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Skyscraper Letter No.3
Tallest Building in Glasgow
Custom House
Custom House Quay by RMJM Scotland
28.04.04
Foster wins SECC II
Foster and Partners has won the contract to create an additional £50m concert arena at Glasgow's SECC. The 12,500-seater Glasgow arena is part of a plan to transform the 64-acre SECC site into a complete exhibition, conference and entertainments complex
EAA Awards
Both Eva Jiricna & Austin Williams gave speeches at this year's EAA Ball
Andrew Doolan
Andrew Doolan FRIAS passed away this morning after a short illness. Andrew was a passionate supporter of Scottish contemporary architecture and sponsored the annual RIAS Best Building of Scotland Award. Our thoughts are with Andrew's family and friends.
27.04.04
Glasgow Bridge
Richard Rogers / WS Atkins project to build £18m Glasgow footbridge from the Broomielaw to Tradeston: GCC to set appoint Faithful and Gould as the bridge's engineer designers.
Bartlett meets Mac
Exhibition of the work of CJ Lim + Studio 8
‘It is immaculate and the draughtsmanship stunning.’' A.D., Glasgow architect
Mackintosh Gallery, Glasgow School of Art
until May 7
Alba Town
Glasgow Cross PR
Glasgow: Architects Required
Scottish Architecture Jobs
Scottish Architects & Surveyors win UK Award
Orkney's Pentarq was named as UK Construction Consultant / Surveyor of the Year at the 'Building' magazine's annual awards ceremony
DROUTH.COM
NORD are launching the DROUTH bar at Milano Zero 4 (Milan International Design and furniture fair) as part of the Scottish Show at Designers Block. The show opens at Studio Zeta Via Friuli 26 Milano, 15.04.04
The Scottish Show has been curated by the Lighthouse, Scotland¹s Centre for Architecture, Design and the City and supported by The Scottish Executive as part of a programme of events to showcase the best of Scottish design nationally and internationally.
On its return from Milan the first DROUTH bar will be installed at 373377 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow as part of a new bar concept to be opened in Sep 04
RSA Show
Richard Murphy ARSA wins RSA Medal for Architecture: '....to encourage younger architects': add your review, comment on my review - letters welcome
Elphinstone Place
Tallest Tower in Glasgow: Cooper Cromar Architects
The 39 storey building is proposed to replace the former Strathclyde Regional Council offices at St Vincent Street. At 134m, the skyscraper will be a full 9m higher than Scotland's current tallest structure, the Tower at Glasgow Science Centre (125m).
Lancefield Quay
new Lancefield Quay images added
Graven Images
Design Stories Graven's new book has just been published
Napier
Over in Edinburgh, the Glasgow office of Building Design Partnership have designed an unusual organic-shaped building for Napier University
Civic Trust Awards 2004
Only two projects in Scotland seem worthy of a Civic Trust Award:
The Hidden Gardens
Wolfson Medical Building
"Following the success of the Hidden Gardens at the Dynamic Places Awards in November, City Design Co-operative are please to announce that the Hidden Gardens has also won a Civic Trust Award 2004. This is one award of only two in Scotland out of a total of 53 entries."
City Design Co-operative PR
"Both the Wolfson Medical School for the University of Glasgow and the Westport, Evolution House project for AMA (New Town) Ltd. were honored as "projects that reach the highest standards in terms of both their design and their contribution to their environment". They "are projects which make a difference to the community"."
Reiach and Hall
2004 Winners - The 2 winners of Civic Trust Awards in Scotland are:
Glasgow The Hidden Gardens
Glasgow Wolfson Medical School for the University of Glasgow
2004 Commendation Winners - The 6 commendation winners in Scotland are:
Edinburgh Holyrood Park Education Centre
Edinburgh Westport Project, Evolution House
Glasgow Radisson SAS Hotel
Glasgow St Aloysius College: Clavius Building
Glasgow Tron Steeple Restoration
Glasgow University of Glasgow Faculty of Education: St Andrews Building
St Vincent Skyscraper
A £100m 39-storey skyscraper is proposed by Elphinstone Group by Cooper Cromar Architects for Glasgow's St Vincent St - 9m higher than Scotland's current highest building, the Glasgow Tower. In Edinburgh Forth Ports Plc are looking at a 35-40 storey buidling at Leith Docks
Glasgow Fort
Practical Completion of the first major section of the Glasgow Fort was
reached on programme 2 Mar 2004
Odeon Cinema
"Applications were made on 17th February 2004 for both Detailed Planning & Listed Building Consent to convert the existing Odeon Cinema complex on Renfield Street in Glasgow City Centre to a mixed use retail &
leisure development of circa 100,000sqft.
Proposals include retention & restoration of the main Art Deco facades
together with the introduction of a new roof top extension designed to
compliment proportions & massing of the existing building"
Cooper Cromar Architects' PR
Architecture Competition
Architecture Books
Museum of Scotland
Scottish Parliament
Stirling Prize
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