Glasgow News Apr 2008, Swan Bridge, Boilerhouse Flats Scotland

Glasgow News : April 2008

Glasgow Development, Scotland

Cambridge College Jesus College Cambridge by Scotland's Richard Murphy Architects - 30 Apr Boilerhouse Flats Melrose flats in Peter Womersley building by Scottish architects Studio DuB Swan Bridge Clydebank bridge canopy by RMJM - new image Anderston Compulsory Purchase? Glasgow City Council could use compulsory purchase to progress £40m regeneration by Sanctuary Scotland HA of Anderston site with 495 houses Major New Scottish Hospital New Southern General Hospital - images 230408 Glasgow Practices Idpartnership Scotland added to listings : Glasgow Architects Probably the best architecture site in the world? e-architect Traffic comparison with other architecture sites (210,000 hits p/day) Total across our 3 sites: 300,000 hits per day - jump of 20,000 in last month, doubled since August (140,000) Of this Glasgow accounts for 40,000 & Edinburgh 50,000 Highland Housing : Fair Reports suggest Highland Housing Fair - investigated by Scottish Public Service Ombudsman re possible contravention of local development plan - to be reprieved Richard Murphy in Essex Housing Feature in BD praises Richard Murphy Architects’ sensitive housing at New Hall in Harlow, influenced by Peter Aldington’s home & Utzon’s Fredensborg housing Triple Kirks News Stewart Milne Developments acquire derelict Triple Kirks in Aberdeen from Esson Properties Venice Result Venice Architecture Biennale Exhibition Result New HQ for SNP? SNP & News International vying for space at Gordon Lamb House : 3DReid GSA Honour Andy + Isi Andy MacMillan and Isi Metzstein to be awarded honorary degrees by the University of Glasgow on behalf of The Glasgow School of Art Oslo Opera House How the Norwegians deal with city docklands - Snøhetta building Boilerhouse Flats Two Melrose houses formed by Edinburgh architects Studio DuB from industrial Peter Womersley building - info online soon Venice Result Venice Biennale Competition Result - due 21 Apr Scottish Huf Haus Macfarlane Homes launch first Huf Haus development in Scotland at Rutherford Gardens, West Linton. Two Huf Hauses and a pair of Huf extensions will complement the restored Rutherford House Shortlisted RIBA Awards shortlist for Scotland 2008 - 6 out of 8 in Glasgow: BBC Scotland at Pacific Quay, Glasgow Castlemilk Stables, Glasgow Culloden Battlefield Visitor Centre, Culloden Moor G20 (phase1), 51-353 Glasgow Harbour Terraces Hazlewood School, Glasgow Lochside View, Cumbernauld Road, Glasgow New Arts Faculty Building for the University of St Andrews Piers Arts Centre, Victoria Street, Stromness Todlaw Supported Housing, Duns, Scottish Borders St Aloysius Residence and Spirituality Centre, 70 Hill Street, Glasgow Underground Filmhouse Sir Terry Farrell proposes £20m Edinburgh underground cinema Mull Theatre Progress photographs of CiAO’s new Mull Theatre Scottish Castles Photos added : Scottish Castles - Dunstaffnage Castle + Kilchurn Castle More Microgeneration Money Scotland to triple its budget for microgeneration projects to £13.5m a year. In a separate development, a new UK-wide pot of Lottery funding for Low Carbon Buildings gives up to £2500 for a domestic application: Sustainable Architecture News Scottish Design Awards Nominations for architectural categories of Scottish Design Awards 2008 Scottish Home Awards Award News : Results Film City Glasgow Third & final phase to proceed: Govan Town Hall refurbishment by Aedas Architects Helensburgh Student Competition RIAS Competition : winner, 9 Apr 10 Park Circus Place RMJM's Park Circus building - new images Pump House Restaurant Glasgow City Council authorise disposal of Pump House to Glasgow Harbour. Previously leased as museum to Clyde Maritime Trust, who relocate to the Riverside Museum in 2010. Boutique hotel + restaurant proposed for this historic building Lerwick Cinema + Music Venue Shetland arts venue by Glasgow's Gareth Hoskins Architects receives £2.1m from SAC Capital Lottery Fund, kickstarting the project 2 years after the competition win Glasgow University photo © Adrian Welch New building by Reiach and Hall Architects Cityscapers Exhibition of propositions for central belt - Glasgow Events Glasgow Building Photos Images added around construction site on Bothwell Street adj. The Pinnacle Strathclyde Faculty £60m Faculty of Education building proposed by Strathclyde University on George Street and will see the Faculty relocate from Jordanhill to unite the University on one campus. Other new buildings incl. an Institute for Pharmacy & Biomedical Sciences and a Sports & Health Centre Paisley Museum Renfrewshire Council pre-feasibility study by Page/Park architects - theatre in redeveloped museum

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Fort Shopping Centre

Rangers stadium

Ravenscraig site approved

Forth Replacement bridge

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