Scottish Ballet Architects - News
September 2005
Glasgow Development, ScotlandScottish Buildings : archive Edinburgh Control Tower Edinburgh Airport Control Tower due to open 15 Oct Best Building in Scotland Shortlist for the 2005 RIAS Andrew Doolan Award for Architecture - the UK's biggest architecture prize: A' Chrannag, Rothesay Community Centre for Health, Partick Edinburgh Quay, Edinburgh Scottish Parliament building, Edinburgh Sentinel Office Development, Glasgow Royal Bank of Scotland HQ RBS World HQ, by Michael Laird Architects, opened by HM the Queen: Photos What's in a Name? Museum of Transport, Glasgow 3 Oct: competition to name Glasgow Bridge to be launched Councillor Steven Purcell, Leader of Glasgow City Council, and schoolchildren from Hillhead Primary will launch a competition on Monday 3 October, 2005 to name the newest pedestrian bridge over the River Clyde. Details of the competition and the prize, will be unveiled at the Museum of Transport by Councillor Purcell. A model of the Tradeston/Broomielaw pedestrian and cycle bridge will be on display at the Museum during the month of October to allow the public to see what it will look like. People can enter the competition by filling out the postcards provided at the Museum of Transport. Entries will also be taken via email on namethebridge@drs.glasgow.gov.uk or by mail to Name the Bridge, Development and Regeneration Services, Glasgow City Council, 229 George Street, Glasgow G1 1QU Tramway Extension Scottish Ballet competition to provide new space at the Tramway - shortlist: Grimshaws Malcolm Fraser Architects Nicoll Russell Studios Reiach and Hall Architects Schmidt Hammer Lassen BLOCK: Architecture Festival Glasgow Keynote lecture by architect Zaha Hadid + first UK showing of Landforms Exhibition, which formed the Scottish display at the 2004 Venice Architecture Biennale. The Lighthouse will host a major urban summit - New Urbanism and the Future of Place Making, featuring high profile speakers: 0141 204 4400 : 8-15 Oct Scottish Design Show - Carbuncle Awards The shortlist for this year’s Carbuncle Awards will be announced on October 6 at the Scottish Design Show. Art Lover Comp House for an Art Lover: Speculative Architecture Competition The three winning entries were by Gareth Hoskins Architects, JM Architects and Gross Max Festival Dell'Architettura Gareth Hoskins Architects are one of only four practices worldwide to be asked to exhibit at this distinguished Italian architecture festival: Festival Dell'Architettura Robin House, Children's Hospice Images of latest Gareth Hoskins Architects' building, Robin House + Museum of Scotland masterplan online 070905 ABC Music Venue Images of ABC Nightclub by Michael Laird Architects online late 080905 Matrix Loaded Keith Hunter images of David Duncan Architects' strongest project so far: Matrix Glasgow Level 42 Tallest scottish building - 42 storeys - planned Lanarkshire-based John Russell Partnership. Architect, Bob Ramage, apparently inspired by 48-storey One Wall Centre in Vancouver. Proposals - and the developer - are due to be unveiled soon - but the tower, named 'East One', will combine leisure & shopping with a 12-storey hotel above and and housing on upper floors. For comparison, it will be ten storeys higher than the red Road Flats; the proposed Elphinstone Place tower by Cooper Cromar is a 39 storey building: Tallest Building in Scotland Carbuncles Stikes Again The Carnyx Group have brought back their infamous Awards for worst Scottish town and building: shortlist to be unveiled at the Scottish Design Show, 6 Oct Glasgow Building GCC select Drumchapel Housing Developer 080905 New Scottish Concert Hall Perth Concert Hall by BDP Architects 080905 Robert Adam Lecture Talk about Granton Harbour + Urban Design: 3 Oct - see Glasgow Events Book Reviews Five architecture-related book reviews by Ian Wall now online 080905 Recent Additions Grosvenor building; Egyptian Halls; Hat Rack: images added Argyle Arcade; Princes Square; St Vincent St Church Glasgow Architects Paisley Building for Loretto Housing Association New Forth Bridge FETA's board appear to have accepted the need for a new Forth Bridge Make Edinburgh Make Architects win Ross Bandstand Competition QMUC Slated CEC planners criticise Dyer Associates QMUC building Roses Nomination Gareth Hoskins Architects’ Community Centre for Health, Glasgow has been short-listed for the ‘Best Public Building’ award in The Roses Design Awards 2005. These awards recognise design excellence in projects outside of London. The other two short-listed projects are The Performance Academy Newcastle College by RMJM and The Sage Gateshead by Fosters and Partners. This is the third award this year in which the Community Centre for Health building has been short-listed for, and has to date, received a Commendation for ‘Best Publicly Funded Building’ at the Scottish Design Awards 2005. Mull Theatre City Architecture Office gains full planning approval for Mull Theatre Arts facility Architects Jobs Finished University? Wish to improve prospects? Glasgow Architect Jobs + 23 Scottish Architectural Jobs - 10 in Glasgow incl. Senior Architect, £30k to £35k |
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