May 2007

Six Star Argyle International Hotel Ian Simpson Architects £125m Glasgow hotel for Progress Property Developments g1 George Square George Square : Former Post Office building redevelopment Scottish Music Building Paterson Architects have completed a music department at Belhaven Hill School Gulbenkian Museum Prize Kelvingrove Museum, one of four nominees, fails to win: Gulbenkian Museum Prize 2007 goes to Pallant House by the late Sandy Wilson Keppie Training Keppie are organising evening courses at Glasgow Caledonian University for part 2 & 3 students and have asked the RIAS to improve practical aspects of architecture education Shanghai Expo – Edinburgh Architects Edinburgh’s Draw Architects shortlisted for high-profile Shanghai Expo alongside the ‘cream of world architects’: Avery Associates; Draw Architects; Heatherwick Studios; John McAslan + Partners; Marks Barfield Architects; Zaha Hadid Architects RIBA Awards 2007 – Scotland The Bridge, Glasgow - Gareth Hoskins Architects; Circus Lane Mews House, Edinburgh - Richard Murphy Architects Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh - Malcolm Fraser Architects Another award was won by Malcolm Fraser Architects for Dance City, Newcastle New houses Rural houses - on Skye and Coll by Dualchas Building Design 240507 Home Information Packs – Scotland Scotland's Executive will be introducing a mandatory information pack for property sales in Scotland, the details vary slightly from the England & Wales version and will be known as the Single Survey Scheme or Purchasers Information Pack (PIP). The introduction of Home Information Packs - and their included Energy Performance Certificates - will now be phased in from 1 August, rather than applied nationally from 1 June but details for Scotland awaited RBS Business School Royal Bank of Scotland - Business School : images by Paul Zanre Prototype Biomass Plant gm+ad architects commissioned to develop prototype designs for 21MW Bio-Mass Power Station on brownfield site adj. Longannet Coal-Fired Station 230507 Grotesque and Hideous? City council leader describes latest Caltongate proposals by Malcolm Fraser as 'grotesque and hideous.....pretty gross': Building News Page\Park building Timber construction images of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Headquarters building in Balloch 220507 New Glasgow building Jesuit Residence and Spirituality Centre by Elder & Cannon: St Aloysius College Scottish Design Awards Winners Architecture Grand Prix: The Bridge Arts Centre: Gareth Hoskins Architects Chairman's Award for Architecture: Reiach and Hall Architects : Heriot Toun Studio Scottish Design Awards - Results Scottish Design Awards Winners Architecture Grand Prix: The Bridge Arts Centre: Gareth Hoskins Architects Chairman's Award for Architecture: Reiach and Hall Architects : Heriot Toun Studio Scottish Design Awards - Results Dysart Artworks wins Landscape Architecture Award Copenhagen Building gm+ad architects commercial development on Hope St: Glasgow offices Glasgow Urban Model Glasgow City Council launch 1st version of interactive 3-D model of Glasgow city centre & Clyde Corridor: Glasgow City Model. Due to complete Aug 2007; model of whole city possible after that; by Glasgow School of Art Digital Design Studio Scottish Arts Centre Brisac Gonzalez architects, London, win £10m competition, details soon V&A Museum Dundee Victoria & Albert Museum planning first outpost in Scotland, by Kathryn Findlay, with the University of Dundee - details online soon Six Cities Design Festival: 'Urban Journeys' Podcast series features architecture & urban design amongst other design disciplines. Contributions from Malcolm Fraser, Mike Stoane, Riccardo Marini & many others. Urban Journeys: www.urbanjourneys.com Dollar Academy Shortlist Masterplan to incl. new buildings alongside Sir William Playfair’s: Richard Murphy, NORD, Gareth Hoskins, Page \ Park, Malcolm Fraser, Reaich and Hall, Wellwood Leslie Paramount Building gm+ad lodge application for former Odeon Cinema on West Regent St: Office, Leisure & Restaurant Complex, retaining original Art Deco corner: Paramount Building Houses in Wood: The Modern Norwegian Model 7 Jun - one-day seminar, Edinburgh : Norwegian wood building Scottish Architecture Competition Urban design competition for Stranraer and Dumfries: winner for both competition sites: Collective Architecture, formerly Chris Stewart Architects New Sikh Temple Paul Monaghan Architects submit plans for Sikh temple Former STV site redevelopment IVG Immobilien submit plans for £100m office, residential + retail redevelopment at former Scottish Television site, Cowcaddens Scottish Life Science Cluster Research campus at Centre for Biomedical Research: Edinburgh Bioquarter Architect in the House To register email house@rias.org.uk with your practice name, postcode and number of visits you're able to undertake, >40% claimed their 2006 visits resulted in a commission or were likely to; donations to Shelter Hazelwood School - Images Progress panoramic photos released by gm+ad: Glasgow school 100507 Glasgow Airport Expansion Glasgow Airport £30m Skyhub by REID architecture 090507 Lighthouse Refurb Refurbishment underway of lower areas: The Lighthouse Shop now to be over two floors plus the new RIAS Glasgow bookshop once located at Glasgow School of Art