Michael Wolchover Exhibition picture from Michael Wolchover
Michael Wolchover - exhibition at Embo Deli, 29 Haddington Place, Leith Walk, Edinburgh, 6 Feb - 3 Mar
"After a lifetime of producing documentary material combining still and moving images, I now concentrate almost exclusively on still photography, usually interpreting some aspect of the built environment for architects, developers and contractors. Increasingly, my photography seeks to reveal the content of things by exploring their form – a kind of benign abstraction. See Edinburgh Events for more details". 3 Feb
Forthcoming Edinburgh Architecture Events
AHSS Lecture 6 Feb 2012 6:30pm - 8:00 pm - David Mitchell
After Dark Debate 7 Feb 2012 5:00pm - 7:00pm - James Simpson, Simpson and Brown Architects
Reiulf Ramstad Exhibition 3 Feb - 2 Mar Reiulf Ramstad Architects Exhibition
Gallery, Architecture Department, University of Strathclyde
Lecture + reception to open the show 3 Feb 6pm
The Gallery is open 9-6, weekdays - see Edinburgh Events. 3 Feb
New Scottish House House at Camusdarach Sands, Morar, north west Scotland for a deep sea diver client, by Raw Architecture Workshop, London. 3 Feb
Transport Museum Architect
The architect of the Glasgow Transport Museum signs major contract in Iraq.
The Central Bank of Iraq and Zaha Hadid Architects sign the agreement for the new Central Bank of Iraq Headquarters. 2 Feb
Passivhaus Demonstration Home Scotland
BRE and the International Passivhaus Association announce the winners of a competition to create Passivhaus demonstration homes for the BRE Innovation Parks in Scotland and England.
The aim of the competition was to demonstrate that "the Passivhaus standard can provide an affordable method of delivering ultra-low energy social and private housing".
The finalists submissions were judged by an appointed panel of UK and International Passivhaus design experts who announced these winners:
BRE Scotland Innovation Park at Ravenscraig
- Winner: Passiv Collective
- Runner up: bere-architects and The Princes Foundation for Building Community
BRE Watford Innovation Park
- Winner: bere:architects & The Princes Foundation for Building Community
- Runner up: AH3 Architekten
- Runner up: Good Architecture
The Passiv Collective will work with The University of Strathclyde, Edinburgh Napier, Ralph Ogg and Partners & Brilliant Futures. 2 Feb
High Profile New Appointee to RIAS Senior Team
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland is delighted to announce that Dr Deborah Mays is to take up a senior role in the organisation. Dr Mays joins the Incorporation in late spring, moving from Historic Scotland where she was Director of Policy and Outreach. RIAS : further information. 31 Jan
Cockburn Association News
The Cockburn Association welcome Euan Leitch as our newly appointed Assistant Director. Euan will work on a part time basis across the breadth of our work. He was previously at AHSS (The Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland).
The Cockburn Association response to the Strategic Development Plan for South East Scotland (also known as SESPlan) focused on the plan's proposals of removing land around the airport from the Green Belt, the creation of Renewable Energy Manufacturing in Leith Docks and New Housing Allocations in the Green Belt and Countryside.
picture from Weber Shandwick
Cockburn Association Events - Spring 2012 Schedule. Cockburn Association : further information. 31 Jan
Architecture Competition image from design contest organisers Architecture Competition, Cambridge, open to Architectural + Landscape practices - news update. 31 + 13 Jan
Battle of Bannockburn Project News The Heritage Lottery Fund has announced a £3.9m grant to the proposed Battle of Bannockburn visitor centre to commemorate its 700th anniversary. The design is by Edinburgh architects Reiach and Hall. 31 Jan
Samsung chooses Scotland
First Minister Alex Salmond today welcomed the news that Korean giant Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) is to base its first European offshore wind project in Fife in an inward venture worth up to £100m that is expected to create more than 500 new jobs in Scotland. 31 Jan
NHS Lothian Buildings
NHS Lothian faces a £188m repair bill to fix its ageing buildings, reports the Edinburgh Evening News. The health board owns or leases around 300 properties, many of which are not fit for purpose. The Royal Edinburgh, the city’s psychiatric hospital, is a major source of costs with a range of buildings dating back around 200 years. Buildings include 96 properties owned outright by the health board, 108 leased – including the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary – and 100 GP-owned practices in which NHS Lothian has a “maintenance and legislative compliance role”. 30 Jan
Perth City Hall
Historic Scotland due to reach a decision "by the end of January". Perth & Kinross Council planners are backing controversial proposals to raze one of Scotland's most iconic Edwardian buildings. Demolition of the derelict, but elegant, B-listed City Hall building has been proposed to create a new civic square. If Historic Scotland refuse to object, the architecture profession will be duty bound to question the role of this government body in Scotland. If the guardians of listed buildings fail to protect them, then what is the purpose of this body? 28 Jan + 11 Nov
Alan Dunlop Exhibition 21 Feb - 19 Mar -Alan Dunlop exhibition in the House for an Art Lover. Alan is the first architect invited to show their work at House for an Art Lover. The exhibition will feature new work, original hand drawings not exhibited before and limited edition, signed silk screen prints. 17 Mar - 'Working Drawing - The Hand Generated Image Masterclass', full day masterclass linked to the exhibition.
