of benign abstraction. See Glasgow Events for more details". 3 Feb

Bath Street Building
£1.8m student residences development by Haa Design - 91 flats to be formed in redundant office property. 3 Feb

Scottish Veterans Association Development
Mast Architects have submitted plans for new residential accommodation and transitional support facilities at Bellrock Crescent, Glasgow on behalf of the Scottish Veterans Association. The £5.4m development will entail construction of two distinct buildings, one providing 21 flats for social rent and another offering 30 short stay supported flats flanked by an adjacent office, training and recreational facility. This is intended to provide returning veterans with 'transitional' support prior to re-entering the mainstream housing market. Clad in facing brick, render and zinc classing panels the development will feature a two storey front of house area facing Bellrock Crescent. 3 Feb

Transport Museum Architect
The architect of the Glasgow Transport Museum signs major contract in Iraq.
The Central Bank of Iraq and Zaha Hadid Architects sign the agreement for the new Central Bank of Iraq Headquarters. 3 Feb

GSA Expansion Architect
The architect of the Glasgow School of Art Expansion wins Museum of Fine Arts Houston Expansion, Texas, USA : Steven Holl Architects Selected. 3 Feb

AE Foundation Lecture 3 - Architecture
10 Feb
Lecture 3 of 'The Architect in Public Life' series

image from AE Foundation
Rolf Jenni and Tom Weiss, Principal Partners of Raumbureau (above), with Jan Kinsbergen Architect Friday 10 February 2012 18:00-21:00

The Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow
£7.00 advance booking online / £10.00 on the door

Present-day architectural debate and production in Switzerland is dominated by a tendency to indulge regressive traditional imagery. Hidden within a deeply rooted culture of consensus and in unquestioning accord with the demands of the market, conventionalist values are established in order to resist the equalizing power and the uncertainty brought by globalization. Thus current architecture epitomizes a morally motivated suspicion toward anything experimental or radical. In opposition, Rolf Jenni, Tom Weiss and Jan Kinsbergen share the conviction, that architecture is itself the frame within which alternative forms of life and visions for the society are revealed and debated. They push the boundaries of convention because they believe that it has always been radical disciplinary thinking that advances architectural production. Their critique is not limited to Switzerland. It is an analysis of a general culture of relativism that regards the individual creative endeavour as a reoccurring spectacle, rather than a means to progress.
see Glasgow Events for details. 2 Feb

Passivhaus Demonstration Home Scotland
BRE and the International Passivhaus Association announce the winners of a competition to create Passivhaus demonstration homes for the BRE Innovation Parks in Scotland and England.

The aim of the competition was to demonstrate that "the Passivhaus standard can provide an affordable method of delivering ultra-low energy social and private housing".

The finalists submissions were judged by an appointed panel of UK and International Passivhaus design experts who announced these winners:

BRE Scotland Innovation Park at Ravenscraig
- Winner: Passiv Collective
- Runner up: bere-architects and The Princes Foundation for Building Community

BRE Watford Innovation Park
- Winner: bere:architects & The Princes Foundation for Building Community
- Runner up: AH3 Architekten
- Runner up: Good Architecture
The Passiv Collective will work with The University of Strathclyde, Edinburgh Napier, Ralph Ogg and Partners & Brilliant Futures. 2 Feb

Strathclyde School Building
Work has begun on the £15 m transformation of the former Gourock High School building. It is the latest stage in Inverclyde Council's £228 million Schools Estate Strategy and will become the new home of St Columba's. 2 Feb

High Profile New Appointee to RIAS Senior Team
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland announces that Dr Deborah Mays is to take up a senior role in the organisation. Dr Mays joins the Incorporation in late Spring, moving from Historic Scotland.
RIAS : further information. 31 Jan

Battle of Bannockburn Project News
The Heritage Lottery Fund has announced a £3.9m grant to the proposed Battle of Bannockburn visitor centre to commemorate its 700th anniversary. The design is by Reiach and Hall Architects. 31 Jan

Samsung chooses Scotland
First Minister Alex Salmond today welcomed the news that Korean giant Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) is to base its first European offshore wind project in Fife in an inward venture worth up to £100m that is expected to create more than 500 new jobs in Scotland.

