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World News HighlightsWorld Horticultural Expo Pavilion Qingdao, China : UNStudio. 16 May Edinburgh Building NewsEdinburgh News - news in full from May 2012Bogbain Mill  photograph : Andrew Lee Bogbain Mill, near Dingwall - by rural design Architects. Incorporating the few remaining freestanding walls of a former mill building, the project engages with the buildings past, without replication of its traditional forms. 16 May Mavisbank House News  photo from Simpson & Brown Architects An agreement to safeguard a historic country house in Midlothian has been signed. Mavisbank House was the first palladian villa to be built in Scotland. Midlothian Council has signed the agreement to compulsorily purchase the Category A property. The local authority plans to transfer ownership of the house to a local trust. The Scottish government has announced a £500,000 grant to help secure the future of the building. 16 May Craighouse Campus News The principal of Edinburgh Napier University, Dame Joan Stringer, has criticised protesters opposing the redevelopment of the former Craighouse campus site. The Craighouse Partnership consortium wants to build 116 new homes but the proposal has angered many local residents, with 5000 signing a petition against the development. The university’s principal and vice-chancellor accused campaigners of mounting an “emotive disinformation campaign” and trying to discredit the university. 16 May Housing Innovation Showcase £3.3m Housing Innovation Showcase opened in Fife by designer, Wayne Hemingway. The Dunfermline site includes 27 new homes constructed by 10 different partnerships using modern sustainable methods of construction. The project was launched by Kingdom Housing Association in conjunction with Fife Council, Fife Construction Forum and Green Business Fife. 16 May Rubislaw Quarry Building Heritage and visitor centre building proposed for Aberdeen's Rubislaw Quarry, to celebrate the history of the Granite City. 16 May CCTV Building News  photo by Ole Scheeren We've included this building in the main news simply because it has become for various reasons such a key building globally. It could be argued that it follows the long line of buildings trailing after Gehry's Bilbao Guggenheim, even that it is gimmicky, but it is astonishing and an engineering feat. CCTV Headquarters in Beijing Today OMA participated in the official construction completion ceremony for the China Central Television (CCTV) Headquarters in Beijing, which will start to be used later this year. Designed by OMA as a reinvention of the skyscraper as a loop, construction on the building began in 2004. At approximately 473, 000m2, CCTV - accommodating TV studios, offices, broadcasting and production facilities – is OMA’s largest ever project and its first major building in China RIBA President News Stephen Hodder confirmed as next RIBA President. 16 + 15 May Aberdeen City Garden Cancellation News  image of winning design Aberdeen City Garden The controversial £140m garden project in Aberdeen may be cancelled. Back in March residents vote yes in the referendum on controversial plans to redevelop the city's Union Terrace Gardens. But with changes after the recent election it appears the project may not now proceed. We'll post more once the vote has been taken. 14 May RBS St Andrew Square Building  photo © Adrian Welch, Feb 2008 The former Royal Bank of Scotland headquarters in Edinburgh could be turned into a hotel or department store. Documents lodged with City of Edinburgh Council by consultants acting on behalf of the bank reportedly reveal it's considering putting forward the St Andrew Square site for development. 10 May Cross Party Group on Architecture + The Built Environment Meeting “The Value of Good Design” Register by 18 May (free) Wednesday 23 May 5.30 to 7.30 Committee Room 6 of the Scottish Parliament see Events for details Edinburgh Accies Stadium Last month we reported that Edinburgh Academicals Rugby Club intend to transform their under-used site at Raeburn Place, Stockbridge, to provide the capacity for 5,000 spectators in a new stadium. Now a heritage museum might be included - to promote the 158-year history of the Accies, credited with introducing rugby to Scotland. A retail development is also proposed. 