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16 Jun 2009 - No comments
On the Make
The downturn in UK architecture is perhaps most publicly reflected in the severe shedding of staff at the various London-based architectural magazines, but you’d think that...
19 Jun 2009 - No comments
Archial architects are working on The Grange Campus project in Kilmarnock, part of a £70 million East Ayrshire Schools PPP project.
The project is being delivered by the First Class...
19 Jun 2009 - No comments
RICS have claimed a 30% increase in the number of rent reviews taking place as part of its Dispute Resolution Service in the last year as a result of the economic downturn.
They said the most...
22 Jun 2009 - No comments
A famous Harrogate restaurant and tearoom, Bettys, has received an extensive facelift from conservation and restoration experts William Anelay Ltd and architects Nicholas Associates.
The pair...
22 Jun 2009 - No comments
Edinburgh City Council have undertaken restoration work to their main council debating chamber and stairwell.
Smith Scott Mullan Associates worked on the scheme in collaboration with project...
22 Jun 2009 - No comments
A crystalline, centrepiece chandelier now dominates the entrance space of the Hilton, Reading after being commissioned by designers, Seifert.
Manufactured by Chelsom the mass of cascading...
22 Jun 2009 - No comments
An international conference aiming to tackle such brain tickling conundrums as whether yellow hued classrooms assist the absorption of knowledge, how to design clothes that reflect the wearers mood...
22 Jun 2009 - No comments
Strathclyde University have announced that they are due to dispose of their huge student union on John Street, part of a long planned estates overhaul, as construction work continues apace on a...
23 Jun 2009 - No comments
Michelin starred chef Paul Kitching has been getting busy in his kitchen, opening a £4.5m restaurant and guesthouse in Edinburgh with partner Katie O’Brien.
Burns Design sympathetically...
23 Jun 2009 - No comments
Hazelwood School, gm+ad’s multi-multi-award winning special needs school has been picked up in China as the Glaswegian school continues its rolling global conquest.
a+a Magazine awarded...
23 Jun 2009 - No comments
The Edinburgh Architectural Association’s anniversary poll, celebrating Edinburgh’s architectural legacy of the past 150 years, is approaching the final furlong with a deadline extension to...
23 Jun 2009 - No comments
Glasgow City Council (GCC) have announced that the City Legacy Consortium comprising RMJM and developers CCG, Cruden, MacTaggart & Mickel and W.H. Malcolm are to design and deliver the Glasgow 2014...
23 Jun 2009 - No comments
A triple treble is underway as a three pronged contest takes place over the next three months to land a £3m arts prize from a “mystery donor”.
A gallery extension for Edinburgh’s...
23 Jun 2009 - No comments
A new look arena has been unveiled at the Royal Highland showground, reversing previous plans to switch sites after Edinburgh Airport shelved plans to expand on the site.
Loss of anticipated...
24 Jun 2009 - No comments
Urban design – on steroids
Yes, it’s the continuing story of Union Square and the intriguing slant the ayatollahs at Aberdeen City and Shire Economic Future (ACSEF) have put on the idea of...
24 Jun 2009 - No comments
Famous sons and daughters of Dundee are lining up to support a new ad campaign aimed at promoting the home of jute, jam and journalism as a modern and ambitious city.
It is hoped to modernise...
24 Jun 2009 - No comments
An abandoned village, forlorn relic of the 1970’s oil boom, is set to be demolished after thirty years of decay.
The site has lain dormant as an urban explorers paradise
In their haste...
24 Jun 2009 - No comments
East Lothian Council is to spend an additional £100m over the next five years in order to provide 1000 affordable homes.
Currently the council is left with around 8,000 properties after 50%...
25 Jun 2009 - No comments
Glasgow’s Central Hotel is to become the centre of attention for Principal Hayley after the hotel and conference operator set their sites on the dilapidated gothic pile with a £20m investment...
25 Jun 2009 - No comments
The Heritage Lottery Fund have awarded a £1.5m grant to Paisley’s Townscape Heritage Initiative, a move aimed at the repair and re-use of historic buildings as a means of creating more appealing...
25 Jun 2009 - No comments
One Borders couple are living their dream of rural living in a wood clad home nestled amongst Scots pines and a tumbling waterfall having elected to build their own home on the secluded spot....
25 Jun 2009 - No comments
Timber and panel products distributor James Latham have celebrated the first anniversary of their Scottish depot at Eurocentral by supplementing the traditional birthday cake and party tricks with...
26 Jun 2009 - No comments
A development of 17 factory assembled homes in Kildary, Rosshire, by the Highland Housing Alliance with assistance from Highland Council and the Scottish Government has pioneered new methods in...
26 Jun 2009 - No comments
The British Council for School Environments have awarded Hazelwood School top marks for Inspiring Design and a Highly commended award as Best School Architect, despite Hazelwood representing the...
26 Jun 2009 - No comments
The Marketing, Advertising, Design Agency (MAD) have unveiled their eponymous table, a 10ft granite slab apparently levitating above the floor.
