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Zajok a nappaliból – Traxelektor 2023. 11.

Actress zeneisége hallatán minden valamirevaló Túró Torka téphető fóliát ragad, és bárki, akiben csekély türk szijjártóság szunnyad, követeket rendel be, hanyatló nyugatot kiált, sátánt sejtet, innen-e. Ez a furcsa, porszemeken gördülő, selymes, száraz, de látszólag nedves, meghatározhatatlan identitású szürkés hangkép ráadásul előszeretettel párosodik mindenféle nemű és számú hangképekkel. A címadások része egy különös zárójelezett betű/szám kódolás – ( betű szám ) formátum – ami az idei római számozott Actress albumok közös ismérve. Nem jártam utána, lehet valami titkos sakkjátszma zajlik a háttérben. A LXXXVIII, azaz római Nyolcvannyolc, 13 rövid futamot tartalmaz, ötletesek, izgalmasak, néha totál megbolondulnak – haver, beragadt a hold! – máskor melankóliában eldülöngélnek, megfunk-ulnak. Mint minden Darren Jordan Cunningham kiadvány, ez is a Ninja Tune-nál jelent meg.

„Egy dialógus rögzítése, semmint kompozíciók halmaza” – ekképp jellemzi legújabb szólóalbumát Ivan Pavlov, vagy ahogy mi ismerjük CoH. Az album, egy új szintetizátor, a Silhouette Eins-szel való, éjszakákba nyúló ismerkedésének folyománya. A teszt során, egy ponton rájött, nincs egyedül: „Mintha ez a valami beszélt volna hozzám a potmétereken keresztül – az érzés nagyon intenzív volt. Nem számított, mennyire határozott, konkrét és direkt próbáltam lenni, az eredményekmindig mások voltak, válaszoknak érezték magukat. Erről azonnal az ELpH jutott eszembe.” Utóbbi lehet, némi magyarázatra szorul: az ElpH a Coil azon a filozófián alapuló zenei projektje volt, mely a zenei felszerelést teljes értékű társnak tekintette az alkotói folyamatban (megjegyezném, ők képesek voltak a Lomonoszov Egyetemig menni, hogy az ANS szintetizátorral társalogjanak). Ha nincs meg, kik voltak a Coil, nagyon érdemes utána hallgatnod, nem nagyon létezik azóta se olyan elektronikus zenei kísérletező csapat, amely ennyi mélyre jutott, és ilyen végtelenre tágította saját zenei univerzumát. Ivan és Silhouette egyszeri/egyedi élményének dacára, a Radiant Faults tökéletesen simul a CoH experimentumok sorába, és értem az ElpH párhuzamot, de hallgasd meg mondjuk személyes kedvencemet, a pHILM #1-t és érteni fogod állításomat, az azért egy teljesen más dimenzió.

Deadbeat már sokszor igazolta névválasztásának gránitkemény valóját. Scott Monteith az általam nagyra tartott oly sok kanadai elektronik-hérosz egyike, aki végre nem a nyugati Vancouverből érkezik, hanem a keleti Montrealból. Őszintén mondom, új albuma, a Kübler-Ross Soliloquies falhoz vágott, teljesen kicsinált és még élveztem is. Scott barátunk mélylélektani utazásba ránt minket, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross öt fázison át vezető modelljét alkalmazva önmagán és rajtunk. Mivel Mindenszentek / Halottak napja nemrég volt, helye és ideje is van a haldoklás öt pszichológiai fázisán – elutasítás, düh, alku, depresszió, elfogadás – való elmélkedésnek. Persze a Deadbeat lemezeknek mindig van humora – még ha az közelebb is áll a szarkazmushoz – választott zenei formulái is, bár a dub és downtempo körül csoportosulnak, szerteágazóak és sokrétűek (melyben a partnerül szegődő alkotótársaknak is – Sa Pa, Martin Bakero, Om Unit, Paul St Hillaire, The Mole… – szerepük van). Itt most nincsenek társak, de – néhány kicsit idegesítően félrement track (The Double Bong Cloud, With Grand Trepidation) ellenére – talán az egyik legmasszívabb Deadbeat albumot hallhatjuk, melynek top zsolozsmája a Huey Lewis Voters Dub (Negotiation) vala.

A The Future Sound of London diszkográfiája kezd olyan lenni, mint ezek a szuperhősös multiverzumok, innen, ahonnan szemlélem, kvázi követhetetlen. Ez most éppen az Environment 7.003, amiből volt már egytől hatig, meg 6.5, Six Plus… szóval kábé tökmindegy. FSOL, és kész. A sound változatlan, a minőség is, sok újat nem lehet elmondani – de annyira, hogy a 32 éves életműben hallható hangminták bármelyikét simán újrahasznosítják. Klasszikus idm-triphop-ambient hullámzás Mr. Dougans és Mr. Cobain elméjéből. Kit érdekel, melyik dimenzióban vagyunk? Itt és most, minden jó, úgy, ahogy van.