The announcement came at the Scottish Offshore Wind and Supply Chain Conference in Aberdeen, at which the First Minister was delivering a keynote speech.

In conjunction with its decision to develop its offshore wind technology at the Energy Park in Fife, SHI has signed a multimillion pound deal with East Kilbride-based Clyde Blowers’ owned company, David Brown Gear Systems (David Brown), to supply gearbox systems for its next generation offshore wind turbine.

Samsung’s announcement follows investments by other companies including Taqa, Avaloq, FMC Technologies, Aker, Ineos, PetroChina, Dell, Gamesa, BNY Mellon, State Street, Amazon, Hewlett-Packard and Mitsubishi Powers Systems. 31 Jan

Housing Design Awards
Housing Design Awards 2012, UK : Open for Entries. 31 Jan

Richard Feilden Foundation
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios : Cycling to Cannes in Aid of Richard Feilden Foundation. 31 Jan

Architecture Awards
LEAF Awards : 2012 Information - Entry + Judges, open to Scottish architects. 30 Jan

V&A at Dundee Funding News
Another £1.75 million of Government funding has been committed to the V&A at Dundee over the next three years, designed by Kengo Kuma. 27 + 26 Jan

Alan Dunlop Exhibition
21 Feb - 19 Mar 2012

drawing : Alan Dunlop
Alan Dunlop exhibition in the House for an Art Lover. Alan is the first architect invited to show their work at House for an Art Lover. The exhibition will feature new work, original hand drawings not exhibited before and limited edition, signed silk screen prints.

Working Drawing - The Hand Generated Image Masterclass
17 Mar 2012
“One can learn everything there is to know about an architect by studying their hand drawings, the degree of rigour and research that they bring to their projects, their attitudes and their sensitivities. It is no overstatement to suggest that hand drawing represents the stain of the true architect’s soul on paper.” Alan Dunlop
This full day masterclass is linked to Alan Dunlop’s Working Drawing exhibition.
26 Jan

Glasgow Housing News
Installation of solar panels on 500 homes across the city will be completed by the end of this month. Glasgow Housing Association is fitting the panels which generate free electricity during daylight hours saving tenants around £100 a year. 26 Jan

Marischal College in Aberdeen

photograph © Keith Hunter
Marischal College in Aberdeen, one of the largest granite buildings in the world, has been restored to the ‘Silver City’s’ skyline once again, after a major £40 million redevelopment by Holmes Architects, Glasgow. 24 Jan

Glasgow College
Construction of Glasgow's 'super-college' is expected to begin in 2013 after a decision to use the Scottish Government's non-profit distributing (NPD) procurement model. The project to improve the college estate will see a series of buildings erected on Cathedral Street and on Clydeside. The NPD model will hand the design, build, finance and maintenance of the estate to a selected private sector organisation in the form of a special purpose company with the College, charged with repaying capital costs over a 25 year period through a unitary charge once the buildings are in use. 24 Jan

Edzell Community
Plans to create a £250m community - including up to 1,000 homes - at the former RAF base at Edzell have been lodged with Aberdeenshire Council. Newesk, which would be built on a 144-acre site, would also include a new primary school, community hall and shops. 24 Jan

Toast to Isi

image from St. Peter's Building Preservation Trust
e-architect attended the Toast to Isi Metzstein and congratulate the organisers on arranging this significent get together at short notice, and for their generosity. 23 Jan

Scottish Parliament Entry
Security entrance for Scottish Parliament.
Planning application by Lee Boyd approved. 20 Jan

Former Odeon
Proposal by Duddingston House Properties for conversion of former Odeon Cinema in Clerk Street, Edinburgh, into a 230-bed arts hotel appears to be abandonded. 20 Jan

RMJM - Paul Stallan Departs
RMJM architects : Paul Stallan Resigns. 20 Jan

Low Carbon Building Awards
The Carbon Trust Low Carbon Building Awards has been specifically designed to acknowledge and applaud the success of organisations in Scotland in designing and building low carbon buildings. The judges will therefore be looking for new and refurbished buildings that not only embody low carbon design principles, but also deliver reduced energy demand and emissions, sustainability and a high quality of occupant experience. 18 Jan

Trump Clubhouse Approval
Donald Trump Golf Course Clubhouse, Aberdeenshire - by architects Acanthus df - wins planning approval by 8 votes to 2.