10 May Historic Scotland Blocks Perth City Hall Demolition Welcome news as Historic Scotland refuses to grant permission for Perth and Kinross Council to demolish the B-listed Perth City Hall. Historic Scotland stated: "Any application to demolish a listed building is scrutinised against the Scottish Historic Environment Policy. The policy states that no listed building should be demolished unless it has been clearly demonstrated that every effort has been made to retain it. As part of this policy, applicants must demonstrate that they have made a case for demolition against one of four tests. It is our belief, on the evidence presented by Perth and Kinross Council, that they have not made the case for demolition and that the alternatives have not been fully explored. We have advised Perth and Kinross council of the decision and would be happy to offer advice on next steps.". 10 May New Chair for Scottish home building industry body Home building industry body Homes for Scotland has elected Andy Pearson, Managing Director of Borders-based Tweed Homes as Chairman for the next 12 months. A Chartered Surveyor by profession, Pearson (50) established Tweed Homes in 1996 and has been a Board member of Homes for Scotland since 2009. 10 May Templar Lodge Hotel News The Templar Lodge Hotel in Gullane is to be transformed into 18 homes after the plans were approved by East Lothian Council. The developer is Playfair Properties Ltd. The prominent site - in the centre of the town - has lain empty for 11 years so redevelopment progress will be very welcome. 10 May AE Foundation Lecture 17 May Pier Vittorio Aureli, Theorist and Architect with Penny Lewis, Academic and Journalist The Scott Sutherland School, Aberdeen - ses events for details. 9 May Gorbals Parish Church ADF Architects  photo © Keith Hunter Photography Gorbals Parish Church, Glasgow. 8 May St James Quarter Postponement News  photo © Adrian Welch The redevelopment of the St James Centre has been put on hold indefinitely. The £850m project was due to start this year and be completed by 2015 but completion is now delayed to 2018 at the earliest. The five-star hotel element has been dropped and the residential numbers reduced: St James Quarter. 8 May Syrian Buildings Damascus Buildings, Syria : Article by architect Gordon Murray. 8 May Fairydean Stadium, Galashiels FC, Borders, Scotland  photo © Adrian Welch Gala Fairydean Stadium - new photos This building is designed in a similar architecture style to Meadowbank Stadium. The raw shuttering of the concrete, the powerful angular forms and the focus on cantilever and buttresses in tension are dominant. This building was controversially listed by Historic Scotland in late 2006 but needs some tender love and care. 7 May Riverside Museum wins European Museum Academy Micheletti Award 2012  photographs : Hawkeye Aerial Photography 5 May 2012 - Riverside Museum by Zaha Hadid has been named the most innovative museum in the fields of technology, labour and social history by the European Museum Academy. Riverside competed against museums in 12 other European countries to win the 17th annual Micheletti Award. 5 May RICS Scotland Awards RICS Scotland Awards 2012 - four winners: - Building Conservation : St Andrew's Cathedral project, Glasgow - Community Benefit : The Galson Business Centre, Isle of Lewis - Design and Innovation : The Centre for the Scottish War Blinded - Regeneration : Threadneedle Street, Peterhead The overall Project of the Year award winner for Scotland will be announced on 10 May: RICS Scotland Awards. 4 May Support for the Causey EWH has awarded a grant to help reclaim West Causewayside from traffic, and transform it into an area for people. 2 May Granny's Green set to be transformed EWH is supporting the Patrick Geddes Gardening Club in a project to create a new community garden at Granny's Green in the Grassmarket. 2 May SHS Burridge Architects Edinburgh architects A&J Burridge and Sinclair Hay Sutherland merge to form SHS Burridge Architects. Updated contact details at 'Edinburgh Architects' page. 1 May Edinburgh Police Boxes Sale  photo © Adrian Welch Over 20 of the capital's police boxes are up for sale: Edinburgh Police Box. 30 Apr GSA Expansion Progress New photographs of the Glasgow School of Art site for the new building by Steven Holl Architects + jm architects. 