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View from Sutherland Lyall at the Architects Journal: Edinburgh News

Hazelwood

Aerial site images released by gm+ad: Glasgow school

Dan Young Building - Gordon Ramsay

Gordon Ramsay flew in to Glasgow especially to open the Dan Young Building - Family Support Centre designed by Cooper Cromar Architects 201206

Modern Scottish Housing

Upper Strand, Edinburgh: Reiach and Hall Architects 161206

Collieston community centre

Anonymous Scottish architecture competition, shortlisted entries unveiled Dec 2006

Hillhead Primary - shortlist announced
Competition Shortlist: Anderson Bell Christie, Building Design Partnership, jm architects, HLM, gm+ad architects, DSDHA: Glasgow Schools

Three New Glasgow Schools

Anderson Bell Christie to design three primary schools at Govan, Ruchill & Tinto.
Competition Shortlist: Building Design Partnership, HLM, jm architects, John Pardey Architects with Colin Stansfield Smith, RMJM Architects: Glasgow Primary Schools

Modern Scottish Housing
Caer Amon - Richard Murphy Architects, photos 161206

Bandstand Again
Design Contest announced by CEC for Ross Bandstand site again, 3-5 to be shortlisted, 8 Jan 2007 registration deadline: Scottish Architecture Competition

Fairydean Stadium
Galashiels FC stand by Peter Womersley controversially listed by Historic Scotland

New Glasgow Bridge
Revised designs for Glasgow Bridge by Dissing and Weitling, £28m approx. cost

Merchant City - Last Major Site?
Credential Holdings unveils proposal to redevelop Virginia Court - a gated cobbled wynd, to create Virginia Court & Galleries, already dubbed Glasgow's Covent Garden

Buchanan Galleries Expansion
Major extension of Buchanan Galleries planned, to complete by 2010, incl. redevelopment of Buchanan bus station

Import - Export
Following major incursions in the last decade into the Scottish market by non-Scottish architects, such as Foster & Partners, Schmidt Hammer & Lassen and HOK, Scottish-based architects are fighting back with work overseas: Richard Murphy Architects with buildings in Sri Lanka, Macedonia, England and Wales, plus shortlisting in English & Danish competitions, Gross.Max with work for Hadid in Germany, Allan Murray's Norwegian & German competition entries, gm+ad in Ireland, various buildings by Sutherland Hussey in England and Ireland, Page\Park in Liverpool, Gareth Hoskins competition entries in Warsaw and Riga, and RMJM expanding fast in Russia with six projects reported. If we've missed someone please let us know - info@glasgowarchitecture.co.uk 131206

10% Recycled
The Scottish Executive has called on institutions, from council to colleges, to ensure that at least 10% of the total value of materials used on projects over £1m should be derived from recycled and reused content. Appraently Glasgow, Dundee, South Ayrshire and Aberdeen City Councils already specify at least 10% recycled content in construction projects. This follows a Scottish Executive announcement in July that new housing and other developments should generate at least 10% of their energy on site from renewable sources. Meanwhile Gordon Brown has made significant pledges re carbon neutral housing in the UK: Sustainable architecture

Scotland's National Music Arena

To receive £15m towards its construction - yet to be approved by Glasgow City Council - the Scottish National Music Arena will be UK's third largest indoor venue

Aberdeen Building News
First Group propose new £10m Aberdeen headquarters 111206

The Test of Time
Scotland’s prize-winning housing 1937-2007 - Saltire Society Exhibition

GIA Awards Winners 2006
GIA Design Awards Winners online at last; for ref. Saltire Awards

Lightning Park - EHQ
Lightning Park, South Gyle offices - new images 081206

Glasgow School of Art
GSA awarded £4.5m approx for refurbishment of Glasgow School of Art: new exhibition gallery & interpretation centre + opening up rooms not normally seen; original Rennie Mackintosh features to be restored & additions removed 011206

Scottish Architects win in Russia

image: courtesy of RMJM/Copyright www.glocg.com
RMJM win Gazprom headquarters in St Petersburg: 300m high tower over 75 floors. The shortlist was a who's who of international architecture: Massimiliano Fuksas, Herzog & de Meuron, Rem Koolhaas, Daniel Libeskind, Jean Nouvel, RMJM 041206

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