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Alan Dunlop Architect, Glasgow, Buildings, Projects, Office, Studio, Designs, News
Alan Dunlop Architect, Scotland
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Alan Dunlop Architects - Contact DetailsAlan Dunlop Architect Ltd Alan Dunlop - NewsShenzhen Project News30 Jan 2013 - This shortlisted design has not won the competition Design: JTP, ADA, Gillespies  drawing by Alan Dunlop Shenzhen Xiasha Project Masterplan Shenzhen Project Shortlist News 26 Nov 2012 - Dapeng New District, Shenzhen Detailed Blueprint and Urban Design Project  photo from Alan Dunlop JTP China, Alan Dunlop Architects and Gillespies have been shortlisted, as one of three, to develop design proposals for the Dapeng Peninsula of Shenzhen in Guangdong, China. Alan Dunlop lecture at XJTLU:  image © Alan Dunlop Shenyang Project 14 Nov 2012 - JTP Architects in Shanghai, Alan Dunlop Architect and Gillespies have made a significant bid for a large commercial, hotel and residential development to the north of Beijing, China. The brief requires 450m high residential towers, Dunlop says “admittedly our group does not have many of those but our bid looks very strong. JTP Architects and Gillespies have an international reputation for excellence in urban design and landscape and it has encouraged me to think I too have enough in my own portfolio of past work, awards and experience to make a serious bid for projects in China”. So far, client reaction to the bid has been strong "Your Company has extraordinary strength in the field of architectural design and has many outstanding design projects, both domestic and abroad, and this really impressed us all. Your Company's outstanding design team is great enough to carry a number of important architectural design tasks". Hazelwood School: New Publication New publication featuring 29 of the best schools and educational projects from: USA, Japan, Finland, Holland, Spain, Portugal, Norway, France...and Glasgow, Scotland. By architects including: Henning Larsen Architects Arquitectonica ah asociados Kazumi Kudo NAC/Architecture Mecanoo Joao Luis Carrilho da Graca Architects Elliott and Associates Dalian University of Technology Press K-12 Educational Architecture International Featuring plans, hand drawings, sections and photographs of Hazelwood School ISBN 978-7-5611-7334-3 Masterplanning the Future  image from Alan Dunlop 22 Oct 2012 - Professor Alan Dunlop has returned from the Masterplanning the Future Conference in China: over 500 participated including a few of China’s top architects and professors from the top schools. Professor Alan Dunlop has accepted an invitation to go to Liuzhou Urban Planning Bureau, Guangxi Autonomous Region and Nanning to talk about his work and exchange ideas. This will happen in early 2013. 17 Oct 2012 - Professor Alan Dunlop is in China at the moment lecturing and preparing to present a paper on Glasgow and Suzhou at the Masterplanning the Future Conference. He will also speak and chair a couple of public sessions. “Devastation was, however, proposed by Glasgow itself. The Bruce Plan of 1945 by the City Engineer reflected the utopian arrogance of the time by proposing the phased replacement of every single building in the city centre, which was to be surrounded by a box of new highways. Two decades later, the urban motorways that carved up the fabric of the city were on the lines drawn by Robert Bruce, but otherwise his Plan was mercifully forgotten.” The Glasgow Story Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Committee and 21st Century Settlement Suzhou Urban development in China is progressing at a remarkable pace. The last twenty years have seen extraordinary changes to the country’s physical and social landscape and infrastructure that are astonishing. In early October, Professor Alan Dunlop will meet a senior delegation from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to tour new regeneration projects in Edinburgh and Leith. Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is located in southern China, next to Vietnam. The local government has embarked on a major infrastructure upgrades in hopes of bringing more business and industry into the province. China's current five year plan calls for an investment of 2.6 trillion RMB in the Beihu Gulf Economic Zone over the next five years as way of boosting the local economy as well as improving trade and ties with Southeast Asia. Growth in exports from this region have helped boost confidence in the economy. In the coming new semester, his March. studio at Scott Sutherland School of Architecture will be embarking on a new three year master-planning, infrastructure and design programme to create a new settlement for the 21st century in Suzhou, north west of Shanghai. The purpose of the unit will be to explore how we create 'new places' in contemporary society. The students will address this question at a theoretical and practical level through debate, planning, master planning and detailed urban design. The ambition of the unit is to go beyond the conventional attempts to create 'a sense of place' by resorting to pastiches or traditional models for public places and buildings. The unit will the question of authenticity and continuity and the place of tradition in the development of any contemporary culture. Drawn to China Professor Alan Dunlop has returned from a successful ten day trip to Suzhou and Shanghai with a message for young architects: get out