Councillor Debra Storr described the design as totally inappropriate for the site, a “Victorian pastiche...laughable...It should have blended into the land rather than sitting there looking like a Victorian lunatic asylum. There was an opportunity here to produce a spectacular design. We could have had a fantastic, modern, new clubhouse. I pity the architect who has been forced into such a design by a client I don’t think has taste.”

Meanhwile Donald Trump has issued an ultimatum to the Scottish Government by apparently halting work on his golf resort until he gets an undertaking that a planned offshore windfarm will not proceed, according to today's Scotsman. The proposals were described by the Trump Organisation as an "ugly industrial park". 18 Jan

Scottish Borders Buildings

photograph © Adrian Welch
Scottish Borders Architecture - photos of some key buildings in south east Scotland. 17 Jan

Civic Trust Awards Shortlist
Civic Trust Awards 2012, UK : Shortlisted Architects + Buildings. 17 Jan

Aberdeen City Garden Winner
Aberdeen City Garden Competition, north east Scotland : winner news. 16 Jan

Cumbernauld Towers News
Demolition proposal for 12 high-rise blocks in Cumbernauld boosted after the Scottish Government provided up £3.2m to buy out the owners. Sanctuary Cumbernauld is behind the £70m project to demolish the 1960s high-rises and replace them with 440 homes. 16 Jan

Edinburgh Clinic
Circle Healthcare to submit plans for £30m clinic on Edinburgh greenbelt land. This private healthcare firm recently opened a clinic in Bath designed by Foster + Partners. 16 Jan

Ibrox Regeneration News

photograph © Adrian Welch
Plans to regenerate the G51 area around Ibrox Stadium could be revived. 13 Jan

Caltongate - World Heritage Status Concern
Fears the capital could lose its World Heritage Site status raised once again, report the Glasgow Herald. The United Nations is poised to "call in" the latest controversial £300m plans for Caltongate. 10 Jan

SoCo Edinburgh
SoCo - Cowgate fire site redevelopment given go-ahead nine years after fire. 9 Jan

John McAslan CBE
Only architect on UK New Year Honours List: John McAslan, known for his strong links with Glasgow. 3 Jan

Glasgow 'Clone Town'
Glasgow city centre will thrive only if it offers more than “samey” UK chainstores found in every High Street according to Sandy Greaves, the independent retailer who still runs the family sports shop that carries his name. He warned that the city centre risks “morphing into a version of Silverburn without the roof but with parking meters”, reports the Evening Times. The number of people who visit Glasgow city centre is continuing to decline. In the second quarter of 2011 it was down 2.2%. aside from issues such as parking and retail quality, better quality architecture would surely help. 3 Jan

Kilimanjaro Climb

photograph from Chris Stewart
Architect Chris Stewart of Collective Architecture, Glasgow, will be climbing Kilimanjaro in support of Funding Neuro to raise funds to research a cure for Parkinson's disease. Jennifer Reoch (current Miss Scotland) and Gavin Hastings (former Scotland rugby captain) will be joining the party and collectively they hope to raise over £200,000. Funding Neuro was founded by Bryn Williams who has Parkinson's disease and will also join the climb. More information about the trip can be found at www.fundingneuro.com. Chris Stewart will also be representing the RIAS (Royal Institute of Architects in Scotland). Donations welcome at www.justgiving.com/collective-architecture. 3 Jan

