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Alan Dunlop - Exhibition Alan Dunlop Exhibition 21 Feb - 19 Mar 2012 Alan Dunlop exhibition in the House for an Art Lover, Glasgow, Scotland Alan is the first architect invited to show their work at House for an Art Lover. The exhibition will feature new work, original hand drawings not exhibited before and limited edition, signed silk screen prints. Alan Dunlop - Masterclass Working Drawing - The Hand Generated Image Masterclass, Glasgow, Scotland 17 Mar 2012 “One can learn everything there is to know about an architect by studying their hand drawings, the degree of rigour and research that they bring to their projects, their attitudes and their sensitivities. It is no overstatement to suggest that hand drawing represents the stain of the true architect’s soul on paper.” Alan Dunlop This full day masterclass is linked to Alan Dunlop’s Working Drawing exhibition. 26 Sep 2011 Alan Dunlop - Photo Update Hazelwood School, Glasgow, Scotland photograph : Andrew Lee Hazelwood School by Alan Dunlop Architect 2 Sep 2011 Alan Dunlop - Latest Design South Rotunda, Glasgow, Scotland image : Alan Dunlop Architect South Rotunda 16 Jun 2011 Alan Dunlop - Lecture News AIA International Convention 2011 Alan Dunlop has accepted an invitation from the American Institute of Architects and BCSE to give a presentation of his work at their international convention in London. The convention titled; Building Better Schools - Investing in Education will take place between November 9-11, 2011. The keynote presentations will be given in Hammersmith Academy and the aim of the convention will be to explore the possibilities for innovative 21st Century learning environments. 3 Jun 2011 Alan Dunlop - Project News Edinburgh Bio Quarter, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK images : erz ; Alan Dunlop Shortlisted design (one of two shortlisted) by Alan Dunlop Architects Alan Dunlop design : Edinburgh Bio Quarter Alan Dunlop - Practice News Alan Dunlop Lecture Alan Dunlop returned to the USA to lecture and presented new work on 5 May and has been invited to judge the Heintzelman Prize at Kansas State University. image : Alan Dunlop The college of architecture, planning and design at K-State is listed among the top ten schools of architecture in the United States and the Heintzelman Prize is awarded to their top student. The invitation follows Dunlop's successful time as the Distinguished Victor L. Regnier Visiting Chair in Architecture and visiting professor at the school. drawing : Alan Dunlop This spring 2011 visit continues lectures given by Alan Dunlop in Kansas City, Manhattan, Seattle and Boston in 2010 and at Canterbury and the Bauhaus School in Dessau. Nearer home Alan Dunlop presented his work at Pollockshields Heritage on 27 Apr 2011. Alan Dunlop Architects - First Project First design to be unveiled by Alan Dunlop Architects, 12 Aug 2010: House in Corstorphine, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Residential area characterised by stone walls and high hedges, hence the design approach, a wall becomes a house : Corstorphine house image Bauhaus - Dessau Institute of Architecture workshop for masters students on Urban Design : Oct 2010 Alan Dunlop lecture at Build Boston 17 - 19 Nov 2010 Alan Dunlop Architect - Exclusive 29 May 2010 Recently we were the first to report the gm+ad split. Despite rumours of Alan Dunlop joining another major practice we can confirm Alan Dunlop is to go it alone and has set up a Glasgow practice in St Andrew's Square - address at Glasgow Architects. Alan Dunlop - Practice Profile HGI : hand generated image Alan Dunlop will present his work at the Canterbury School of Architecture, UCA, UK. drawing : Alan Dunlop The lecture titled HGI: hand generated image, is on 13 May 2010. Alan Dunlop is the Distinguished Regnier Chair in Architecture, Kansas State University and Visiting Professor at Scott Sutherland School of Architecture Robert Gordon University Mahlum Endowment Lecturer Alan Dunlop on left with Gordon Murray - photo : joe, simple photography Mahlum Endowment Lecture, University of Washington : Alan Dunlop USA Professorship for Scottish Architect drawing : Alan Dunlop Alan Dunlop of Gordon Murray and Alan Dunlop architects will take up his post as the Victor L Regnier Chair of Architecture and visiting professor at Kansas State University this semester Oscar Ekdahl Memorial Lecture, Kansas, USA 2009 Oscar Ekdahl Memorial Lecture Alan Dunlop Drawings drawing : Alan Dunlop Latest Designs by Alan Dunlop Cornerstone Project, Glasgow, Scotland photograph : John Barr Glenroy Specialist School, Australia drawing : Alan Dunlop Major Designs by Alan Dunlop and Gordon Murray Hazelwood School, Glasgow, Scotland picture : andrew lee SAS Radisson Glasgow, Scotland picture : andrew lee Bewleys Hotel Glasgow, Scotland picture : andrew lee Clydebank rebuilt, Glasgow, Scotland picture : andrew lee Sentinel building, Glasgow, Scotland image : andrew lee Buildings by gm+ad architects Designs by Gordon Murray + Alan Dunlop, alphabetical: Clyde St Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland West Regent Street, Glasgow, Scotland Paramount building, Glasgow, Scotland Anderston Quay, Glasgow, Scotland Central Station Glasgow, Scotland Spectrum building, Glasgow, Scotland other gm + ad architects' buildings Designs by Gordon Murray + Alan Dunlop, alphabetical: Atlantic Quay Clyde Street - Unicorn Dunderave Castle Glasgow Harbour Phase 2 Lancefield River Heights Mitchell Street More projects by Alan Dunlop architect online soon

