Glasgow News : August 2009

Carbuncle Cup 2009
Not Scotland's Carbuncle Awards but BD magazine's UK-wide Carbuncle Cup. Nominated Hotel Missoni misses final three but Edinburgh's QMUC doesn't, coming in 3rd.
BD report that The Carbuncle Cup 2009 long list had been "picked over many times especially by readers in those historic cities where anything new is put in the spotlight. This was the case in Edinburgh, where Allan Murray Architects’ Hotel Missoni had been nominated on the grounds it was “an unimaginative lump in a sensitive area”, but would anything please the city’s conservationist lobby? Probably not, said the judges, who felt the hotel was the least offensive building on the list." 28 Aug

GIA Awards News
Deadline for the submission of entries for GIA Awards extended to 11 Sep 2009

Scotland's Shame
Latest photos of the destruction of what is widely believed to be Scotland's best building of the 20th century : Cardross Seminary. 26 Aug

The Lighthouse Glasgow - News
The Lighthouse, which employs 57 people, expected to go into administration following a meeting of its board of directors scheduled for this evening. 25 Aug

South Lanarkshire Co-op Town
Co-operative town called Owenstown by JM Architects near Lanark to house around 20,000 people on a 2,000-acre site. To be run on co-operative principles and managed by its residents Owenstown is a modern interpretation of the nearby world heritage village of New Lanark. The projects is by the Hometown Foundation, a charitable trust. 25 Aug

Trongate 103 News
Glasgow's new centre for the arts and creativity, Trongate 103, will open to the public on 12 September. 25 Aug

Clyde Gateway
Clyde Gateway Urban Regeneration Company (URC) appoints three firms incl. Sheppard Robson Architects. 24 Aug

Scottish Planning
Hank Dittmar, The Prince of Wales' principal architecture advisor, praises the Scottish planning system in the Sunday Times. He favours an 'enquiry by design' (EBD) approach, already used by the Scottish Government but not used in the rest of the UK. "Our method allows local residents to actually design the masterplan of new communities with the help of professionals. Architects then produce the detailed designs." 23 Aug

Cameo Cinema
Cameo Cinema refurbishment proposals in Edinburgh announced. 22 Aug

Fraser Building
Fraser Building : Page\Park Architects. 21 Aug

Cornerstone
gm+ad's Cornerstone Project. 21 Aug

Scotland: Building for the future
Historic Scotland have released a publication documenting post war Scottish Architecture entitled 'Scotland: Building for the future' which can be purchased from Historic Scotland (0131 668 8600) or downloaded for free in pdf format.
Hazelwood School by gm+ad features in the Education section of the book alongside Robert Matthew's University of Stirling, James Stirling's St Andrews University and Basil Spence's University of Edinburgh Library and pictured as one of six buildings completed in Scotland in the last twenty years. 21 Aug

Scottish Ballet Glasgow
Photos of Scottish Ballet building : Malcolm Fraser Architects. 14 Aug

Page\Park Project Wins Planning
University of Warwick Student Residences, England : Page\Park. 14 Aug

Glasgow News Highlights from July

Savoy Centre
Savoy Centre, Sauchiehall Street : Povall Worthington

Stirling Agricultural Centre
Opened by Alex Salmond : Stirling Agricultural Centre : Archial Architects

Hotel Missoni Edinburgh Photos
Photos of the Hotel Missoni exterior by Adrian Welch
New images of Hotel Missoni Edinburgh interior from Matteo Thun, Italy

The Lighthouse Glasgow - News
Statement from the Chair of the Lighthouse Trust, Eleanor McAllister: Lighthouse Glasgow

Stirling Prize Shortlist
Stirling Prize
No wins for Scottish RIBA winners - Moore Street Glasgow by Richard Murphy, Elder & Cannon, JM, Page/Park or The Potterrow Development by Bennetts Associates

Turnberry Hotel
Turnberry Resort : 3DReid / Fox Linton Associates

Glasgow Selfridges News
Community consultation 15 Jul re public open space + car park : Glasgow Selfridges

Lubetkin Prize winner
Herzog & de Meuron pip Richard Murphy Architects to prestigious Lubetkin Prize with their Birds Nest Building

