News
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Towards A New Edinburgh: M Arch Studio
Towards a New Edinburgh is a final year M.Arch Studio led by practitioners Alan Dunlop & Bruce Newlands at The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture.
In 2009, students were challenged to re-evaluate the...
Consultation Document: Ancient Monuments and Listed Buildings (Amendment)(Scotland) Bill
The Minister for Culture, External Affairs and the Consitution recently launched a consultation on the Ancient Monuments and Listed Buildings (Amendment)(Scotland) Bill.
The consultation document can be accessed at www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/currentconsultations and any responses made to HS-Policy@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
People, Places and Planet
Architecture and Design Scotland (AD +S) launched its most recent publication 'People, Places and Planet' at a meeting of the Scottish Parliament's Cross-Party Group on Architecture and the Built Environment.
The publication is AD +S's position paper on sustainable development. It seeks to promote debate and set out a clear basis for understanding how the principles of sustainability, applied to the process of place-making, can deliver improvement to our built environment.
For more information, visit www.ads.org.uk/news
Edinburgh City Council - Open Space Strategy
Edinburgh City Council is preparing an open space strategy for Edinburgh. It will set standards of provision across the city and show where these are still to be met. This will help set priorities for change in open space over the next five years. The strategy will be accompanied by 12 action plans, one for each neighbourhood partnership area....
St Peter's Seminary, Cardross: Lottery Award for Arts development
Glasgow based environmental arts charity NVA has received an award from the Scottish Arts Council's National Lottery - Public Art Fund to proceed with the development of a commission plan for the creation of significant temporary and permanent artworks at St Peter's Seminary and Kilmahew Woodlands, Cardross.
NVA have been working closely with property developers, Urban Splash, over the last year to explore a variety of opportunities for the transformation of the buildings and 120 acres of semi-ancient woodlands, following vital initial capital support from Dunard Fund.
EAA Awards 2009: Winners
The winners of the Edinburgh Architectural Association Awards 2009 were announced on Wednesday 6th May at a drinks reception in the Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh.
The Building of the Year Award was won by LeeBoyd for St Paul's and St George's Church. Commendations were received by Bennetts Associates for the Potterow Development at the University of Edinburgh and by ICOSIS Architects for Hope, Pathhead.
Simpson & Brown Architects received the Conservation and Regeneration Award for Blackburn House and Malcolm Fraser Architects was commended for its Young Street Lane development.
The Small Projects Award was made to WT Architecture for their Newhaven Road Extension.
Full details and images of all the award winners can be seen on the eaa awards page.
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Events
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Future Scotland Debate at the Lighthouse
Presented by The Lighthouse and Architecture and Design Scotland in partnership with Scotland’s Urban Regeneration Companies, the Future Scotland Debates are a platform for discussions on the future of Scotland’s build environment. This fourth debate focuses on regeneration and is chaired by Alf Young (The Herald), with a panel of Eleanor MacAllister (Clydebank re-built) and Chris Brown (Igloo).
It takes place at the Lighthouse on 9 July 2009 from 6.30-8 pm, with a drinks reception before and after.
Places are free but limited. To book contact bookmyplace@thelighthouse.co.uk
Between Earth and Heaven: The Architecture of John Lautner
The only European showing of this large scale retrospective exhibition opens at The Lighthouse in Glasgow on Friday 20 March until 26 July 2009.
Over the course of a career spent largely in Los Angeles, John Lautner captured the essence of southern California in more than 150 distinctive structures. Trained by Frank Lloyd Wright, Lautner is best known for his private commissions such as the Elrod Residence in Palm Springs, featured in the James Bond movie Diamonds are Forever, and Los Angeles’s iconic ‘Chemosphere’.
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