RMJM Buys YRM
RMJM, headquartered in Edinburgh has purchased YRM Architects, a 67-year-old UK architects practice headquartered in London. YRM specialised in the nuclear and aviation sectors. The major recent building by YRM was Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 with Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners back in 2008. 3 Jan

Buildings of the Year?
Architecture from 2011 : e-architect selection of some key buildings + designs from the last year. 1 Jan

Glasgow Building News - 2011

Maps Completed
The Glasgow Architecture website now has google maps at the base of all 876 pages (with the exception of news archive pages). The maps form a useful new aspect to the websites. We have also tidied up pages to make them more consistent, wider and now restricting content in the 'rectangles' to core project information only, eg the Glasgow School of Art page will have links to various pages on the building and to the architect within the rectangle, related links such as to other Mackintosh buildings will be outwith the 'rectangle'. google maps also exist at the base of each project page on the Edinburgh Architecture website and on the e-architect website. 30 Dec

GHA Flats News
Glasgow Housing Association has spent £14m buying 150 upmarket flats in Glasgow and Edinburgh in deals which will help it to keep providing affordable homes for thousands of people across the city. 30 Dec

University of the Highlands and Islands
More than £5.7m in European Union cash has been given to the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI). 30 Dec

Shotts Housing
A residential development at Torbeath near Shotts, designed by Malcolm Fraser Architects for Edinburgh-based Hazledene Group has been refused consent by North Lanarkshire Council planners. It involved more than 1,000 new homes according to The Scotsman.
Malcolm Fraser, had promised it would be “a real place with a heart and soul” and not the usual “suburban creep that has blighted so much of Scotland”. 22 Dec

Forth Crossing
Work has begun on the replacement Forth Crossing: BBC video - external link. 21 Dec

Rural Housing
The Carnegie UK Trust has published a new report, offering a number of recommendations to help improve Scotland's unique Rural Housing Burden (RHB) mechanism. 21 Dec

Carbon Portal Project
The second phase of the SFHA's Carbon Portal project is being rolled out across Scotland. The aim is to tackle emissions, with infra-red technology being used to 'photograph' thousands of homes nationwide. After a successful pilot, the project will work with 30,000 housing association and co-operative homes being scanned over the winter, using thermal imaging software to pinpoint where precious heat is being lost. 21 Dec

Keppie - Chinese Buildings News
Two major projects by Glasgow's Keppie Design in China: China Investment Corporation. 20 Dec

Maggie’s Aberdeen

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Maggie’s Centre Aberdeen by Norwegian architects, Snohetta : planning application submitted. 20 Dec

Alhambra Theatre Book
The compelling story, told for the first time, in full colour, and over 500 illustrations.
ALHAMBRA Glasgow by Graeme Smith Quality-bound softback, 144 pages art paper. Price £20. On sale in bookstores including Waterstones, Hyndland Bookshop, Milngavie Bookshop, and directly, post free, from the author’s book website

photograph from author
Designed by eminent architect Sir John James Burnet : Glasgow Books. 19 Dec

Carbuncle Awards
Carbuncle Awards - winner : Linwood. 15 Dec

Gordon Murray - Ryder Architecture
Gordon Murray + four former employees have joined Ryder Architecture, more online soon. 15 Dec

Scotland's Housing Expo Fiasco
Project Scotland December edition out today with headline 'The showpiece that became an eyesore' about the Highland Expo Scotland's Housing Expo in Inverness, with local MSP Mary Scanlon claiming it was a "fiasco". 15 Dec

Scottish Parliament Entry
Security entrance being built at the Scottish Parliament.
Planning application by Lee Boyd. 14 Dec

Hearts Stadium
Hearts are to carry out a further study into the plans to move away from Tynecastle, which will include looking in depth at possible sites for a new Hearts Stadium. 14 Dec

Barrhead Health Centre
£17m Health and care centre in Barrhead officially opened by health secretary Nicola Sturgeon. The facility designed by Avanti Architects (based in London and involved in trying to save Lubetkin's Finsbury Health Centre) is a joint venture between NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and East Renfrewshire Council and, uniquely, the building is jointly owned by the two organisations. 13 Dec

Award for GSA Extension Architect
Major architecture prize for the architect of the Glasgow School of Art Proposals : Steven Holl 2012 : AIA Gold Medal Winner. 11 Dec

Scottish Design Awards 2012
Scottish Design Awards : call for entries.
Entries for the award must be received no later than Friday, March 9
Submissions prior to January 6 will receive a 20% discount.