Alan Dunlop - Practice Information

Alan Dunlop architect studio based in Merchant City, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Scottish Architects

gm + ad architects - Books

Challenging Contextualism
Penny Lewis, Stephen Spear
Paperback
Publisher: Gordon Murray & Alan Dunlop Architects (gm+ad architects)

Spectrum Building image from gm + ad architects
gm+ad architects book 2003

Curious Rationalism
Editor: Penny Lewis
Hardback
Publisher: Carnyx
gm+ad book review 2006

Extracts from first book review by adrian welch
31.03.03

The subtitle 'Challenging contextualism' cannot go unnoticed: we see a setting-up of an antithesis to Scotland's contextual Modernism which Deyan Sudjic recently wrote about and which is popular amongst a large amount of architects with a strong media profile. This is a bold move by Gordon Murray and Alan Dunlop and suggests from the outset that the book will contain theory, a stance other than simply product profile.

We're not let down, first by Professor Steven Spier's introduction, then Penny Lewis' text, but I want to hear more about the issue of 'reduced to the maximum': this phrase is used to back up the work, and some does resonate with this maxim. However, I would like to know how the bow of Spectrum's chicken wing and the huge cantilevers of Bewleys and A3 fit with this. They are seen by some as indeed having 'redundancy in construction or meaning' and gm+ad could have used this opportunity to explain their purpose - simply energising the profile or more? They are bold flourishes that draw attention and perhaps should simply be viewed as such.

gm+ad architects' work is described as being brash: it could also be described as being punk architecture, the SAS (Radisson Hotel) wing for example is subversive to Glasgow's grid, to the regular underpinning of the city both metaphorically and physically. Opinions will diverge on whether the buildings excite or annoy but all must see that they energise our cities and profession. Similarily, the mention of engagement by Gordon Murray and Alan Dunlop - 'writing letters' - is important: Scottish architecture can be terribly somnabulant and conservative.

The reference to breaking the grid coupled with 'waning interest in historical or urban context' implies a defying of what-is-expected, not for anti-historical reasons but for sheer practicality, examples being given such as orientation. The Gordon Murray and Alan Dunlop partners are not 'joined at the hip' so some level of divergence in dealing with various contexts should be expected.

I sense a snowballing of enthusiasm: contrast even the not-so-old - A3's slate wing is greyish, almost subtle and literally grounded - and the new - Radisson Hotel Glasgow's copper wing is of vibrant hue, angled in four planes, massively punctured, irreverent to the city grid and floats agilely. Both wings are devices and both create new language which I have no doubt will be quoted by the next generation of Scottish architects if not before. The growing confidence of Gordon Murray and Alan Dunlop must surely also be in part due to better Clients and with greater opportunities.

The rippling facade of Bewleys Hotel Glasgow exudes energy from every protrudance, controversial in Scotland maybe, but when compared with a similar rippling facade - Gunther Dominig's bank in Graz - it's a mere pussycat. The 'interference' in an already semi-corrupted Bath Street is a valid point of debate, but thank God someone is defining an agenda that really stretches the range of what is possible and permissible in Scottish architecture.

A recurring theme of gm+ad's work is this idea of lightweight envelopes sliding between solid planes, and of wafer-thin foils that are dependant on proficient detailing. The wings of SAS or Bewleys wouldn't work if they were thicker or edged in a clumsy way. Beyond the blunt shock is a subtle rhythm and counterpoint - Bewleys' lower and upper canopies form cohesive 'start' and 'end' to the staccato 'body'. Having stayed at Bewleys it is indeed sad that gm+ad didn't get to work the interior as they wished and this doesn't help the impression of some that the architecture is too showy and externally weighted.

Spectrum similarly has a rhythm in the pillowed, highly-polished stainless steel, random square apertures to the stair core's north elevation and varying bold colours behind the stridently regular grid of louvres. All combine to create poetry of reflected weather, and, with the polished solid black granite base, reflected city - cars, lights, you, me. Apart from these rather abstract and painterly qualities, the less talked about facades are very clean: witness Spectrum's smooth south facade and the lack of weep holes, fans, overflows and the like in SAS' pristine internal facades.

The Gordon Murray and Alan Dunlop practice biography joins Richard Murphy Architects' and Terry Farrell & Partners': all of a sudden we have architects' practices in Scotland explaining their process and product in a sophisticated way. This reflects a confidence in Scottish architecture and should encourage more to do the same. The fact that the likes of Jonathan Glancey have made it up to Glasgow to review the SAS suggest gm+ad's work has reached new levels of maturity: they certainly don't lack confidence.

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