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Scottish Building News Early 2011

Scottish Architecture News Winter / Spring 2011

This page is the archive for early 2011, including the months January to July inclusive. It contains a selection of major Scottish Architecture News in Early 2011, with projects arranged chronologically, latest first.

Scottish Architecture News 2011 – posts selection for the later part of the year from September to December 2011.

Each architecture news item links to an individual project page. We’ve selected what we feel are the key Scottish Building News stories, but additions are always welcome.

Riverside Museum Glasgow

photograph : Hufton + Crow
Riverside Museum Glasgow : Zaha Hadid Architects’ major building in Scotland. 10 Jun

RIBA Awards

photo © Andrew Lee
RIBA Awards : Scottish Winners for 2011. 19 + 20 May

Ravenscraig Sports Facility

picture © Andrew Lee
Ravenscraig Sports Facility, Scotland. 10 May

Cardross Seminary
Cardross Seminary : building bought by NVA. 10 May

Coll House

photo : Ross Evans
Coll Property, Isle of Coll, west Scotland : wt architecture. 2 May

Cumbernauld Buildings

photo © Dag Nilsen
Cumbernauld Town Centre : photos from 1969 visit. 28 Apr

Egyptian Halls News
Egyptian Halls, Glasgow : Demolition threat to Greek Thomson building. 27 Apr

Glasgow School of Art Extension

picture : Steven Holl Architects
Glasgow School of Art Extension Planning News + Comments

Stirling Castle Refurbishment
First Minister Alex Salmond marks opening of Renaissance royal palace after £12m refurbishment: Stirling Castle. 16 Mar

Scotland’s Housing Expo

photo from organiser
Scotland’s Housing Expo : Event News. 25 Feb

South Clerk Street Odeon Cinema Petition
Former Odeon Cinema Edinburgh – “A Compulsory Purchase Order is our last hope to breathe life back into the old Odeon building”. 22 Feb

Super Insulated House
Roslin House, near Edinburgh : Reiach and Hall Architects. 18 Feb

Maggie’s Aberdeen
Norwegian architects Snøhetta set to design this latest Maggie’s Centre. 17 Feb
Links: Aberdeen Architecture + Snøhetta

Isle of Muck Pod
Isle of Muck Pod, Western Isles, Scotland : Andy McAvoy, Blast Architects. 16 Feb

Quartermile Housing
Quartermile Housing : Richard Murphy Architects. 7 Feb

Urban Realm News
Urban Realm – Management Buy Out : UK’s oldest architecture magazine. 3 Feb

Delivering better places in Scotland
Guide launched to “help create well-designed, successful communities”.

A guide produced in partnership with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Scotland and Architecture and Design Scotland (A+DS) was launched on 27 Jan, aimed at providing better places in Scotland to live, visit and work. It is aimed at a variety of public, private and community stakeholders whose role it is to regenerate or design neighbourhoods: Delivering better places in Scotland Guide. 28 Jan

Perth Monastery
The future of an historic 19th century Redemptorist monastery in Perth could be secured following the submission of a planning application by CALA Homes.

The neo-gothic St Mary’s Monastery has stood on the wooded slopes of Perthshire’s Kinnoull Hill since the 1860s – and has become an important international destination for both the Redemptorist Order and followers of all faiths as a spiritual retreat centre.

Now, the future of St Mary’s is at stake due to an urgent requirement to refurbish the internal fabric of the category B-listed building to allow it to meet modern standards and to continue as a retreat centre.

In order to meet the £2.5 million renovation bill, Redemptorist Trustees have established an innovative partnership with CALA Homes to develop a six-acre site owned by the monastery. CALA’s plans include building up to 19 detached family homes designed to sensitively integrate with surrounding countryside and woodland. 27 Jan

Scottish National Arena Glasgow
Scottish National Arena Glasgow by Foster & Partners to go on site in February

Glasgow Drawing Competition Winners
Winners for architectural drawing competition organised by Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts: Glasgow Drawing Competition exhibition 22 Jan – 4 Feb Kelly Gallery & Glasgow Art Club, 118 Douglas St. 21+24 Jan

South Glasgow Hospital
£842m ‘super hospital’ designed by Nightingale Associates gets final approval. Brookfield Construction’s final plan has been approved by the Government. South Glasgow Hospital is one of the largest hospitals ever commissioned to be built in the UK

Centre for Virus Research
Sheppard Robson has won the commission to design a new building for the Medical Research Council/University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research at the University of Glasgow. 18 Jan

Floating Village Glasgow
Floating leisure village : ZM Architecture and Baca Ltd (The Netherlands). 14 + 18 Jan

V&A at Dundee at Holyrood in Edinburgh
The Scottish Parliament exhibition of V&A Dundee designs 17 – 27 Jan. 17 Jan

RMJM Lawsuit
RMJM Architects : Lawsuit by employees in USA. 12 Jan

Bankhall Court
Bankhall Court, Govanhill, Glasgow : John Gilbert Architects. 5 Jan

Glenmorangie Bottling Plant, Livingston, West Lothian

photograph : Keith Hunter
Glenmorangie Bottling Plant: New Building. 3 Jan

Scottish Architecture News – 2010 Highlights

Robert Burns Museum

photo : National Trust for Scotland Photo Library
Robert Burns Birthplace Museum : Simpson & Brown Architects. 22 Dec

Best Building in Scotland 2010 News

photo © Andrew Lee
Best Building in Scotland : Doolan Prize winners news. 19 Nov

Medical & Biological Sciences Building

photo © Andrew Lee
St Andrews Medical School Building : Reiach and Hall Architects. 19 Nov

V&A Dundee

image from V&A
V&A Dundee : Scottish Architecture Competition

ESW Building

picture from architect
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop : Sutherland Hussey Architects. 26 Oct

Braes of Balvonie

photo : Kirsty Ward
Scotland’s Housing Expo – homes due for completion by Spring. 7 Oct

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