28 Jan
Fife Building Structure
The structural integrity of Madras College Kilrymont Campus has been called into question. The junior campus site has been earmarked for a single-site secondary school in St Andrews. It has emerged that answers to Freedom of Information requests by campaigners opposed to Fife Council’s proposal reveal that the existing building has serious structural failings. The council is at present carrying out a consultation exercise - it ends on February 10 - on its preferred option to remodel and extend the Kilrymont school site. 27 Jan
V&A at Dundee Building News
Funding News for Kengo Kuma's design for V&A at Dundee + new images. 27 + 26 Jan
Aberdeen Development Plan
Proposed Aberdeen Local Development Plan (as Modified 2012) now approved. It represents a significant change in the strategy for growth for Aberdeen. 26 Jan
Ocean Terminal Sale photo from Conran & Partners
Forth Ports announces the sale of Ocean Terminal shopping centre in Leith. The centre was bought by real estate investor Resolution Property. Forth will work with Resolution to develop the nine-acre Waterfront Plaza site that fronts the Ocean Terminal. 25 Jan
Aberdeen City Garden News image of Team 1 proposal Aberdeen City Garden competition winner - new images. 26 + 16 Jan
Edzell Community
Plans to create a £250m community - including up to 1,000 homes - at the former RAF base at Edzell have been submitted to Aberdeenshire Council. Newesk would be built on a 144-acre site. Carnegie Base Services owns and operates the former airbase. The development would be built over a period of 10 to 15 years. 24 Jan
Toast to Isi Metzstein
A "Toast to Isi" took place on 21 Jan at the Bute Hall, Glasgow Isi Metzstein, 1928-2012
Tributes to Isi online from Richard Murphy, David Page, Alan Dunlop, Archdiocese of Glasgow, RIAS, Robin Webster, Dick Cannon and Penny Lewis. 23 Jan
Edinburgh Council - No New Projects
No new projects will be funded by the city council during the entire term of the next administration - until 2016, with the authority facing a £42.6 m shortfall in its capital budget over the next four years.
Projects that are scheduled to take place in the coming years include:
- replacement Boroughmuir High School
- new James Gillespie’s High
- extension of the EICC
23 Jan
Scottish Parliament Entry picture by architects
Security entrance for Scottish Parliament.
