Scottish Architects, Architecture Week

Glasgow News : June 2002

Glasgow Development, Scotland

Scottish Architects of the past The most famous Scottish Architect? Some would argue Robert Adam, others Rennie Mackintosh VAC Launch: The Lighthouse's Virtual Architecture Centre 26 Jun: scottisharchitecture.com unveiled including Contemporary Architecture Tour by Adrian Welch Architecture Week 21-30 June Public Art Strategy The Millennium Spaces project was effectively killed off as a result of Glasgow becoming European City of Architecture and Design in 1999. Instead of 12 world-class initiatives based on urban regeneration, what was instituted instead was five or six design-driven projects where the collaborative, community-focused emphasis was replaced by an elitist outlook driven by design professionals. 16.06.02 RIBA Awards 2002 Scotland does well with 7 winners whilst some regions have none. Reports in all the trade press, e.g. AJ: RIBA Awards - pp.4, 36 & 38: two for Glasgow architects, both in Glasgow:- Glasgow Centre for Contemporary Arts, by Page & Park Architects Glasgow Science Centre, by Building Design Partnership. 11.06.02 It's all Greek to us A council has come under fire from conservationists who claim it has not done enough to restore a city centre church regarded as one of the most important 19th century monuments in Scotland....Five years ago the World Monuments Fund in Britain (WMF), a conservation charity, helped complete a £5m restoration project on the spire of St Vincent Street Church by Alexander Thomson, which was built in 1859.....'I sometimes wonder whether Glasgow realises what an architectural masterpiece the city has at the centre....St Vincent Street Church is of international importance as the greatest work by Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson that survives'. 10.06.02 The Scottish Design Awards 2002 Scottish Design Awards PR Announcements: 24 May as follows:- Architecture Grand Prix: The Museum of Scottish Country Life, by Page & Park Architects Chairman's Award for Architecture: Dance Base, Edinburgh by Malcolm Fraser Architects Scottish Architect of the Year: Malcolm Fraser of Malcolm Fraser Architects Young Scottish Architect of the Year: Adrian Stewart of Chris Stewart Architects Architectural Panel: Laurence Bains, Wilford Architects - chairman Murray Grigor, Film Maker Keith Brownlie, Wilkinson & Eyre Architects Alison Forrest, Editor of Prospect Magazine Adrian Welch, www.edinburgharchitecture.co.uk Isi Metzstein, Architect

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Scottish Castles

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House for an Art Lover

photo © Adrian Welch

Celtic Park

photo © Adrian Welch

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