Unfortunately MAD haven’t actually re-written...
26 Jun 2009 - No comments
The Carbon Trust have published fresh research that serves to outline the benefits to companies and organisations of specifying a low carbon building.
Three such recently built buildings:...
26 Jun 2009 - No comments
Hole in my Pocket have launched an initiative aimed at righting the wrongs of the expenses imbroglio with a competition inviting architects to draw up plans for taxpayer owned second home...
29 Jun 2009 - No comments
The first large scale conventional hydro electric power station to be built in the UK for over 50 years opens today, with StudioLR there to commemorate the occasion with the publication of a book...
29 Jun 2009 - No comments
A high speed rail link connecting Scotland to London and expansion of a forest in the central belt have been deemed in the national interest with their inclusion on a National Planning Framework....
29 Jun 2009 - No comments
Glasgow City Council have agreed to enter into a partnership agreement with Firthport Ltd to bring forward development proposals for the Clyde waterfront between Stockwell Street and Saltmarket....
29 Jun 2009 - No comments
Selfridges are to hold a community consultation event for proposed site improvements to their in hiatus retail development.
The event precedes a planning application for the demolition of...
29 Jun 2009 - No comments
Glasgow City Council have entered into a partnership with the GO Group to refurbish the former Bell Street Cleaning Depot into a Business Innovation Centre.
Providing around 4,200sq/m of space...
30 Jun 2009 - No comments
Springfield Properties brought the house down at the recent Scottish Homes Awards after scoring a hat trick of wins with Apartment of the Year, House of the Year and Conversion of the Year....
30 Jun 2009 - No comments
With RMJM standing proud on the winners podium for the Commonwealth Games masterplan it is interesting to look at those schemes which fell at the final hurdle, for as gm+ad’s very own Alan Dunlop...
30 Jun 2009 - No comments
Glasgow’s newest hospital, the new Victoria Infirmary, has opened its doors to patients standing opposite and in contrast to the old at Battlefield Cross in the city’s south side.
Designed...
30 Jun 2009 - No comments
The Royal Institute of British Architects has appointed Harry Rich as its new Chief Executive, with effect from October 2009.
Rich brings a wealth of experience to bear from Enterprise...
30 Jun 2009 - No comments
Michael Laird Architects have unveiled a new look website and associated newsletter as a platform for the dissemination of practice news and goss to curious computer monitors everywhere.
A...
1 Jul 2009 - No comments
Broadway One, a development of 125,466sq/ft of Grade A office space in Glasgow, has been completed by joint venture partners IVG Development (UK) and Ediston Properties.
Several theatres,...
1 Jul 2009 - No comments
The Scottish Construction Network (SCC) have launched their latest initiative, dubbed the Performance Improvement Network (PIN).
This marks an attempt to pin down a consistent approach to...
1 Jul 2009 - No comments
3DReid have unveiled seven finalists for their fourth annual Student Prize, an opportunity for the winner to scoop £1,500 in the largest practice-run award in the UK.
The awards are bigger...
1 Jul 2009 - No comments
A new initiative, Scottish Renaissance Towns, has been launched to better address the challenges facing small town Scotland. The process aims to select the most successful futures for these areas...
1 Jul 2009 - No comments
Richard Murphy and George Ferguson, ex-President of the RIBA, paired up with gusto at a recent get together after throwing caution to the wind and taking to the skies in Murphy’s very own...
1 Jul 2009 - No comments
Thomas Matthews are under starters orders to commence work on signage, wayfinding and interpretation for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games athletes village.
The consultancy are part of the...
1 Jul 2009 - No comments
Mea Culpa – twice
After last week’s Wrap I found myself accused of becoming a professional journalist because I had apparently got a couple of my facts wrong. First, in my short update on...
2 Jul 2009 - No comments
Gordon Murray, co-founder of Glasgow based gm+ad architects, has waded into the ongoing UNESCO fracas with a biting polemic against “authoritarian rulings” made in respect of the height and...
2 Jul 2009 - No comments
An unusual housing development from Gareth Hoskins Architects (Architect Team of the Year) and MacTaggart and Mickel has won planning approval from Glasgow City Council.
Located within a...
2 Jul 2009 - No comments
The Future Scotland series of debates continued its momentum at the Lighthouse last night by tackling the thorny question of why, with 50 years of experience in the modern era, we are still...
2 Jul 2009 - No comments
Aberdeen has seen arrival of its first “A” rated Energy Performance Certificate for the £3m Active Renewable Energy Centre, which provides a mix of office and workshop space.
An...
2 Jul 2009 - No comments
A 32 foot high steel sculpture is to adorn the approaches to Cumbernauld in a bid to provide the Carbuncle capital with a sorely needed image boost.
Costed at £250k the artwork is the...
3 Jul 2009 - No comments
Artists impressions of Napier University’s new look Faculty of Health, Life and Social Sciences have been revealed by RMJM to coincide with a topping out ceremony, recently held at the Sighthill...
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