Glasgow News Aug 2008, Briggait Centre Building, Commonwealth Games Village
Glasgow News : August 2008
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Briggait Centre Start Redevelopment of Briggait Centre starts, by Dundee's Nicoll Russell Studios Aberdeen Development Miller Cromdale 222,000 sqft office development application approved : Ardent House NORD Olympics Substation Progress on London Olympics Substation by Glasgow's NORD architects Speirs and Major Awards Lighting Awards for Edinburgh's Speirs and Major Associates Ian Wall Award Former CEO of The EDI Group, awarded 2008 Lighthouse Achievement Award Commonwealth Games Village Land Plans approved by GCC Executive Committee to acquire key piece of land at Athletes' Village site: 2014 Commonwealth Games. 210808 Leith Docks Masterplan Approval Major 350-acre redevelopment set to be approved by councillors 210808: Leith Docks Sean Connery - 007 Hits Out Sir Sean in his book 'Being a Scot', out today, praises the "imaginative" work of Edinburgh architects Allan Murray, Malcolm Fraser, Richard Murphy, Charlie Sutherland and Charlie Hussey, & approves of the Scottish Parliament building + Oloroso restaurant Glasgow Fort Expansion Glasgow Fort shopping centre due to expand by a third. Easterhouse will be given a focal point with a new civic square, a 7000 sqm shopping centre, bank, post office, catering, office & creche facilities Mactaggart & Mickel Glasgow-based Mactaggart & Mickel is to pay the stamp duty on all new homes sold at its 15 developments. Current stamp duty taxes kick in on all house sales above £125,000, with a £1 percent charge levied on the buyer Assembly Rooms Programme for redeveloping this popular Fringe venue slips according to The Scotsman: not expected to be finished until Jul 2012 - weeks before the festival starts: Assembly Rooms More Delays - Edinburgh Despite hopes of an upturn in the market within the coming year more major capital projects appear to be stalled by the credit crunch: Edinburgh News 190808 Kielder Observatory Kielder Observatory completed by Charles Barclay Architects BioQuarter Building Approved Sheppard Robson’s £59m Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine gains planning permission 180808 GIA Awards 2008 GIA Design Awards open to entries 180808 RMJM Appointment RMJM Appoints Marketing Director to Support European Growth 180808 gm+ad Investors In People Accreditation gm+ad have now received a formal framework report on the work of the practice from Investors in People Scotland 180808 Dutch Floating Prefab Idea Bill Borland, who has designed floating mini-communities along the banks of the Clyde, and structural engineer Ian Batty, are encouraging the Scottish government that areas at risk of flooding can be built on using a form of floating Prefab common in The Netherlands 180808 Sutherland Hussey Feature on this Scottish practice – new images of projects at Haymarket, and in China at Xiling & the Yingxiu Memorial Museum: Sutherland Hussey Architects South Dennistoun Building South Dennistoun Neighbourhood Centre : jmarchitects Stromness Pierhead - Winner Malcolm Fraser Architects win Stromness Pierhead Design Competition 130808 Dovecot Studios Former Infirmary Street Baths redeveloped by Malcolm Fraser Architects due for completion Aug 2008: provides workshop + gallery space for Dovecot Studios Scottish Crime Campus Serious Crime Campus at Gartcosh : bmj architects & gm+ad architects Caltongate Problems As developments in the capital grind to a halt and architects lay off staff the latest casualty is the major Caltongate scheme: a "procedural mistake" has been made by the planners Design Tutors University of Strathclyde Architecture Birmingham Library Previously shortlisted for Glasgow's BBC Scotland Competition, dutch architects Mecanoo win 1st major UK project: Birmingham Library Building Refurb In the quieter Summer period we have updated and done cursory checks on every single one of our 667 Glasgow pages, to try and ensure as much as possible consistent page colours, link colours, layouts, correct linking and speeding up pages. Suggestions welcome as ever to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
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