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Saltire Society: Housing, Scotland

The Saltire Society was instrumental in various initiatives to restore and refurbish Scottish housing, notably in areas such as The Old Town, Edinburgh. Saltire Society : Test of Time Exhibition 2007 Saltire Society Housing Design Awards: 2003 PR The 2003 Saltire Society Housing Design Awards were presented 4 Dec 2003 at The Lighthouse, Glasgow. The Saltire Society was established in 1936 to help preserve and promote Scottish culture. It makes a series of awards for excellence, one of which is for Housing Design. The Saltire Society Awards are supported by the Scottish Executive. Saltire Society Housing Design Awards:- Samaritans Hospital, Glasgow Commissioner - Govanhill Housing Association Architect - Vernon Monaghan Architects Murdoch Nisbet Court, Newmilns, Ayrshire Commissioner - Hanover (Scotland) Housing Association Architect - Page and Park Dundonald, Ayrshire Commissioner - Ayrshire Housing Architect - Wren Rutherford A-S:L Mayar Bhan, West Kilbride Commissioner - Kevin Cooper, Catherine Cooper Architect - Kevin Cooper, Catherine Cooper Architects Merchiston Mews, Edinburgh Commissioner - Mr & Mrs R S Mossman Architect - Arcade Architects Royal Park Terrace, Edinburgh Commissioner - Douglas Robertson Architect - Zone Architects Hart Street, Edinburgh Commissioner - Richard & Claire Barlas Architect - Zone Architects The Granary, Elie Commissioner - Tim Neilson Architect - McKeown Alexander COMMENDATION The Windsor Hotel Site, Dunoon Commissioner - Queens Cross Housing Association Architect - Elder & Cannon Architects Ferry Road, Edinburgh Architect - Oliver Chapman Architects Karen Anderson, Convener of the Adjudicating Panel said "each year the Saltire Housing Design Awards Panel aims to award and commend the designers, builders and commissioners of new housing in Scotland that contributes to the quality of life of those who live within them, and to the wider Scottish community within which they are located. This year we were pleased to award a higher than usual number of projects. There was a good mix of smaller projects for private developers, and larger ones for Housing Associations. Unfortunately this year there was no award to a large private sector development. We consider each of the awarded projects demonstrates that well designed contemporary homes can significantly enhance our Scottish towns, cities and country areas and can contribute to their future sustainability." Saltire Society: Housing Design Panel Karen Anderson (Convener) Anderson Bell Christie Alison Blamire Arcade Architects Andrew Burrell The Burrell Company David Cameron Saltire Society Ian G Fraser Halliday Fraser Munro J E Gibbons Scottish Executive Ian Gilzean Scottish Executive Penny Lewis Carnyx Group Ltd Bill Macpherson MKW Design Partnership Hunter Reid Glasgow Building Preservation Trust Ric Russell Nicoll Russell Studios Architects Adrian Stewart Chris Stewart Architects Ian White Ian White Associates (Landscape Architects) Simon Winstanley Crallan & Winstanley Saltire Society Awards: PR 2002 The announcement of the winners of this year's Saltire Society Housing Design Awards will take place on 7 November 2002 at The Lighthouse, Mitchell Lane, Glasgow. The awards will be presented by Dr Elaine Murray, MSP, Deputy Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport and the prize giving will be followed by two lectures and a discussion. Gordon Benson, Benson & Forsyth Architects, the designers of the Museum of Scotland and Jonathan Woodroffe, S333 Studio in the Netherlands will talk about their work and housing design. The Saltire Society was established in 1936 in order to conserve and promote Scottish cultural life. The founders, were strongly influenced by the work of Sir Patrick Geddes and under the leadership of Robert Hurd, Geddes’s son-in-law, Saltire set out to improve the quality of the built environment. In 1937 they established a Housing Design Award that, with the exception of the war years, continued and developed to reflect the changing concerns of the time. Hurd was keen that new homes, whether rural or urban, respected Scottish design traditions. Today's panel rewards architects and developers producing new homes that have a strong relationship to their environments and involve successful ‘place-making’. Currently panel members are particularly keen to promote the development of a more thoughtful approach to the layout and design of private sector suburban developments. The panel also look for innovation in the planning, construction, energy efficiency of new homes, as well as encouraging the creation of affordable homes in areas where the market has failed to deliver. Saltire Society Housing Design Awards - PR 25 Oct 2002 Rennie Mackintosh James Stirling Alexander Thomson Scottish Architects of the past Scottish Architecture Scottish House Scottish Castles World Architecture : e-architect - a guide to key buildings across the globe Saltire Society : Design Awards 2006 Comments / photos for the Saltire Society Housing page welcome: info@e-architect.co.uk Saltire Society : page - adrian welch / isabelle lomholt