scottish 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
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New Scottish Concert Hall
Perth Concert Hall by BDP Architects
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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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