A rendre megismerésre méltó előadók különleges darabjait szállító (még mindig bazijó nevű) ugandai, Kampalában működő Nyege Nyege Tapes Recording újabb kazija a téma. Ráadásul Jugidzu azzal az extrával is szolgál, amiért lelkesedni szoktam, miszerint a borító tökéletesen jeleníti meg a mögöttes tartalmat. Ez a szalag/lemez ilyen, pont ilyen, vagyis sokkal jobb.

Sator Arepo az album címe, azaz Sator Négyzet, ami az egy ősi 5x5-ös latin nyelvű palindrom. Európa és a Földközi-tenger környékének számos pontján megtalálták, korai konteók köszönhetőek neki, mágikus négyzetnek tartották, mely megóv a gonoszságtól és meggyógyít a betegségektől, őrületből..

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A punk-etnomuzikológus Jugidzu, aka Julien Hairon debutalbumának választotta szimbólumaként, hogy segítségével kapcsolatba léphessen kelta őseivel, szellemi örökségével. Hairon szenvedélye a field-recordings-ek gyűjtése, bejárta a világot, és ezeket felvételeket Les Cartes Postales Sonores nevű label-jénél ötrészes sorozatként Noise On Earth címmel ki is adta 2016-ban (Cambodia, Bangladesh, Singapore, Indonesia, China) Sok műtárgy maradt a tájban, és a szellemek ereje még mindig tapintható – jegyezte fel, mikor hazatért Bretagne-ba. Ezt a kelta misztériumot hivatott képviselni számára a Sator Arepo. Ha valami Omalás múltba süppedt barangolást vártál, fájni fog. Az intezítás vetekszik Tsuzing vagy Hvad itt már tárgyalt, és hallhatott műveivel. Nehéz a mélységbe fókuszálni, ha az arcunkban pattog a valóság, pedig itt erre volna szükség. A sodró ütemek hátterében ugyanis xenharmonikus skálákon csúszkáló, drónt szövő szintetizátorok építenek ókori falakat körénk.

Azon gondolkoztam, hogy van az a nem túl erős filmtörténeti pillanat a Baljós Árnyak víz alatti, utazós jelenetében, mikor azt mondja az ifjú Obi-Wan Qui-Gon Jinn-nek, látva, mit tett Jar Jar-ral, hogy – Túlnyugtattad! Ha kreatívan kívánnám illusztrálni a The Black Dog utolsó öt évét, ezt a jelentet lassítanám le 5 százalékos sebességre, te meg nézhetnéd, hogy átérezd ezt a kínt. Mert kábé ezt tette magával a trió: a nagy ámbientes útkeresés közepette túlnyugtatta magát. Nos, úgy tűnik, lassan elindulunk kifelé a túlnyugtatottság korszakából, mert az új aktuális album, a My Brutal Life halk jelekkel ugyan, de ezt mutatja. Ezeket a jeleket, kifinomultan kimunkált, elegáns, sheffieldi típusú kompozíciókat, megtaláljátok a Traxelektorban, de album szinten is érezni némi nagyobb koherenciát, egységet. Annyit most megígérek, ha megint kijön egy lapos Black Dog lemez, a videóval fog indulni a kritikája. Az irány pedig jó, de a srácoknak Sheffieldbe azt üzenem: költözzetek el erről a lakótelepről!

Tavalyról az ajtóberúgós, tabudöntögető Patience of a Traitor LP majd az idei A Vow Not To Read EP után ez már a harmadik Saint Abdullah és Eomac kollab. Szívem szerint azt írnám – többedszer hallgatva a Chasing Stateless-t – hogy, a folyamat finomodik. De ismerve a 2+1 author jellegzetességeit, hátterét, történetét, a folytatás szerencsére megjósolhatatlan. Az iráni-síita testvérpár Mohammad és Mehdi Mehrabani-Yeganeh és az ír Ian McDonnell változatlan vehemenciával, a nyers erő és a bölcs türelem végletes vitalitásával gördítik nyakunkba a lázadó elnyomottak impulzusokban gazdag experimentumait. Az elején ez nem volt meg, de az új album kapcsán egyre többször jutott eszembe az ikonikus Fun-Da-Mental banda, de amolyan 2023-as update-ben. Az album Mike Paradinas Planet Mu-jánál jelent meg.