there…as quickly as you can. “I’m telling all my students, here and in the USA, to forget struggling to find work in Britain and go to China” says Dunlop. “The opportunities for young, UK trained architects are incredible and they should go now.” The new Library and Administration building currently under construction at XJTLU:  image © Alan Dunlop Professor Dunlop has started a four year contract with a new school of architecture in Suzhou, near Shanghai. His brief, as external assessor at XJTLU is to provide constructive comment and critical feedback on the course and help steer the faculty toward full RIBA accreditation in four years. Dunlop will also be giving advice and direction on the Master of Architecture post graduate degree currently being set up by the new school. “The faculty is international and very ambitious. They intend to challenge the traditional method of teaching architecture by rote in the more prestigious schools in China by encouraging individualism and creative thinking in their students.” I M Pei’s Suzhou Museum finished in 2006:  image © Alan Dunlop During his trip he made contact with a number of studios in Shanghai run by architects from the UK and USA to discuss opportunities for Scottish architects. “The pace of change is incredible and the opportunities are there for Scots architects if they can negotiate the system” adds Dunlop. Professor Dunlop will be returning to Suzhou in October to teach and present his work at the Masterplanning the Future Conference and is currently working with Austin Williams to bring talented Chinese architects to Scotland to speak about their work and exchange ideas. His own M Arch course at Scott Sutherland school will be working on a two year project in China, starting in September 2012. Family of Schools Exhibition A+DS at The Lighthouse, Glasgow, Scotland 25 Apr - 20 May 2012  image : Alan Dunlop The Lighthouse building "Explore examples of context driven school design in Scotland in this short exhibition. The Family Of Schools exhibition looks at how related school designs can respond to their environment and surroundings, while a section of the exhibition looks specifically at creating new ideas in old buildings through innovative uses of interior design where the key stakeholders, the students, take centre stage in creating their spaces at James Gillespie's in Edinburgh and Campbeltown Grammar. The exhibition also highlights some of the core design qualities we aspire to in all Scottish schools captured in drawings by Professor Alan Dunlop." - see Events for details Indian Architecture Journal SPANDREL spring-2012 issue on ‘Social Sustenance’ features an article by Alan Dunlop on Hazelwood School in Glasgow, a building he designed for sensory-deprived children in the west fo Scotland. Working Drawing Alan Dunlop  drawing : Alan Dunlop Alan Dunlop lectures and teaches internationally and is the architect behind the designs of some of Glasgow's most striking buildings, including the Radisson Blu Hotel and Sentinel. He has won over 40 national and international architecture awards for his work. “I will be exhibiting a range of my Glasgow projects" says Dunlop. "It is an honour to be invited by HAL to exhibit and I am looking forward to the challenge". The exhibition will focus on his original hand drawings, many of which have not been seen fully before, including the 8m long Broomielaw perspective done for the Glasgow Tradeston Bridge competition and Hazelwood School. Drawings of new work and the recent South Rotunda drawings and limited edition signed silk screen prints, will also be included. Drawings, new silk screen and digital prints will be for sale. A drawing workshop with artist Patricia Cain, whose brilliant "Drawing on Riverside" was staged in Kelvingrove in 2011 is also being planned. The workshop will take place during the exhibition period. Alan Dunlop FRIAS Alan Dunlop : China Position Professor Alan Dunlop has accepted the post of External Examiner within the Architecture Department at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, a young and independent Sino-British university in the greater Shanghai area. His appointment, which is anticipated to last for four years will be to assess the new school of architecture and monitor the standards of the university's awards and verify that the awards are appropriate with UK benchmarks for architectural education. He is also tasked with ensuring that assessments are rigorous, fairly operated and in accordance with the University's regulations, policies and procedures. XLarch's home is the historic city of Suzhou which is also called the "Venice of the East", whose classical gardens are recognized as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. "I am delighted to accept the post and look forward to visiting the school and Suzhou" says Dunlop, " I have already heard much about it from contacts in China and the high standards of teaching and the commitment of the faculty to excellence in architectural education". Professor Dunlop is currently visiting professor at Scott Sutherland School of Architecture at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen. He has just completed his position as the Victor L. Regnier Distinguished Chair of Architecture and visiting professor at the School of Architecture Planning and Design at Kansas State University and as the Mahlum Endowed Lecturer at the University of Washington. He is a Fellow of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland and has established an international reputation as an architect for innovation and urban design and won multiple awards, including RIAS, RIBA RIAI, Civic Trust and Europa Nostra. About usAlan Dunlop Architect studio based in Glasgow drawing : Alan Dunlop Design Philosophy: Creating evocative architecture is the essence of my work and each building a consequence of deep thinking about the site, programme and context. The most important element for me is the site and although sometimes dramatic, my output is often times restrained and contextual. My architecture can be playful and decorative and occasionally symbolic. In design, it is important to explore possibilities and take risks, particularly with materials and colour. Architecture is how we frame our perception of place. It can be playful, decorative and occasionally symbolic. Design is the conduit through which we explore possibilities and take risks, particularly with materials, colour, light and space. The architect is the master of the design and construction process. We have a duty to clients and to society. It is the challenge and the privilege of the architect to improve the quality of place, cities and the public realm. Practice Philosophy: My aim is to be innovative and professional. As an architect, I offer a rigorous understanding of the design and construction process and I have an absolute commitment to my client to be dedicated, thorough and creative. I lead a small design team who are passionate about building and place making and who have drive and ambition to deliver quality responses to a range of architectural challenges. We have access to and collaborate with a range of experts who share these views. The studio is at the forefront of technical advancements in construction and is responsive to client demands on issues affecting the environment. We operate internationally but cherish each commission individually. ExperienceAlan Dunlop was formerly a partner at gm+ad architectsAlan Dunlop is a practising architect and a respected educator. He is the Distinguished Victor L. Regnier Visiting Chair in Architecture at Kansas State University and Visiting Professor at Robert Gordon University, Scott Sutherland School of Architecture in Aberdeen. Alan Dunlop has taught at schools of Architecture in Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow and lectured internationally. Widely published in the architectural press and in national broadsheets, he is an established commentator on Architecture, Design and Social Issues. A Fellow of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland and the Royal Society of Arts, Alan Dunlop was educated in London and at the Mackintosh School of Architecture in Glasgow. In practice Alan Dunlop has won over fifty national and international awards, including:- Europa Nostra; Royal Institute of British Architects Awards; the Scottish Design Awards: Grand Prix for Architecture; a Special Award from the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland; a British Construction Industry: Best Practice Award; a Designshare Honor Award and two International Architecture Awards from the Chicago Athenaeum. His project for Hazelwood School was listed as one the top five schools of the 21st Century by Architectural Record. A gifted draughtsman and artist his drawings have been exhibited at the Royal Academy in London and since 1996 at the Royal Scottish Academy. In 2008, Alan Dunlop was awarded the Royal Gold Medal in Architecture from the Royal Scottish Academy. His work has been exhibited at the Royal Institute of British Architects, the Royal Scottish Academy, the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, the Lighthouse in Glasgow, in Europe and at the Venice Biennale. Alan Dunlop regards the education of young architects as both an obligation and a privilege and brings enthusiasm, ambition and authentic commitment to the task. Awards2009
British Council For School Environments Award
2009
IDA International Design Award
2009
Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland Award
2009
WAN Awards: World Education Building of the Year, Second Placing
2008
Royal Scottish Academy: Royal Gold Medal for Architecture
2008
Civic Trust Award
2008
Design Share ; Honor Award
2008
Premio Internazionale Dedalo Minosse Alla Committenza di Architettura (selected)
2008
Chicago Athenaeum Museum Of Architecture and Design International Award
2007
Royal Institute of British Architects Award
2006
British Construction Industry Award
2006
Royal Institute of British Architects Award
2005
Royal Institute of British Architects Award
2003
European Hotel Design Awards: Best Hotel
2003
Joint European Union/ Europa Nostra Cultural Heritage Award
2003
Scottish Design Awards; Grand Prix for Architecture
2003
Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland: Special Award
2000
British Construction Industry Award
ProjectsSouth Rotunda, Glasgow, Scotland image : Alan Dunlop Architect Cornerstone Project, Glasgow, Scotland  photograph : John Barr Glenroy Specialist School, Australia  drawing : Alan Dunlop 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 All projects above completed by Alan Dunlop whilst at gm+ad Staff InformationDirectorsArchitect Studio led by Alan Dunlop Coming soonFirst project to be unveiled by Alan Dunlop Architects, 12 Aug 2010:House in Corstorphine, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Alan Dunlop project |
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