30 Apr Architecture Tours On Saturday we took two completely separate architecture tours (German + British) around Glasgow. Last month we gave a tour around Edinburgh for Belfast architecture students. We have a series of continental architects group tours of Edinburgh and Glasgow coming up, starting in May. We've been running architecture walking tours in both cities for 10 years, and recently our Architecture Tours expanded to other European cities - London, Barcelona, Berlin, Paris, Copenhagen, Madrid, Milan and recently Athens. 30 Apr Please contact us on 01620 825 722 if you are interested in our city tours or if you have clients/visitors who wish to take our Edinburgh tour. Edinburgh Architecture Tours Tony Kettle Resigns Tony Kettle resigns from troubled RMJM. He took over after Brian Stewart (shortly after the Scottish Parliament was completed) and lead the company as a designer. With so many directors gone and now the top man, who will run this once buoyant practice? Tony Kettle joined RMJM in 1989 and is a Design Principal for the European Studio. 26 Apr Fife Mill Building News The University of St Andrews is due to establish a Green Energy Centre and a Knowledge Exchange Centre for spin-out companies, new business and prototype testing on the site of the former Curtis Fine Papers Mill at Guardbridge. 25 Apr Sainsbury's Building News Sainsbury's supermarket approved for derelict B&Q site on Inglis Green Road in Longstone. 25 Apr Raeburn House Hotel News  photo © Adrian Welch Proposals to redevelop the derelict Raeburn House Hotel as a boutique hotel has been approved after councillors went against planning officials. The Georgian building is B-listed. It can now be redeveloped as a restaurant and bar with accommodation. 24 Apr Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship Won by Edinburgh Student The 2012 RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship has been awarded to Thomas Aquilina of Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, part of the University of Edinburgh. 24 Apr Apex Temple Court  image from architects Apex Temple Court Hotel is Ian Springford Architects' 3rd major project for Apex Hotels in London, following the completion of Apex City of London and Apex London Wall. 24 Apr West Lothian Development One of the UK's biggest developments is due to start in August, reports the BBC. The £1bn scheme at Winchburgh, eight miles outside Edinburgh, has been 10 years in the planning. The masterplan includes about 3,500 new homes, five new schools, a town centre, town park, retail facilities and a commercial park. Urban regeneration specialist, Sigma has led planning and commercial negotiations on behalf of the developer, Regenco Trading. 24 Apr Gareth Hoskins Shortlist News Gareth Hoskins on shortlist for Bochum Musikzentrum in Germany. 19 Apr Cardross Seminary  photo © Niels Lomholt £500k Historic Scotland grant issued for repair of St Peter's Seminary Cardross. 19 Apr Saltire Awards  photo © Keith Hunter Saltire Society Housing Design Awards : 2012 Call for Entries - all scales of residential projects completed during 2009-11. Entries are due on Friday 20 April 2012. Quartermile Penthouse Extension Photos  picture © Keith Hunter Photography Quartermile Penthouse Extension, design by Paterson Architects. 16 Apr Archer’s Hall Edinburgh  picture © Keith Hunter Photography Photos of Archer’s Hall extension & Student Residences, Edinburgh, design by LDN Architects. 16 Apr West Pilton Crescent News  image by Malcolm Fraser Architects "Malcolm Fraser Architects' new social housing development at West Pilton Crescent for 21st Century Homes, the City of Edinburgh Council, gained detailed planning approval at last week’s Council committee meeting. The development will provide 34 new social rented tenure units incorporating a mix of houses and flats on a site located in Pilton to the north-west of the city centre. 13 Apr Quartermile Affordable Housing News  image from architects Q10 Quartermile - designed by Richard Murphy Architects - has topped out. The development for Hillcrest is under construction: Quartermile Housing. 10 Apr Edinburgh Haymarket Station  image from previous architects Haymarket Station redevelopment news, design by IDP Architects. 