Az alávajazók vs nem alávajazók konfliktusa eltörpül a szóviccelők vs szóviccért ütők népe párt örök és világméretű szembenállása között. Mivel én előbbinek születtem, keserves áldozatok árán, de megtanultam, nem kell mindent közzétenni abból, amit az agyam elém dob, valamint megvan a módszertana annak is, hogyan, ha mégis. A szóvicc erőssége, pontosabban annak hatása pedig lemérhető, és négyzetesen arányos a poén elhangzása és leesése között eltelt idővel (ebben a csúcsom 3 nap). Az Oblako Maranta páros erről sejthetően mit sem tud, máskülönben nem adják ezt a címet EP-jüknek: Trance Beckenbauer. A vétkesek, az orosz Radial Gaze és olasz A-Tweed aka Antonio De Oto páros. Franz Beckenbauer egykori aranylabdás, világbajnok, többszörös BEK-győztes liberó, becenevén Kaiser, akit 2016-ban a FIFA etikai bizottsága nyolc évre eltiltott minden futballtevékenységtől, mert szerepe volt abban, hogy Oroszország és Katar vébét rendezhetett. Sepp Blatter belebukott, azóta lecserélték a hal bűzös fejét, és Szaúd-Arábia – ahol újságírókat szeletelnek fel néhanapján a királyi család megrendelésére – focivébét rendezhet 2034-ben – mi ez a szag? A szó a védelemé: pumpálós uplifting trance-ük lélekemelő, vitalizáló hatású, az agyi szinapszisokat a szívritmusra hangoló mellékhatása folytán használható levertség, búskomorság, napisajtó olvasása okozta melankólia kezelésére. A kockázatok és melléhatások tekintetében kérdezze meg orvosát, sámánját vagy közeli szóviccelőjét!

Anatolian Weapons, aki a tavalyi Top 12 LP verseny fődíját vitte el a May That War Be Cursed című remixlemez sorozatának első két darabjával, most nem vett igénybe segítséget. Aggelos Baltas legjobban működő pszeudója – és mivel nála a másik név, másik zenei stílust is jelent az elektronikán belül – a számára legjobban álló köntös, az Antolian Weapons. E név alatt most megjelent új albuma, az Earth, már harmadik. Az etnos, törzsi elektronika, melyben a techno, dub, tribal jegyei keverednek, szolgál az utazás üzemanyagul, görögünk pedig idegen vezet minket birodalmában. A legszerethetőbb benne, hogy időtlen időkbe húz, amik messzi, ki tudja hol fekvő terekbe ragadják a hallgatót, és mindezt olyan finom, természetes eleganciával teszi, mint egy szuggesztív, nagyon jó mesélő. Minél többet hallgattam, annál nehezebb volt választanom, melyik track kerüljön kiválasztásra, mert igazából nincs rossz vagy gyenge pillanata ennek a lemeznek.

Olasz kvóta Alert! Dino Sabatini a legminőségibb idm techno biztos kezű szállítójaként egy szintén hibátlan kiadványt, a Opera Quattro EP-t prezentálja nekünk. Utolsó életjele a Delsin Mantis sorozatának hatos számú darabja volt két éve, azt is nagyon szerettem. A lemez saját kiadójánál, a berlini Outis Labelnél jelent meg. A label neve a görög Oytis-ból jön, ami az Illiászban Homérosz álneve. Mikor megvakítja Polüphémosz küklopszt, annak fájdalmas kiabálására válasza többi küklopsznak – ki akar téged megölni – a válasza: Oytis – azaz Senki, így nem segítenek neki. Érdekes mellékszál, hogy nevének Utisz verziója, a magyar grafikusművész, animációsfilm-rendezőnek, Orosz Istvánnak egy gyakorta használt művészneve.

Az ausztrál/olasz/örmény queer Kristian Bahoudian, vagyis Kris Baha utolsó életjeleit 3 éve – Palais (2019, LP), Barely Alive (2020, EP), Starts To Fall (2020, EP) – adta, és különösen értékes, Angul Guzmannal és Jack Freemannel trióban vitt bandáját / side-projektjét, a Die Orangen-t is azóta jegeli (Saft 3 [2020, EP]). Mivel látom különféle bejelentkezéseit a világ távoli sarkaiból, az ok is nyilvánvaló, DJ fellépések és Live-ok követték egymást. A Kris Baha & Ghosts In The Machiиe remélem nem egy váltás, csak egy jelzés, hogy ez a Baha, nem az Baha! Ugyanis a Ghosts In The Machiиe – micsoda eredeti gondolat – az AI-paráról szól, egyfajta cyberpunk sci-fi disztópia, egy transzhumanista jövőkép, ahol az emberi tudat már csak bináris szekvencia, amit az éjájok fonnak és irányítanak. Ebben a kódolt jövőben ébred magára néhány kiválasztott tudat, akik felszabadítják a gonosz éjájok által kitörölt emberi történelem emlékeit, és átlépve az idő határait értesítik korábbi emberi énjüket. Mondanám, hogy csak ők meg le se szarják, mert fészbúkoznak és tiktokoznak, és több pénzt akarnak keresni a friss Midjourney előfizetéssel, nem érnek rá ilyen hülyeségre, mint az aggasztó jövő. De nem, nyilván heppiend lesz ennek az éjájos-mátrixos-terminátoros koktélnak a végkifejlete. Jajj. Úgy hiányolom a dinókat! Jöhetne balról egy Morpheusaurus, meg mögötte két Neoraptor, egy piros, meg egy kék!