“A generation of Scottish talent is being squandered”
RIAS President, Sholto Humphries
RIAS Calls For Radical Overhaul of Construction Procurement in Scotland
On 8th December 2011 the RIAS’s President’s Commission on Procurement publishes its report. This review, over a year in the making, reveals that architectural procurement in Scotland is very costly, highly inefficient and damaging to Scotland’s economy.
RIAS : further information on this report. 8 Dec

Royal Gold Medal
Herman Hertzberger wins 2012 RIBA Gold Medal for architecture. 6 Dec

Commonwealth Games HQ
Commonwealth House, Glasgow 2014's new HQ opens in the east end of the city. 6 Dec

Mitchell Library

photograph © Isabelle Lomholt
Mitchell Library celebrates 100 years. 5 Dec

Gordon Murray Architects
BD report today that Gordon Murray Architects have been forced into liquidation. We had decided not to run with this news since hearing about it over recent weeks but feel it best to air now the story is out. We wish all members of the team good luck in finding employment. More information online soon. Clearly there is a chill wind in the air with major UK practices such as Austin-Smith:Lord experiencing similar problems and YRM going up for sale. There are rumours of bidders for all three of these offices. 1 Dec

Austin-Smith:Lord
Austin-Smith:Lord Architects : Practice News. 1 Dec

Glasgow News - news in full from Nov 2011

News Highlights from Nov 2011

Chinese Masterplanners Tour
e-architect had the pleasure of showing a high-level delegation of planners and engineers from Chongqing (China) around Edinburgh this morning. The city has a population of 29 million and it is one of the PRC's four direct-controlled municipalities. 29 Nov

Scottish National Portrait Gallery Reopening
Scottish National Portrait Gallery Reopening. 29 + 28 Nov

Aberdeen Library Building
Aberdeen Library by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects. 29 + 25 Nov

Saltire Awards News

photo © Keith Hunter
Saltire Awards 2011 : winners. 23 Nov

Church of St Paul the Apostle

photograph © Andrew Lee
The category B-listed Church of St Paul the Apostle stands on the busy Shettleston Road two miles east of Glasgow City Centre. Jack Coia, of Glasgow architects Gillespie Kidd and Coia, designed the church in an Italian Baroque style, and it was built from 1957 to 1959. The Cube - design by Page \ Park Architects. 22 Nov

Maggie’s Centre Gartnavel

photo © Keith Hunter
New set of photos of Maggie’s Gartnavel Centre designed by OMA. 21 Nov

Former BBC Scotland HQ
The former BBC Scotland HQ in Queen Margaret Drive in Glasgow is to be redeveloped as the head office for the G1 leisure group. The sale of the landmark building in Queen Margaret Drive has been agreed. Previously Applecross were granted planning approval for the development of 159 new homes on the site. 21 Nov

National Museum of Scotland wins Doolan Prize
National Museum of Scotland : Best Building in Scotland Award 2011. 18 Nov

Jon-Marc Creaney
1971 - 2011
Scottish architect + active blogger dies. Jon-Marc was principal of GCA Architecture + Design, Glasgow. Our thoughts are with his family, friends and colleagues.