9 Apr Tron Kirk Edinburgh Fringe Venue  photo © Adrian Welch Tron Kirk building is to be opened up to the public during the festival. 5 Apr Smith Scott Mullan Associates Update on key Smith Scott Mullan Associates projects, 5 Apr  photograph © Michael Wolchover Sick Kids Hospital  photograph © Adrian Welch Further delays possible for the building of a new Sick Kids Hospital at Little France. 3 Apr Maryhill Burgh Halls News  photo © McAteer Photo Maryhill Burgh Halls, Glasgow - overall winner of The Scottish Civic Trust My Places Award 2012: Scottish Civic Trust Awards. 29 + 27 Mar The Kelpies Design Competition News  image : Nicoll Russell Studios The Kelpies Design Competition, Scotland : Nicoll Russell Studios win. 23 Mar National Marine Centre  picture © Adrian Welch Scottish Seabird Centre in North Berwick could be renamed the National Marine Centre and expanded: the centre's original architects, Simpson & Brown, are working on the design. 22 Mar Princes Street Development Work has started on £12m 140-bed project for German hotel chain Motel One, opposite the Balmoral Hotel. Apple is due to open a store at street level. 21 Mar Commonwealth Pool News  photo © Adrian Welch Commonwealth Pool reopens following a £37m refurbishment. 20 Mar EICC Extension Building  photo © Adrian Welch New photos of EICC Extension, by BDP architects. 13 Mar National Museum of Scotland National Museum of Scotland : winner of a Civic Trust Award.  photo © Adrian Welch Royal Museum of Scotland. 13 Mar Haddington Museum + Library News  photograph © Adrian Welch John Gray Centre : building now open. 30 Jan House at Wester Coates  photo : Paul Zanre House at Wester Coates designed by Zone Architects.12 Mar RIAS Awards News 23 strong shortlist for inaugural RIAS Awards. 12 + 11 Mar West Granton Road housing     photos © Keith Hunter Photography West Granton Road housing - design by LeeBoyd : photos added. 7 Mar Civic Trust Awards Civic Trust Awards 2012, UK : Winners news - none in Edinburgh, though Gareth Hoskins Architects' redevelopment of the National Museum of Scotland won the 'Special Award for Scotland'. The Scotsman Steps by Haworth Tompkins won one of the 27 awards. 5 Mar Fountainbridge Development News  Scottsh + Newcastle Brewery image © Adrian Welch Massive expansion to Edinburgh’s financial district set to be built on the site of the Fountain Brewery, reports the Evening News. The council have admitted only a fraction of the land will be needed for the new school. In November we reported that a new Boroughmuir High School is due be built on the old Scottish and Newcastle Brewery site at Fountainbridge. Edinburgh City Council has secured preferred bidder status. 20 Feb + 10 Nov Haddington Town Centre Vision  photo © Adrian Welch Proposals by Urban Animation, with Nick Wright Associates, WMUD and Dhu Rural Haddington Buildings. 15 Feb Leith Biomass Plant News  picture from Gordon Murray Architects Forth Energy to withdraw application for permission to build biomass plant in Leith, design by Gordon Murray Architects. 10 Feb + 13 Dec + 10 Nov Edinburgh Bioquarter Building News  photo from Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh Bio Quarter Nine building, design by Michael Laird Architects. 9 Feb Art Fund Prize News Three Scottish buildings on the longlist: - National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh - The National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh. - Riverside Museum, Glasgow The £100,000 award rewards excellence and innovation for a project completed or undertaken in the previous year. A shortlist of four museums will be announced on 14 May before the Museum of the Year is named on 19 June. 8 Feb Edinburgh News - news in full from January 2012
Edinburgh News - Jan 2012Cockburn Association News Edinburgh News - Dec 2011Maps Edinburgh News - Nov 2011Scottish National Portrait Gallery Reopening photograph © National Galleries of Scotland, photography by Chris Watt Scottish National Portrait Gallery Reopening News. 29 Nov National Museum of Scotland wins Doolan Prize National Museum of Scotland wins Best Building in Scotland Award 2011. 18 Nov Leith Docks Building - Award News  photo courtesy Vine Trust Leith Building : Vine Trust Barge, Leith Docks - GIA Award for Archial. 15 Nov 
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