Modern Architecture - Buildings Modern Architecture in Scotland N E W S February 2003 Cowgate-South Bridge Fire Ideas Competition inigo media + www.edinburgharchitecture.co.uk old town fire GIA AGM Members are asked to note that this year's Annual General Meeting will be held on 11 Mar 2003 at The Lighthouse, Mitchell Lane, Glasgow Six members of GIA Council retire from office at the Annual General Meeting in March. Members are invited to stand for election to Council 2003-2006. Interested parties should contact the Honorary Secretary for further information and a proposal form Next RIAS President "Gordon Murray was adopted as President Elect with acclaim. Well known in the profession as GIA Past President, Communications Board Convenor, and partner in the highly successful gordon murray + alan dunlop architects, he will take up office at the Convention on 9 May in Stirling. In addition to the numerous awards he has won during his career to date he has also co-authored a monograph on the work of James Miller and written articles on architectural matters for a range of newspapers and magazines, including The Herald, Scotsman and AJ. He has recently been appointed Visiting Professor in Architecture at University of Strathclyde". 31.01.03 Current Cases latest Glasgow RFACS cases:- Glasgow City Council: 145 Albion Street - mixed residential and commercial new build development for 121 flats with ground floor retail units and basement car parking together with conversion of and extension to existing newspaper office to form 154 flats also with basement car parking and ground floor retail units - Farningham McCreadie Partnership with 3D Glasgow City Council: Robertson Street and 15-49 Oswald Street - mixed development - RMJM Renfrewshire Council: Renfrewshire Local Plan - Finalised Draft Glasgow City Council: 45 Haggs Road - residential development - Cooper Cromar Hidden Gardens Work in progress photos for the Hidden Gardens, the visionary new garden at Tramway Theatre, Glasgow designed by Landscape Architects, City Design Co-operative Ltd. Turn Around Glasgow Science Centre bosses today vowed the troubled Glasgow Tower will open again 14.02.03 Sligo GM+AD Architects residential and retail project in Sligo, Eire which the architects plan to have in for planning approval on March 3: amended perspective + elevation + townscape 13.02.03 see also news item for 16.01.03 Greek Thomson The Herald and the Scotsman reported the demolition midweek of the Alexander Greek Thomson's Watson Street Warehouse. This and the Compulsory Purchase by Glasgow City Council of Thomson's Egyptian Halls were reported in the BD, page 6 w/e Jan 31st. 31.01.03 studio KAP Recent Projects MacFarlane House Client - Lesley and Alan MacFarlane Contract Sum (excluding Landscaping) - £76,212 Waddell House Address: 54 Aytoun Road Pollockshields Building Owner: Andrew Waddell Cost £180,000 Millenium Hut, Govanhill, Glasgow Architect - Christopher Platt Artist - Clare Barclay Client - Govanhill Housing Association, Govanhill, Glasgow. Cost - £31,000.00 (2 week programme) studio KAP Central Chambers 109 Hope Street Glasgow 01.02.03 Glasgow Tour Glasgow Events Stirling Prize scottish tours: best scottish buildings of the last three decades