St Andrews Cathedral

photo © Keith Hunter
Winner of the 2011 GIA Design Awards Conservation category
St Andrews Cathedral : Page \ Park Architects. 18 Nov

Bute Building

photo © Andrew Lee
Old Courthouse Rothesay, Bute - design by Collective Architecture. 18 Nov

Isle of Lewis House

photo : Keith Hunter
Linsiadar, Isle of Lewis, Scotland - design by studioKAP, Glasgow. 18 Nov

Alan Dunlop : China Position
Professor Alan Dunlop has accepted the post of External Examiner within the Architecture Department at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, a young and independent Sino-British university in the greater Shanghai area. 17 Nov

GIA Design Awards News

photo © Keith Hunter
The GIA Design Awards for 2011 - winning buildings + architects. 17 Nov.

Design Award for Ewan Cameron Architects
2011 Glasgow Institute of Architects for the design of a guest pavilion in Kent - Capel Manor House, Guest Pavilion - by Ewan Cameron Architects in the Small Works Category. 17 Nov

Reiach and Hall - Building Better Healthcare + GIA Awards

photo © Andy McGregor
Stobhill Hospital Ward Extension receives award for Best Acute Care Design at the BBH Awards in London and a Healthcare Design Award at the GIA Awards. 15 Nov

GIA Education Award goes to Pro Bono Project from Archial's Glasgow Office
On Friday evening Archial's Glasgow office picked up an Education Design Award from the Glasgow Institute of Architects (GIA) for its pro bono work on the Vine Trust Barge.
As this was a charitable project, Archial’s Glasgow Office donated their services free of charge for the duration of the three year project and encouraged a number of other key consultants and material suppliers from the local area to do the same
Leith Building - more information. 15 Nov

Hillhead Primary School

image : jmarchitects
Hillhead Primary School : further information images. 15 Nov

Glasgow Housing Cuts News
Housing bosses in Glasgow have warned that a key budget cut will lead to homelessness and see new housing projects scrapped, report the Evening Times. Glasgow City Council officials have warned that the Scottish Government is proposing a cut of more than 50% to the budget the council gets to pass on to housing associations. 11 Nov

Leith Biomass Plant News

picture from Gordon Murray Architects
Controversial plans to build a £360m biomass plant - designed by Glasgow's Gordon Murray Architects - in Leith have been delayed until next summer, prompting anger from opposition groups and councillors that the process will continue to drag on, according to the Edinburgh Evening News. City planners were due to consider the application for the site next month, however, developers Forth Energy asked for another six-month delay. More than 1800 members of the public have lodged objections, along with local politicians and Scottish Natural Heritage, who argue the plant is too large and must be scaled down. 10 Nov

Hunterston News
Proposals for a new coal-fired power station at Hunterston were rejected by North Ayrshire Council. Ayrshire Power, which is owned by Peel Energy, wants to build a plant with experimental carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology at the site. There will now be a public inquiry before a final decision is made by the Scottish Government. 10 Nov

‘The Kelpies’ Design Competition

picture : Graeme Gilmour
The Kelpies Design Competition
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland has been commissioned by Falkirk Council to manage an important competition to select an architect-led, multi disciplinary, team. The competition is for the design of the internal space within a giant sculpture of a horse’s head. The structure will be set within one of two horses head sculptures, ‘The Kelpies’, by world renowned sculptor, Andy Scott. The competition also seeks the design of a complementary visitor hub on the same site. 9 Nov

Forth Valley College Alloa

photograph © Dave Morris
The new Alloa Campus building for Forth Valley College : Reiach and Hall. 8 Nov

Holmes Partnership and Miller Partnership Merger News
Two of Scotland’s largest and most recognised Architectural Partnerships have merged.
A new architectural practice, forged from two of Scotland’s longest-established and well-recognised firms, has been created comprising Glasgow-based firms Holmes Partnership and The Miller Partnership, to form a fresh national practice with a growing portfolio of international projects.
Reflecting the strong brand name of each firm the new practice will retain the names of the original founders and is now known as Holmes Miller. Each practice has a strong UK workload, with recent awards of significant public and private projects in UK, China and India. 7 Nov

Glasgow News - news in full from Oct 2011

News Highlights from Oct 2011

Broomielaw Development
£10m Broomielaw development due to recommend permission on 1 Nov. Four new two-storey riverfront pavilions - totalling 32,000sq ft - housing bars, restaurants and cafes adjacent to the city’s International Financial Services District (IFSD) on the Broomielaw. Capella Developments is behind the project, due to be built from 2012 to 2013. 31 Oct

Biomass Plants News
Plans to supplement Britain's electricity needs by burning large quantities of wood are inefficient and put rural jobs at risk, will tell UK ministers.

Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing is urging the UK Government to join the Scottish Government in removing subsidies from large-scale biomass electricity generation. He is to meet UK Energy Minister Charles Hendry and host a meeting with bioenergy stakeholders. He believes Britain would be reliant on potentially unstable and unsecured foreign timber imports. Extensive use of large scale biomass for electricity only is likely to push up timber prices and risk hundreds of jobs in traditional wood industries. 31 Oct

Scottish School Building News

photograph : Andrew Lee
Scottish School Buildings : Programme News. 24 Oct

Broomielaw Development
£100m Broomielaw waterfront development on Washington Street receives planning approval from Glasgow City Council. This mixed-use project by property investment group, Marlebone, involves 250,000 sqft of office space, 20,000 sqft of retail and 25 luxury apartments. In a separate development to the west a £145m riverside business park is proposed, in Anderston, near the Kingston Bridge. 21 Oct

Glasgow Royal Infirmary Intensive Care Unit Phase 2
Design: Reiach and Hall

Glasgow Royal Infirmary Intensive Care Unit

photo from architects
Glasgow Royal Infirmary ICU - photos added. 17 Oct

Ibrox Towers Demolition
Urban Realm report today that the UK’s tallest demolition crane, a 67m long-reach telescopic arm weighing, will nibble a pair of 22 storey Ibrox flats containing 198 properties. 17 Oct

Dalmarnock Station
£11m overhaul of Dalmarnock train station ahead of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow: completion expected by autumn 2013, with relocation to Dalmarnock Road from Swanston Street. 17 Oct

The Persistence of the Absurd

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The Persistence of the Absurd : article for e-architect by Gordon Murray. 12 Oct

St Bride’s Church News

photo © Isabelle Lomholt, 2011
Paul Stallan Studio appointed to lead restoration project at St Bride’s Church, East Kilbride Kirk, dating from 1962, by Gillespie Kidd & Coia Architects. 7 Oct

Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice

image from NORD Architecture
Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice in Glasgow by NORD. 6 Oct

Longannet Carbon Capture + Storage

image from architects
Report suggests proposed Longannet Carbon Capture and Storage in Fife might not proceed. 6 Oct

Glasgow Architecture Tours
In the last year we have shown a number of separate groups of international architects around Glasgow. Tours are focused on the city centre with occasional requests for Hill House, House for an Art Lover and Burrell Museum extensions. The most favourable comments focus on Glasgow School of Art, but also to a lesser extent on the courtyard of the Italian Centre and on the Radisson Hotel. Of most concern has always been the staining at Homes for the Future.

We've been running architecture walking tours in Glasgow and Edinburgh for 10 years, but e-architect now organise Architecture Tours in other European cities: London, Barcelona, Berlin, Paris and Copenhagen.

Please contact us on 01620 825 722 if you are interested in our city tours or if you have clients/visitors who wish to take our Glasgow tour.
Glasgow Architecture Tours

Glasgow Cultural Venues Funding
- Scottish Opera will receive £4m towards the cost of upgrading the Theatre Royal.
- The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) will get £7m for extending the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, including a new 600-seat performance venue.
The improvements will be made before Glasgow hosts the Commonwealth Games. Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop said: "These funding allocations should go a long way towards turning plans into reality over the next three years.

