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Fife Building News Fife Hospital 24 bedroom mental heath unit at Stratheden Hospital, Cupar by Richard Murphy Architects for NHS, Fife Acute Hospitals New Fife School Seaview Primary School in Monifieth to be built by Angus Council will use biomass heating as part of the council's strategy to reduce CO2 emissions + rainwater recycling for toilet flushing and solar panels to aid water heating Fife Eco-Town Banks Developments unveiled regeneration proposal labelled an ‘Eco-Town’ for 4 former mining communities: Auchterderran, Bowhill, Cardenden and Dundonald. Elements include a transport hub, park-and-ride & 1200 homes but reports appear not to give any qualification of precise sustainability levels. Due to commence in 2011. Where better to have Scotland’s first ‘Eco-Town’ than in the home county of the Prime Minister, who has promoted the concept? But how is an Eco-Town defined? Will they help save the planet or are they yet another example of greenwash? Is this definitely an ‘Eco-Town’?! There are 10 Eco-Towns proposed by central government, with precise zero carbon criteria. This proposal is not one of the ten because applications are still being sought, until the end of October. Will large-scale housing developments up and down the land now be referred to as ‘Eco-Towns’ one wonders. Cupar Homes Three new houses in Cupar by Paterson Architects for MAB Ltd. Jul 2007 Key Fife Buildings 1. Andrew Melville Halls, St Andrews James Stirling 2. Maggies Centre, Kirkcaldy Zaha Hadid Architects 3. Byre Theatre, St Andrews Nicoll Russell Studios 4. Sandford Country House Hotel Baillie Scott, Architect 5. St Paul's Roman Catholic Church, Glenrothes Gillespie Kidd & Coia Architects 6. University of St Andrews New Arts Faculty Building Reiach and Hall Architects Fife Buildings : Scottish Architecture Fife Buildings in Detail 1. Andrew Melville Halls by James Stirling 1967 photo © Adrian Welch Two wings set at an acute angle with student dormitories stepped down section towards the tips from a pivotal core. James Stirling (1926-92) became famous amongst architects for his Cambridge University Library building but became popularily known due to his Stuttgart Staatsgalerie, which appeared in a TV advert for Rover cars in the late Eighties. 2. First permanent building by Zaha Hadid in the UK: Maggies Centre, Kirkcaldy Zaha Hadid Architect Maggie Centre: image supplied by Zaha Hadid Architects 14.01.04 3. Byre Theatre, St Andrews 2001 Nicoll Russell Studios This original Fife theatre was founded in 1933. A new building opened in 1970 and Nicoll Russell Studios completed the current Byre Theatre in 2002. Opening in June 2001, this competition-winning, lottery-funded Theatre creates a contemporary theatre within a historically sensitive context. The £4m building includes a 220 seat auditorium and stage with full flying capability, 'back of house' accommodation, conference facilities, fully flexible studio theatre, and foyer / restaurant spaces which respond to the existing urban fabric by forging a new link between the differing public realms to the 'front' and 'rear' of the site: Fife Theatre 4. Sandford Country House Hotel 1902 MH Baillie Scott architect Designed in the arts & crafts style Sandford Cottage was built for the Valentine family of Dundee : Fife hotel 5. St Paul's Roman Catholic Church, Glenrothes 1957 First major collaboration by Isi Metzstein & Andy MacMillan 6. University of St Andrews New Arts Faculty Building 2006 Reiach and Hall Architects St Andrews Building Glenrothes Buildings St Andrews Buildings photo © Adrian Welch St Andrews Buildings - Key Designs British Golf Museum photo © Isabelle Lomholt St Andrews Fish Restaurant photo © Isabelle Lomholt Key Building near to Fife Maggies Dundee by Frank Gehry Saline Building - Saline Sitooterie for Fife Council Fife Buildings Thornton Colliery, Fife 1954 Egon Riss Housing in St Monans 1970’s Baxter Clark & Paul Housing in Pittenweem 1970’s Baxter Clark & Paul Fife Leisure Park Fife Restaurants Edinburgh Tours: Architecture Walking Tours Current Fife Architecture: St Brycedale Campus by RMJM Enlarge Map

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