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Glasgow News : November 2007

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Demolish Apsley House for Champagne! New building proposal: picture from the architect IVG and HBG Properties development at 29 Wellington St, Glasgow Elphinstone Place News Delays to 39-storey Elphinstone Place are due to changes in building regulations, according to the developer, specifically fire safety & insulation standards Glasgow Architects Glasgow Architects listings annual deadline The HELIX Massive ‘Kelpie’ heads set to be built near Falkirk as The HELIX receives £25m lottery funding: canal link reconnecting Forth & Clyde Canal to the Forth Estuary plus creation of two 30m high ‘Kelpie’ heads based on the mythical Scots creatures Radiance Glasgow picture from the architect Guerrilla Lighting by BDP’s Lighting Group Housing Shortfall Increase from existing 25,000 new houses per year to 35,000 demanded for Scotland. Communities & Sport Minister said the “current rate of new house building - almost 25,000 new houses last year - is simply inadequate. This is why we have proposed a national goal to increase new housing supply to 35,000 a year by the middle of the next decade”. It’s essential the majority of this supply is located in dense developments on brownfield land; the planning system also requires immediate root & branch reform: Scottish housing RIBA Carbon Tracker RIBA launch carbon emissions online forum for practices to track building emissions from design to operation. Eventually accreditation of practices committed to carbon management will be implemented. Proposals being developed for a RIBA ‘Carbon Conscious Practice’ scheme - RIBA CarbonBuzz - will recognise design performance, but will also require participating practices to publish annual project sheets on design & operational energy use. Data will inform benchmarking, policy & research, particularly in aligning design predictions with operational emissions. Practices involved at the launch stage include Aedas, BDP, dRMM, Hamilton Architects, HOK and make. BRE Approved Certifiers BRE Scotland launch 2 new certification schemes: homes and non-domestic buildings Commonwealth Games Organisation Chief Exec & operating body proposed by Glasgow Council: Commonwealth Games Carbuncle Awards Voting closes this Sunday. Organiser Penny Lewis said: “We are not having a laugh at the expense of the frustrated residents, but trying to provoke a debate about how we move forward. Some politicians are very complacent”: Carbuncle Awards Trumped! Donald Trump's £1bn golf resort approved 7 votes to 4 by Aberdeenshire Council Designing Places Awards Homes for Scotland launches new award scheme: Designing Places Awards Malcolm on Basil Malcolm Fraser reviews Basil Spence’s oeuvre: http://www.sundayherald.com/search/display.var.1775254.0.faultless_towers.php St Peter’s Seminary picture from the trust ACAVA join Urban Splash & the Marquess of Bute as potential developers of the crumbling Cardross Seminary Scottish & Newcastle Offices Controversial move to demolish strong RMJM-designed former S+N Headquarters Applecross Awards Scottish house builder wins at UK house building ‘Oscars’: What House? Awards Commonwealth Games Stadium picture from the architect Sport Concepts with 3DReid: National Indoor Sports Arena & Velodrome Glasgow Transport Museum picture from the architect Glasgow Riverside Museum - new images 16 Nov 2007 SEPA Offices Aberdeen Waterfront Offices & Labs by Keppie : Aberdeen News GIA Awards - Winner GIA Awards 2007 Results photo : Keith Hunter Castlemilk building : restoration of Castlemilk House Stables by Elder & Cannon Argyle St Hotel Approved picture from the architect Ian Simpson Architects’ six-star Glasgow hotel plans approved Craigton Road Approved picture from the architect Planning approval for gm+ad architects' Craigton Road Social Services Building Clyde Arc Award photo © keith hunter Saltire Award for Civil Engineering winner : Clyde Arc Too Much Work? According to CEC’s Kenneth MacKinnon "there's just too much work about”: Edinburgh News Carbuncle Awards Nominations closed. Towns put forward include Paisley, Coatbridge and Wishaw. Controversially recent developments such as Springfield Quay’s casino, Glasgow Harbour, The Metropole and Edinburgh’;s Upper Strand come in for a bashing. Oh, and the Scottish Parliament of course: www.thecarbuncles.co.uk The shortlist for the Most Dismal Town, Most Disappointing Building and Worst Planning Decision were announced on 15 Nov at which point voting opened again. The shortlist has been drawn up by a panel of judges based on nominations made by the general public. The last votes will be counted on 25 Nov and the Plook on the Plinth will be handed over 26 Nov Paramount Building picture from the architect gm+ad architects’ Odeon Building project granted Planning Consent 061107 East Lothian Building Rural offices by Michael Laird Architects Scottish Home Awards 2008 Panel to be chaired by Margaret Curran MSP: Scottish Home Awards Holyrood Abbey Church Latest Malcolm Fraser building completed in Edinburgh Context Interiors Edinburgh Architect opens Context Interiors - home interiors shop Saltire Housing Awards 2007 Saltire Awards presented by Linda Fabiani, with lecture by Professor Isi Metzstein Craigleith House Page\Park Architects’ Fettes College building - brief review Glasgow Won Commonwealth Games come to Glasgow University of Paisley picture from the architect University of Paisley’s Ayr campus by RMJM Buchanan Galleries Planning approval for Buchanan Galleries expansion, subject to approval by Scottish Executive Marischal College redevelopment image © Aberdeen City Council Contract for Aberdeen Council HQ awarded to Holmes Partnership 2 West Regent Street £15m Glasgow office development by RMJM New Biomass-heated School Seaview Primary School in Monifieth to use biomass heating under Angus Council’s strategy to reduce CO2 emissions + rainwater recycling for toilet flushing and solar panels to aid water heating Bio-Medical Building Planning submission by Sheppard Robson for site at The Todd Centre, Taylor St/Cathedral St: Bio-Medical building, link bridges, demolition of two existing buildings and alterations to Robertson building for University of Strathclyde, validated 301007 Andy Doolan Awards And the winner is….Pier Arts Centre Orkney : Reiach and Hall Architects photo © Gavin Fraser, Alastair Peebles Andrew Doolan Award EHQ photograph © Jason Baxter Michael Laird Architects’ EHQ project, Edinburgh Silverburn Opens picture from the architect Silverburn Mall images Lottery Win South Ayrshire Council’s Girvan Gateway wins Living Landmarks shortlisting but Perth & Kinross Council’s The Calyx loses out Ravenscraig Sports Building  picture from the architect £29m Ravenscraig sports facility by HOK Sport gets £7m funding New Glasgow housing photo : Keith Hunter £4m Page & Park Gorbals housing proposed at former Clyde Salvage Yard Gillespie, Kidd & Coia Exhibition The Lighthouse: Gillespie, Kidd & Coia Glasgow News welcome: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. 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