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Zene. Az album remekül olvasztja eggyé a különféle műfajok jegyeit – ebm, drum & bass, industrial, techno, hyperpop, new wave – és tényleg érdekes húzás a jungle alapra felépített ebm a Flesh & Code-ban, de közben meg olyan, mintha Ohgr-t hallgatnék 60%-osra hígítva, zajszűrve, korhatártalanítva, és nem hat erősebben, mint egy Years of Denial album. Egy biztos: slágerekben, dallamokban nincs hiány, és a Kraak bulikban hatalmasakat fognak rá danszolni a gót ifjak és lányok, de én inkább megvárnám a remixalbumot, mert úgy érzem magam, mint rosszabb napjaim némelyikén, amikor kétszer tettem cukrot a kávémba.

Kezdjük a bemutatkozással, mert olyan régen volt. Amellett, hogy 2018 júniusában írtam két sornyit Labelle - Post-Maloya EP-jéről, a tagolatlanul kaotikus írásom alcíme ráadásul „Feledés” volt. (Ti nem ezeket a reunioniakat keresitek!)

Szóval Jérémy Labelle a Madagaszkár keleti partjaitól 600 kilométerre keletre fekvő francia gyarmat, Reunion-szigetek szülötte. A vulkáni szigetet francia telepesek lakták be a 17. században, ma többségükben afrikaiak, illetve indiaiak, pakisztániak lakják, a beszélt nyelv a francia és kreol. Déjà vud van? Nem csodálom. Három hónapja az augusztusi számban írtam bizonyos Pangar nevű őrült párosról, ők reunioni DJ-k, producerek és mulatságszervezők. A közös zenei pont, az origo pedig a madagaszkári és reunioni népek zenéje, a maloya, ami egy poliritmikus népzene, húros íjjal és dobokkal előadva. A Maloya szó varázslatot, bánatot, fájdalmat jelent, és az UNESCO kulturális örökség része.

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Labelle azonban teljesen mást hoz ki a forrásból, ő mindezt idm-elektronikába olvasztja. Az InFiné Éditions és saját kiadója, az Eumolpe gondozásában megjelent Noir Anima a hónap legkellemesebb vibe-jait hozta el, és fogja elhozni nektek is.

Megláttam az esztétikus borítót, és tudtam, valami különleges kiadvánnyal érkezik a francia Obliques és a kaliforniai Atmospheric label ajánlásával a Transversales Disques jóvoltából. A moduláris szintetizátorok két mestere, két generáció találkozik a Golden Apples of the Sun albumon. A hetvenes évek egyik elektronikus úttörője, Suzanne Ciani talán nem szorul bemutatásra, egy ötvenéves pályafutás áll mögötte, komponistaként és sound-designerként is elismert. Jonathan Fitoussi egy generációval fiatalabb, Párizsban alkotó kortárs zenész, körzővel és görbe vonalzóval megrajzolt ambientjei kivételes arányérzékről tanúskodnak. Mindkét művész kedveli a kollaborációkat. Fitoussiról Jean-Benoît Dunckel-lel (Air) közös Mirages (2019) albuma és Clemens Hourrière közösen készített Möbius átdolgozásai kapcsán (2022) olvashattatok itt.

Fültanúi lehettek azok, akik követték Jeremy Cottereau zenei fejlődéstörténetét, annak, hogyan öregszik egy jó bordói? A dj-producer francia, akit Djedjotronic néven ismerhettünk meg, korábban is mutatott érdeklődést az old school iránt, bár a korhű, klasszikus elektro mezőin honos. Douglas McCarthyval (Nitzer Ebb) haverkodni (Take Me Down), vagy Lokier társaságában a korszakos jelentőségű eredetivel közel azonos szintű feldolgozást készíteni (Are Friends Electric / Gary Numan) jól mutatnak a cv-ben. A Smog on the Dancefloor négyszámos EP-n hallhatunk 2023-ra kevert nyolcvanas évek végi new beatet, space-ebm menetelést, természetesen electrot, de kraftwerkig visszacsavarva. 4/4 – a teljes lemezt átemeltem a Traxelektorba! Az EP a barcelonai – italodiszkóra szakosodott – Italo Moderninél jött ki, akiknek tavalyi válogatásaikról olvashattatok itt.

Lynn-drum beépülő modulok kanos olvasztótégelye – nem akarod tudni! Bár a borító és a cím –Tongue In Cheeks - is piros karikás, talán nem olyan meglepő, ha a kiadó BDA neve a Bring Dat Ass-t fedi. A brooklyni Cesár Toribio szintén old-schoolban utazik, és a – talán végleg szabadságra ment – Detroit Grand Pubahs pimasz, narkotikusan túlfűtött légkörére emlékeztet, latinban.

