March 2006

Glasgow News : archive Architecture Debate discussion forums are aplenty but the dialogue tends towards soundbite carping and incrowd chat: slow forum - 10 texts online, latest on iconic architecture e-architect New website with pages on key architecture and architects around the globe: World Architecture In with the New and out with... At last the RIAS announce proposed HQ move to Evolution House - alongside the Edinburgh College of Art - by Reiach and Hall Architects: we fully support this bold initiative, after years of the RIAS struggling to get the figures to stack up, but welcome your views: info@glasgowarchitecture.co.uk Clydebank College Part of former John Brown shipyard, Jenkins & Marr Architects: Clydebank College No.5 Blythswood Square Rennie Mackintosh designed entry refurbished by Macdonald Kinnaird Portree Harbour Sutherland Hussey Architects have just completed a feasibility study for a new harbour on the Isle of Skye: Portree Harbour - Exclusive on posting 210306 Projects of the decade Construction News' Project of the Decade Award: Scottish Projects - Falkirk Wheel and RBS World HQ - were pitted against the likes of Swiss Re and the Millennium Dome but no Scottish winners, won by Eden Centre, 160306 Grand Designs Leijser House by Glasgow architects studioKAP to feature in next series, images online once programme broadcast RIAS Convention - Perth 5 May: speakers to include Massimiliano Fuksas + Mario Botta RIAS Convention Xscape Snow Centre due to open at Braehead Shopping Centre in next few weeks: 350,000 sqft £70m leisure/retail development for X-Leisure, Odeon with 12 screens. Scotland's first indoor ski slope - Xscape Glasgow Glasgow Architects Jobs Wish to improve prospects? One-stop shop: Scottish Architecture Jobs Invited Competition Richard Murphy Architects are the only UK architects invited to Danish competition at Vejle alongside six other Danish practices and Swiss/Austrian practice Aurora Aurora completed: Glasgow's largest speculative central office development for decades: Aurora Glasgow 160306 Cumbernauld News Work has commenced on the £30m Antonine Shopping Centre in Cumbernauld in a bid by North Lanarkshire Council to refurbish the town centre and end the stigmatisation. The Antonine Centre is to contain 350,000 sqft and is for London & Regional Properties. Previously Cumbernauld town centre has been awarded the Plook on the Plinth Award twice and featured in the Channel 4 TV programme 'Demolition' Scottish Design Awards Shortlist unveiled including Gordon Murray pitted against Richard Murphy for Architect of the Year and the Royal Bank of Scotland World HQ nominated for Best Commercial and Best Interior Awards: Scottish Design Awards Prospect News Prospect is to become a quarterly magazine with immediate effect. The first quarterly issue will be published in April. Penny Lewis will be editing the magazine on a part time basis