Glasgow News - news in full from Sep 2011

News Highlights from Sep 2011

Govanhill Baths

photo © Tom Manley
Govanhill Baths : photos by Tom Manley. 29 Sep

Queen Street Station
Glazed structure proposed to replace main entrance to Queen Street Glasgow. 27 Sep

New Glasgow Building Photos
Glasgow Building Photos resource - photos added. 26 Sep

photo © Adrian Welch

Raploch Road Stirling
Raploch Road Stirling : Anderson bell + Christie Architects. 22 Sep

Advanced Forming Research Centre

photo : Hypostyle
Advanced Forming Research Centre : Hypostyle Architects. 14 Sep

Power Network Demonstration Centre

Technology and Innovation Centre Strathclyde

picture from Strathclyde University
HRH Duke of York viewed Technology and Innovation Centre proposal by BDP. 9 Sep

South Rotunda : Ideas in Principle

image : Alan Dunlop Architect
South Rotunda Proposals : Alan Dunlop Architect, Glasgow. 2 Sep

Broxden Dental Centre

photo © Keith Hunter
Broxden Dental Centre Perth : Archial, Glasgow. 2 Sep

Tinto Primary School and Nursery

photo © Keith Hunter
Tinto Primary : anderson bell + christie. 1 Sep

Hotel INDIGO Glasgow

photo © Keith Hunter
Hotel Indigo on Waterloo St : Ica Architects & Ica Interiors. 1 Sep

Glasgow News - news in full from Aug 2011

News Highlights from Aug 2011

Saltire Awards News

photo : Keith Hunter
Saltire Awards : shortlist news. 30 Aug

Car Park at the New Southern General Hospital

photo : Hypostyle
Car Park at the Southern General : Hypostyle. 25 Aug

Copenhagen Building

photograph © Adrian Welch
Copenhagen Building : due to complete by end of 2011.17 Aug

National Museum of Scotland
National Museum of Scotland - photos + information. 1 Aug + 29 / 28 Jul

Glasgow News - news in full from Jul 2011

News Highlights from Jul 2011

Riverside Museum

picture from architect
Jumeirah Glasgow Hotel may not go ahead

Glasgow News - news in full from Jun 2011

News Highlights from Jun 2011

Riverside Museum Photos

photo © Keith Hunter
Glasgow Transport Museum - more photos of major Zaha Hadid building

New Glasgow Building Photos
Glasgow Building Photos resource - another 50 photos added - highlights here. 13 Jun

Tramway Theatre

image from Ica Architects
easyHotel Glasgow by Ica Architects. 6 Jun

Riverside Museum

News Highlights from May 2011

GIA Architectural Competition

photo from GIA
Kilcreggan Design Competition. 27 May

RIBA Awards Winners
RIBA Awards : Scottish Winners 2011. 19 + 20 May

Ravenscraig Sports Centre

picture © Andrew Lee
Ravenscraig Sports Facility - design by Populous. 10 May

Glasgow News - news in full from Apr 2011

News Highlights from Apr 2011

Egyptian Halls

image from developers
Plans to regenerate Egyptian Halls. 27 Apr

NORD no more
NORD splits. 20 Apr

Red Road Flats Demolition

picture : Steven Holl Architects
Glasgow School of Art Extension - another letter. 10 Apr

Glasgow Photos
New photos of Glasgow buildings online, selection below. 6 + 4 Apr:

Burrell Museum

News Highlights from Mar 2011

Glasgow School of Art Extension News
Glasgow School of Art Competition - recommended for approval. 18 Mar

Briggait Centre : Nicoll Russell Studios

photo : Andrew Lee

Small Animal Hospital Award

photo © Andrew Lee
Archial wins Civic Trust Award for Small Animal Hospital, Glasgow. 7 Mar.

South Glasgow Hospital News

image by architects
South Glasgow Hospital - demolition complete : Nightingale Associates. 7 Mar

Glasgow News - news in full from Feb 2011

News Highlights from Feb 2011

Ravenscraig New Town
North Lanarkshire Council submit proposals : Ravenscraig Masterplan. 13 Feb

Recent Glasgow Building News - Highlights

V&A Dundee Architectural Competition

Scottish National Arena Glasgow - going on site news : Foster & Partners. 25 Jan

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