2014 Games Village
Commonwealth Games Athletes Village information + new images

Haymarket UNESCO News
UNESCO has demanded major changes to the The Haymarket hotel design
News update re UNESCO report : Edinburgh World Heritage Status

Leith Docks Redevelopment
Leith Docks : Public Funding Call

Glasgow News Highlights from June

Hazelwood School Award
Hazelwood School wins British Council for School Environments Award

Glasgow Met
New interiors at Glasgow Metropolitan College : Smith & Brown

Prince Charles Controversy
Chelsea Barracks News : Boycott Proposal

Glasgow School of Art
Glasgow School of Art Building : New Images

GHA News
The board of Glasgow Housing Association is set to quit : Glasgow Housing

Silverburn Expansion
Planning submission due for £20m Final phase of Silverburn

George House
George House Glasgow : Reiach and Hall Architects

New Ayr Campus
University of the West of Scotland's new £70m Ayr Campus approved : RMJM

Stirling of Stirlings
RIBA Journal online poll winner : best British-designed building of the past 175 years is The Glasgow School of Art. 8 Jun

Scottish Ballet Photos
Exclusive photos of Scottish Ballet building as it nears completion

Scottish Design Awards
Gareth Hoskins Architects picked up hatrick of Awards at the Scottish Design Awards incl. 'Architect Team of the Year'

Glasgow News Highlights from May

Cardross Panorama
Cardross Seminary : Panorama added

Glasgow School of Art Shortlist
Glasgow School of Art Design Competition : Shortlist

Glasgow Canal Regeneration
News that two groundbreaking projects have been unveiled by the Scottish Government as low carbon communities of the future : Glasgow Canal Regeneration

The Hamilton Glasgow
Planning Approval Granted for The Hamilton Hotel Glasgow : 3DReid

Canadian Shortlist News
Gareth Hoskins Architects shortlisted for £15m Fort York Visitor Centre in Toronto

Hazelwood School
Further international acclaim for Hazelwood School Building by gm+ad architects

Mies van der Rohe Award Winner
Norwegian Operahouse by Snøhetta : Mies van der Rohe Award Winner, 2009

Glasgow News Highlights from April

Atlantic Quay
Planning submission by the Capella Group for £90m Atlantic Quay development

Glasgow Planning News
Major changes in the planning system now underway in Glasgow: Glasgow Planning

Stobhill Hospital
New Psychiatric Care Unit : Stobhill Hospital by Campbell & Arnott

Trongate 103
Glasgow's new centre for the arts and creativity : Trongate 103

Spiers Locks
BURA Award for Spiers Locks Regeneration : Make

Development Expert joins New Campus Glasgow
Graham Black signed up as independent Director to New Campus Glasgow Board

Glasgow News Highlights from March

Portrait Gallery Funding
HLF Grant for National Portait Gallery by Page \ Park

Caltongate News Update
Developers Mountgrange Capital go into administration : Caltongate

Between Earth and Heaven
John Lautner Architecture exhibition at The Lighthouse. John Lautner film by Murray Grigor incl. Frank Gehry

North Glasgow College Photos
Interior images by by Keith Hunter added : North Glasgow College

Glasgow News Highlights from February

Brown Street building : RMJM
Lawlor House : Gareth Hoskins Architects
Bothwell Street Hotel : Aedas Architects
Maryhill Burgh Halls : JM Architects; Austin, Smith, Lord; DO Architecture

Glasgow News Highlights from January

Jurys Glasgow Hotel : new building
Paisley Arts Centre : Page \ Park
Silverburn Shopping Centre : BCSC Awards
Strathclyde University Building : Sheppard Robson
Moore Street buildings : photos

Glasgow News Highlights from 2008

Glasgow Transport Museum : new funds
John Wheatley College : images by Keith Hunter
Glasgow Fort to expand
Beatson Institute : wins GIA Awards Supreme Award
Strathclyde Univeristy Building : Sheppard Robson
Castlemilk House : Elder & Cannon Architects
Buchanan Galleries extension : approved
Jumeirah Glasgow Hotel
Glasgow Airport terminal
Rangers Development
Britannia Music Hall
University of Strathclyde Architecture
Merchant City Glasgow
Red Road flats : demolition

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