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ok, so it's not glasgow, but this west coast current prospect cover project demands a full airing......An Turas by Sutherland Hussey

The Mackintosh Lectures
As part of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society 30th Anniversary in association with The Lighthouse, a series of inspired lectures……

revised lecture:

Radisson SAS Hotel at the Lighthouse
6 Jun

andrew lee, exclusive

Gordon Murray and Alan Dunlop Architects picked up the top prize for architecture at the Scottish Design Awards on 30 May. The Architecture Grand Prix was awarded to their Radisson SAS Hotel on Argyle Street, Glasgow, it follows in quick succession, the 1st European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage, Europa Nostra Award given to the practice on May 9th for their restoration work on Glasgow Central Station. Both projects are neighbors and Alan Dunlop considers the awards to be recognition not only of the practice but also of the uplifting of a once semi-derelict area of Glasgow. Dunlop will consider how you balance working with listed buildings of the utmost importance while encouraging radical new work gm+ad are the most controversial practice in Glasgow, with projects like the Radisson and Spectrum House receiving criticism as well as acclaim. "People seem to have strong opinions about our work and seem to either love or hate it. It forces them though, to have an opinion and that is exactly the way it should be. We are comfortable taking chances....we also build very, very well" says Dunlop.

cancelled: Kathryn Findlay - Thinking Forms
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Garrison

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Garrison House, refurbished by Lee Boyd, Edinburgh, is in Millport on the Isle of Cumbrae, Ayrshire

from Lee Boyd, winners of the Scottish Design Awards Best Public/Leisure space for the Greenbank Parish Church

Zoo
May has been a busy month for Zoo and the summer is hotting up.
Atalanta Advertising & Design have appointed Zoo Architects to fit out their new 2000 square foot office in the Matrix Building, Glasgow.

Zoo has been appointed to work on a £4 million office refurbishment and new build project in the centre of Glasgow, in addition Zoo will work on the public realm work related to this site.

We are working on new build housing projects in Possil, Helensurgh and Glasgow Green. Other work includes The Point Retail Park external and internal developments.

Scottish Design Awards
announced 30 May

Architecture Grand Prix
SAS Radisson Hotel
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Architect of the Year
Malcolm Fraser, again




Young Architect of the Year
awarded by Prospect panel
Karen Nugent, Page & Park Architects

Full Results Scottish Design Awards

Staged by The Drum magazine, the awards are in their sixth year and attracted over 400 entries into this year’s competition.

The top awards of the evening went to Rockstar North for www.rockstarnorth.com and Gordon Murray + Alan Dunlop for MWB Argyle Street Ltd. (Radisson SAS Hotel) for the Design Grand Prix and Architecture Grand Prix respectively. The full results for Design and Architecture are attached.

The judging which took place in March resulted in 72 nominations across both Design and Architecture. Last night 18 designers and 12 architects picked up winning awards in their category.

The judging panel was chaired by Aziz Cami of The Partners. Other judges included Lynda Relph-Knight of Design Week, Adrian Berry of Factory Design, Sir Richard MacCormac of MacCormac Jamieson Prichard, Mark Hurst of McCann-Erickson, Lorenzo Apicella of Pentagram Design Ltd., Simon Waterfall of Poke London, Professor Richard Weston of The Welsh School of Architecture, Fiona Curran of Williams Murray Hamm, Jonathan Ellery of Browns, Rab Bennetts of Bennetts Associates and Murray Grigor.

Of the judging process, Adrian Berry of Factory Design said, “The experience of judging the Scottish Design Awards has given me a much fuller insight into the breadth of ideas, competence and enthusiasm that exists within the design community in Scotland, across a broad range of disciplines and project sizes.”

Of the architecture judging, Lorenzo Apicella of Pentagram said, “It was a pleasure to be involved in the judging process. There is a palable energy and confidence to new architecture in Scotland that deserves the widest recognition. These projects celebrate the best of commendably high standards.”



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