Annyira szerettem Richie Hawtint, hogy még az alkalmilag felbukkanó ugly cymbalizmust is el tudtam neki nézni – ezen gondolkoztam Aske(Gean Oliveira Farias) Paradoxal Pulse-jának cinjeit hallgatva. A berlini Modularz sublabeljének 43. kiadványát, az Olympian 43 EP-t finom felbontású, csiszolt felületű, minimál elemekkel ötvözött technoja kiemeli az átlagtermésből.

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Actress - LXXXVIII [2023, Ninja Tune][LP] Anatolian_Weapons - Earth [2023, Subject To Restrictions Discs][LP] Aske - Olympian 43 [2023, Olympian][EP] CoH - Radiant Faults [2023, Dais][LP] Deadbeat - Kubler-Ross Soliloquies [2023, BLKRTZ][LP] Dino Sabatini - Opera Quattro [2023, Outis Music][EP] Djedjotronic - Smog on the Dancefloor [2023, Italo Moderni][EP] FSOL - Environment 7.003 [2023, fsoldigital.com][LP] Judgitzu - Sator Arepo [2023, Nyege Nyege Tapes][LP] Kris Baha & Ghosts In The Machiиe - Ghosts In The Machiиe [2023, Fleisch][LP] Labelle - Noir Anima [2023, InFiné Éditions & Eumolpe][LP] Oblako Maranta - Trance Beckenbauer [2023, Thisbe][EP] Saint Abdullah & Eomac - Chasing Stateless [2023, Planet Mu][LP] Sam Goku - The Things We See When We Look Closer Remixes [2023, Permanent Vacation][S] Suzanne Ciani & Jonathan Fitoussi - Golden Apples of the Sun [2023, Transversales Disques][LP] The Black Dog - My Brutal Life [2023, Dust Science][LP] Toribio - Tongue In Cheeks [2023, BDA][EP]

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jegyzet: A The Black Dog - Béton-Brut-jába belehallani az Éliás, Tóbiás, egy tál dödölle… szövegű gyerekdalt. Ez már csalhatatlan jele a szellemi leépülés kezdeteinek, de hát nekem ilyen „Brutal Life”-ra tellett csak gyerekként, hogy azon szorongtam a vidioviban, mi a heftenka lehet az a dödölle?

Traxelektor 2023 11 Spotify Playlist - link

(86/91, 7:33/7:40, 95%)(!!!)

Traxelektor Playlist 2023 11

Actress - Typewriter World ( c 8 )[LXXXVIII, Ninja Tune] Actress - Push Power ( a 1 )[LXXXVIII, Ninja Tune] Actress - Oway ( f 7 )[LXXXVIII, Ninja Tune] Actress - It's me ( g 8 )[LXXXVIII, Ninja Tune] Actress - Azd Rain ( g 1 )[LXXXVIII, Ninja Tune] Anatolian Weapons - Three Suns I [Earth, Subject To Restrictions Discs] Anatolian Weapons - Mountains [Earth, Subject To Restrictions Discs] Anatolian Weapons - Heliotrope [Earth, Subject To Restrictions Discs] Anatolian Weapons - Evolution [Earth, Subject To Restrictions Discs] Anatolian Weapons - Earthling [Earth, Subject To Restrictions Discs] Anatolian Weapons - Earth [Earth, Subject To Restrictions Discs]

Anoesis - Track Thirty 7 [Stasislogue, Cyphon] Anoesis - Space Watch [Stasislogue, Cyphon] Aske - Vault [Olympian 43, Olympian] Aske - Paradoxal Pulse [Olympian 43, Olympian] Coco Bryce - Blood Feud [Phoenix, MYOR] CoH - Nereides [Radiant Faults, Dais] CoH - Invisible Friend I [Radiant Faults, Dais] CoH - Habitable [Radiant Faults, Dais] CoH - Circuit Hum [Radiant Faults, Dais]

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Scottish Architecture News: Buildings in Scotland

Scottish Building News 2022, Architecture Photos, Property Scotland Images, Architects Design Links

Scottish Architecture News

New Architecture Developments + Buildings in Scotland – Built Environment + Architects Updates

post updated 16 May 2022

Scottish Buildings News

This page contains a selection of major Scottish Architecture News, with projects arranged chronologically, latest first. Each architecture news item links to an individual project page. We’ve selected what we feel are the key Scottish Building News stories.

The focus is on contemporary Scottish buildings but we do post on changes to major traditional buildings in Scotland.

Scottish Architecture Designs – chronological list

Scottish Architecture News 2022

16 May 2022 Magnet – New Office Building in Glasgow Mosaic Architecture + Design, one of Scotland’s most experienced practices, has submitted a planning application on behalf of Garroch Investments to demolish Glasgow’s Princes House and develop Magnet, a brand-new class-leading £75M Grade A office development with the highest environmental credentials: Magnet Glasgow Office Building

12 May 2022 Share your views on Cumbernauld Town Centre photo courtesy of HES Cumbernauld Town Centre public consultation Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is asking members of the public to share their views on Cumbernauld Town Centre, after the organisation was asked to consider designating the building as a listed building.

