Glasgow News Feb 2006, New Scottish Theatre Building, Scotland

Glasgow News : February 2006

Glasgow Development, Scotland

e-architect New website with pages on key architecture and architects around the globe: World Architecture New Scottish Theatre picture from the architect Theatre Royal Dumfries by RMJM Glasgow Harbour Tower Plenty of discussion in the Press re the proposals by Peel Holdings for the site near Zaha Hadid's proposed Glasgow Transport Museum, which has also predictably created news re its cost increment. The proposals include a supercasino - as per the Ibrox Stadium and the SECC schemes - with Glasgow competing against cities such as Blackpool, London and Manchester for the single UK supercasino permit currently agreed: Glasgow Harbour Sports Venues Funding Glasgow City Council funding announced for Scotstoun Rugby & Athletics Stadium and Toryglen Indoor Training Centre as the city prepares its bid for the 2014 Commonwealth Games Finnieston Bridge The last piece of deck steelwork has been put in place on the 140 metre long Finnieston Road Bridge, connecting both sides of the riverbank: 160206 Cardross Seminary - Letter: An Open Letter To The Most Reverend Mario Joseph Conti, Archbishop of Glasgow: St Peters Seminary Zaha Hadid - Kirkcaldy Exclusive images of Zaha Hadid's first UK building Just Some Sheds? In the AJ of 9Feb the description of gm+ad's recent Clydebank buildings - featured on the AJ cover the week before with a Building Study - is denigrated in a letter from a London correspondent: "It's just some sheds on a crappy site in Scotland which no doubt the youths pictured will soon enjoy defacing" Forth Road Bridge News in the last week suggests a third crossing is looking more likely, though a campaign is ongoing: if a new bridge is set in motion it is extremely important for Scotland's reputation that an outstanding design be realised, ie no PFI fudge or major contractor-design elements: Forth Road Bridge Metis : Constructions - Laputa + other projects GalleriA1 Exhibition, Leith: Mark Dorrian and Adrian Hawker - Edinburgh Events RMJM - New Project picture from the architect National University of Ireland, Galway's new £36m engineering school Glasgow Regen £170m regeneration of New Gorbals wins RTPI Planning for New Neighbourhoods Award: 020206

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