Planning application by Lee Boyd approved. 20 Jan
Former Odeon Cinema News image by architects
Proposal by Duddingston House Properties for the conversion of the former Odeon Cinema in Clerk Street, Edinburgh into a 230 bed arts hotel appears to be now abandonded, reports The Scotsman today. 20 Jan
Gillespie’s High School News
£42m Gillespie’s High School school approved - despite householders’ concerns about the “brutal” impact of the new buildings. Revised designs were submitted in December following the initial proposals in August 2011. The £44m “school of the future” will retain the A-listed 16th-century Bruntsfield House as a centrepiece. 20 Jan
RMJM News RMJM architects : Paul Stallan Resigns. 19 Jan
Low Carbon Building Awards Low Carbon Building Awards Scotland : the judges will be looking for new and refurbished buildings that not only embody low carbon design principles, but also deliver reduced energy demand and emissions, sustainability and a high quality of occupant experience. 18 Jan
Shipping Container Building
Echoing designs for Leith from a few years ago a proposal for a three-storey office development made from shipping containers has been made. Scottish Enterprise is seeking planning permission for a building at the Seabraes site in Dundee, reports The Courier. The site used to be part of the old railway goods yard. 18 Jan
Cammo Property
Listed former farmhouse on Scotland's buildings-at-risk register due to be demolished, pending approval from Historic Scotland. The Cammo Home Farm Steading, on the Cammo Estate, is to be sold by the City of Edinburgh Council to Cala Homes, which plans to demolish the vacant C-listed 1908 building and replace it with two new luxury family homes. 18 Jan
Trump Clubhouse News
Clubhouse for members & visitors of Donald Trump Golf Resort wins planning approval. 18 Jan
Trump Hotel Threat
Donald Trump has issued an ultimatum to the Scottish Government by apparently halting work on his golf resort in Aberdeenshire until he gets an undertaking that a planned offshore windfarm will not go ahead. 18 Jan
Civic Trust Awards Shortlist News photo from Civic Trust Awards Civic Trust Awards 2012, UK : Shortlisted Architects + Buildings - images. 17 Jan
Circle Healthcare photo : Nigel Young_Foster + Partners
Circle Healthcare has submitted plans to establish a £30m clinic at the Edmonstone Estate, on the site of a ruined stately home on the southern edge of the city. This private healthcare firm recently opened a clinic in Bath designed by Foster + Partners - Circle Bath. The 80-bed clinic will be its first hospital in Scotland. The site overlooking the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. 16 Jan
SoCo News SoCo - Cowgate fire site redevelopment given go-ahead nine years after fire. 9 Jan
Leith Waterworld Closed
This public swimming pool closed yesterday. However campaign group Splashback aim to lodge an official complaint about the way the council has handled the closure. 9 Jan
Baxter's Place - Budget Hotel? picture from architects
A-listed building next to the Playhouse Theatre - once set for redevelopment by Glasgow's gm+ad architects - may now be developed as a budget hotel: Baxter's Place. 3 Jan
YRM sold to RMJM YRM Architects, London, sold to RMJM Architects, headquartered in Edinburgh. 3 Jan
Architecture of the Year? Buildings from 2011 : e-architect selection of what we feel were the most interesting buildings + designs covered on our site from the last year. 1 Jan
Maps
google maps now added at the base of each project page on the Edinburgh Architecture website. All pages now in a wider format. All 12,500 pages of e-architect also have maps. The Glasgow Architecture website also now has maps on each page as of 30 Dec. Some maps are approximate simply because we cannot quickly (with over 14,000 pages in total to cover manually time is limited) locate the precise address, eg Holyrood Park Education Centre. 30 + 22 Dec
Maggie’s Centre News picture from architects Maggie’s Aberdeen by celebrated Norwegian architects, Snohetta. 20 Dec
Hillend Building News
Midlothian Snowsports Centre in Hillend is to be given a £500k makeover after the council approved planning permission. 20 Dec
North Berwick Rowing Club image by architect
Proposal by Big Stone Collective ltd created for new facilities for North Berwick Rowing Club at the site of the old lido. 15 Dec
Gordon Murray News photograph of architect
Gordon Murray + 4 former employees join Ryder Architecture, more online soon. 15 Dec
Leith Biomass Plant News picture from Gordon Murray Architects
Friends of the Earth said Forth Energy should scrap the proposed £360m biomass plant in Leith. 13 Dec + 10 Nov
Scottish Design Awards 2012 Scottish Design Awards : call for entries - entries must be received no later than 9 Mar.
MacKenzie Place News picture : Sutherland Hussey Architects
Controversial MacKenzie Place allotments receives planning permission. 1 Dec
JUMP - Granton sur Mer
The City of Edinburgh Council are set to sell off the site identified for the Granton sur Mer Community Regeneration project, subject to planning permission, preferring to see a care home provider on the site. 10 Oct
Edinburgh Architecture Tours
In the last month we have shown five separate groups of international architects around Edinburgh, two groups from Norway, Sweden, Netherlands and the USA.
We've been running Architecture Walking Tours in Edinburgh and Glasgow for 10 years, but e-architect now organise Architecture Walking Tours in other European cities: London, Barcelona, Berlin, Paris, Copenhagen, Madrid and Milan.
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
Nine, The Bio Quarter photo from Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh Bio Quarter : design by Michael Laird Architects. 8 Sep
Craighouse Development News
Three "radical proposals" unveiled to develop a historic city beauty spot on land at Craighouse Campus, Edinburgh Napier University. 8+9 Sep
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