10 May 2022 The Den, Tighnabruaich, Argyll and Bute, West Scotland Architects: Technique Architecture and Design with Paul Stallan and Stallan-Brand Architects photo : Dapple Photography The Den, Tighnabruaich Jamie Ross, Founder of Technique Architecture and Design was the project architect, and the project was undertaken in collaboration with Paul Stallan and Stallan-Brand Architects. The main building was built in 1870s and housed 6 flats, with two further flats in the small adjoining cottage.

2 May 2022 HES sets out vision for heritage-led green recovery photo courtesy of HES Historic Environment Scotland Green Recovery Statement Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has set out its vision for how heritage can be the keystone of Scotland’s green recovery with publication of its Green Recovery Statement for the historic environment on 26 April.

The Origami House Architects: Loader Monteith photo : dapple photography The Origami House, Stirlingshire

27 Apr 2022 Built Environment – Smarter Transformation Built Environment – Smarter Transformation, formerly Construction Scotland Innovation Centre, announces a new strategic focus prioritising the built environment’s transition to zero carbon and improving the sector’s contribution to the fight against climate change: Built Environment – Smarter Transformation News

20 Apr 2022 Cumbernauld Town Centre Listing News photo : Ross Watson / Cumbernauld Town Centre building, courtesy of wikimedia commons Listing application submitted for imperilled Cumbernauld town centre, a Brutalist megastructure once voted Britain’s most hated building, reports Building Design. An application has been submitted to give Cumbernauld town centre listed status amid plans for its demolition. Cumbernauld Town Centre

12 Apr 2022 St Enoch Centre Glasgow Redevelopment News image courtesy of architects practice Following the appointment by asset and development manager Sovereign Centros, urban renewal practice Leslie Jones Architecture (LJA) has submitted a planning application to transform the St. Enoch Centre in Glasgow into Scotland’s foremost sustainable, mixed-use development with retail, leisure, entertainment, offices and hospitality: St Enoch Centre Glasgow Redevelopment

6 Apr 2022 Kepdarroch Farmhouse Design: Baillie Baillie Kepdarroch Farmhouse Stirlingshire Drawing reference from the scattered groups of barns, cottages and steadings found throughout the surrounding countryside, this new Scottish house is arranged as a cluster of forms.

5 Apr 2022 New Dumfries High School Building News Dumfries and Galloway Council has appointed hub South West Scotland, the construction and infrastructure-focused partnership which works with local authorities and private sector enterprises in Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway, to develop the new Dumfries High School: Dumfries Architecture

1 Apr 2022 Holmes Miller announce new Equity Director Ryan Holmes’ promotion to Equity Director follows a 20-year journey at the company, where he has championed new sustainability practices and the early adoption of digital technology. As part of Holmes Miller Architects’ growth strategy and continued expansion across the UK, the business today announces the promotion of Ryan Holmes to the position of Equity Director, based out of their Glasgow design studio: Holmes Miller

29 Mar 2022 Burrell Museum Renewal News Glasgow’s A-listed Burrell Museum is now open after refurbishment and redisplay, this award-winning building houses a unique collection in a beautiful woodland setting.

29 Mar 2022 Concern Over Drops In Affordable Housing Delivery As Scotland Faces 100,000 Homes Shortfall

Trade body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has expressed its concern at latest Scottish Government housing statistics which show marked drops in housing association completions and approvals.

HFS Director of Policy Fionna Kell said: “Whilst overall levels of housing delivery are up on last year’s figures, it is extremely concerning to see that housing association completions have dropped by 17 per cent (620 homes) and quite staggering that approvals have fallen by 54 per cent (3090 homes).

“Unfortunately, this chimes with what our members have been telling us. Highlighting the interconnectedness of the whole housing system, rising costs have hit those delivering homes to both the public and private sectors extremely hard. Grant funding levels must be reviewed, as a matter of urgency, to reflect these exceptional circumstances and arrest this decline otherwise we will see ever decreasing numbers of affordable homes coming through the pipeline.”

Kell’s comments follow a recent HFS report highlighting that Scotland’s cumulative housing shortfall since the global financial crisis is now approaching 100,000 homes.

28 Mar 2022 Rosslyn Chapel Papers photograph © Neil Hanna A newly acquired collection relating to Rosslyn Chapel helps to shed light on the remarkable architecture and restoration of one of Scotland’s most outstanding buildings: Rosslyn Chapel

23 Mar 2022 Homes For Scotland Announces 2022 Awards Shortlist Home building body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has announced the shortlist for its 2022 awards programme as it plans for a return to the largest annual gathering of its kind where winners will be announced. With a focus on “going the extra mile” to deliver developments or practices which stand out from the crowd, those companies making the judges’ first cut are. Homes For Scotland 2022 Awards Shortlist

9 Mar 2022 RIAS Awards Winners in 2022 photo @ Keith Hunter RIAS Awards 2022 Winners The shortlisted buildings for the 2022 RIAS Awards are spread widely across the country and include new school and college buildings in Cumnock, Falkirk and Jedburgh, the restoration of an iconic Modernist house in Galashields, a community centre in Fife and pioneering low energy homes.

