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



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