9 Mar 2022 The Angus Resort Given Go-ahead New designs by 3DReid Architects, Edinburgh, approved for £100m golf resort, hotel and spa which will create hundreds of jobs for Angus and Dundee. Construction on a £100m world-class golf resort, hotel and spa in the Angus countryside will get underway this summer after councillors approved an updated masterplan for the once-in-a-generation luxury destination: The Angus Resort

1 Feb 2022 Marking 25 years of the Scottish Design Awards photograph : www.jwaphotography.com Scottish Design Awards 2022 Organised by Urban Realm, in partnership with The Drum, the Scottish Design Awards have been showcasing boundary shaping work, industry best practice and sustainability in all forms for a quarter of a century. Now on the cusp of a new era, we will be celebrating a new generation of design professionals who’ve gone above and beyond in delivering their briefs.

25 Jan 2022 Glasgow School of Art fire inquiry unable to find cause

Fire investigators have failed to find a cause for the fire that destroyed Glasgow School of Art’s world-renowned Mackintosh building in 2018, report the BBC today. The blaze broke out four years after an earlier fire had caused major damage to the building on Renfrew Street.

But following an investigation lasting more than three years, the final report concluded that the cause of the second blaze remained “undetermined”. It said this was due to extensive damage and the destruction of evidence.

photo © Adrian Welch

The art school said it “shared the regret” that the exact cause of the fire had not been identified and would take time to consider the report and its recommendations.

The fire investigation, which lasted until 30 September 2021, involved the excavation and physical examination of hundreds of tonnes of fire-damaged debris. Witness testimonies, CCTV and photographic footage were also analysed.

The fire took hold as the Charles Rennie Mackintosh building neared the end of a £48m restoration, following the earlier blaze in 2014.

aerial photo courtesy of Police Scotland

However, investigators later learned that the first possible indication of fire in the area was one hour and 34 minutes before the first 999 call. A member of the public walking along Renfrew Street at about 21:45 smelled “burned material”.

At its height, more than 120 firefighters worked to contain and extinguish the fire.

24 Jan 2022 ARC: Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow The University of Glasgow welcomes the first researchers into its pioneering flagship research facility, the ARC (Advanced Research Centre). The £116 m, 16,000 sqm building will house a collaborative community of academics from across a range of disciplines and will be fully operational from Spring this year: University of Glasgow ARC

15 Jan 2022 Milngavie Streetscape, Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire Design: Page\Park Architects photography : ZAC and ZAC Milngavie Streetscape Located at a key town centre node, the central part of the project is a new gathering area, formed of seating, planters, and interpretative elements. Located at the start of the West Highland Way, the area is frequently busy with large groups of walkers and tourists, in addition to families visiting the adjacent play park.

More Scottish Architecture News online here soon

Scottish Architecture News 2021

9 Dec 2021 Artists studio Garage Conversion, Edinburgh, south east Scotland Design: Konishi Gaffney Architects photography : ZAC and ZAC Artists studio Garage Conversion, Edinburgh The Artists studio Garage Conversion project was to form a new studio space for an artist. Konishi Gaffney Architects repurposed the existing garage, infilled a new floor and the old garage door and fully insulated and improved the interior.

6 Dec 2021 West Town – Vision Unveiled for New Edinburgh Neighbourhood West Town Edinburgh Property Vision Space for 7,000 New Homes Plus Commercial and Community Facilities at 205-acre Site in West Edinburgh. The development consortium which owns more than 200 acres of prime development land in the west of Edinburgh has unveiled an ambitious vision for a significant new neighbourhood to be built on the site.

6 Dec 2021 Cammo Meadows by CALA Homes Cammo Meadows by CALA Homes News A style of housing intrinsic to the Scottish capital is launching at a development in a sought-after suburb. Cammo Meadows by CALA Homes (East) is the latest destination for the developer’s reimagining of the traditional Edinburgh colony model, which consists of a ground floor apartment with two duplex homes above it, accessed by an external staircase.

3 Dec 2021 House for a Chemist, Seamill, North Ayrshire, South West Scotland Design: Brown & Brown Architects photo : Edmund Sumner House in Seamill, North Ayrshire ‘Create a whisper, not a shout’ was the brief given to Brown & Brown Architects by their clients, who have raised their family on the Ayrshire coast within sight of the Isle of Arran, and feel have a deep-rooted connection to this stretch of coastline. It was very important that any new additions were visually subservient to the original house, a traditional Victorian villa of red sandstone, which had faced the elements for more than 150 years.

24 Nov 2021 2021 Saltire Housing Design Awards photo : Chris Smith 2021 Saltire Society Housing Design Awards Winners The Saltire Society today announced the shortlisted houses for the 2021 Saltire Housing Design Awards, which celebrate the diversity of the best in new housing in Scotland. Supported by the Scottish Government, the Award recognises the contribution housing makes to social and cultural conversations and rewards innovation.

24 Nov 2021 Digital Transformation for Planning in Scotland The delivery of the Digital Transformation for Planning in Scotland is well underway, following the programme’s launch in April 2021. Read the news in full at Edinburgh Building News 2021

21 Nov 2021 The Angus golf resort, hotel and spa design Design: 3DReid Architects, Edinburgh image courtesy of architects practice The Angus golf resort, hotel and spa design An updated masterplan for a £100m world-class golf resort, hotel and spa in the Angus countryside has been submitted to Angus Council for planning consent by 3DReid architects. The Angus represents one of the biggest hospitality investments in Scotland in recent years and could contribute more than £40m to the local economy per year once it’s operational.

4 Nov 2021 Rainbow Pavilion, Strathclyde Country Park, south east of Glasgow, central Scotland Design: O’DonnellBrown, Architects with artist Kate V Robertson photo © Ross Campbell Rainbow Pavilion in Strathclyde Country Park Today, to mark Outdoor Classroom Day, a global movement to inspire and celebrate outdoor play and learning, North Lanarkshire Council has unveiled an exciting new addition to its facilities at Strathclyde Country Park: a large multi-use structure and artwork to accommodate and promote outdoor learning and events. It is the result of a creative collaboration between Glasgow-based artist Kate V Robertson and award-winning architects O’DonnellBrown, and the primary schoolchildren of New Monkland Primary School.

3 Nov 2021 UN Centres of Excellence for High-Performance Buildings

29 Oct 2021 Zero-carbon COP26 House opens its doors to the public, Broomielaw, Glasgow photo courtesy of architects office Zero-carbon COP26 House Glasgow, Scotland COP26 House, which demonstrates how beautiful, affordable homes can help meet global climate change ambitions, will open its doors to the public for two weeks only from Monday, 1 November. Built by Glasgow-based regeneration specialists Urban Union for the UN Climate Change Conference, the zero-carbon timber-frame building was developed by Beyond Zero Homes.

28 Oct 2021 UK needs to grow back better to build back better, timber conference to hear photo courtesy of architecture office COP26 Wood for Good conference A focus on sustainable forestry from the ground up could be the key to building back better, one of the leading voices on timber architecture and construction has said ahead of the Wood for Good conference running alongside COP26 next week. Andrew Waugh of Waugh Thistleton Architects, and a pioneer of low-carbon design, said that managing our homegrown timber resources from the forest floor up is critical to supporting growing demand from the construction sector as it looks to more widely adopt sustainable materials.

28 Oct 2021 Climate Change Events in Scotland Climate Change Events in Scotland

23 Oct 2021 Boreraig House, Galtrigill, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, north west Scotland Design: Dualchas Architects photo : Andrew Lee Boreraig House in Galtrigill, Isle of Skye The multi-award winning Boreraig House has been inspired by the Scottish blackhouse, but abstracted in to modern architecture. The client inherited the croft from his mother, and he wanted to build a home that connected with the landscape and the local heritage.

22 Oct 2021 The Glasgow School of Art shares outcome of detailed analysis of options for the Mackintosh Building photograph © McAteer Mackintosh Building Options, Glasgow School of Art The Glasgow School of Art has shared the outcome of a Strategic Outline Business Case (SOBC) for the Mackintosh Project, a rigorous analysis of the options for the Mackintosh Building. Commissioned by the GSA from external consultants (a hub West-led team including Avison Young) the analysis was undertaken in line with the HM Treasury Green Book guidance and Scottish Public Investment Manual.

22 October 2021 Fife College to progress first net-zero college building, Eastern Scotland Design: Reiach and Hall architects image courtesy of architects practice Fife College Dunfermline Campus Building The Scottish Government has agreed that Fife College can progress to the next stage of its project to deliver the first net zero tertiary education building in Scotland. Having submitted the business case for the new Dunfermline campus in August, Scottish ministers agreed to invest up to £100 million in providing a low carbon, modern, flexible learning space for students.

7 Oct 2021 RHSPT Welcomes Approval Of New National Centre For Music The Royal High School Preservation Trust (RHSPT) has welcomed today’s decision by the City of Edinburgh Council’s Finance and Resources Committee to approve the restoration of the iconic Thomas Hamilton building on Calton Hill as a world-class centre for music education and public performance for the benefit of the whole of Scotland: New National Centre For Music Edinburgh

7 Oct 2021 CSIC to showcase the built environment’s role in combatting climate change Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) is set to put the built environment at the heart of addressing climate change by hosting an international showcase that will run alongside the COP26 summit from 1-12 November. Through an extensive programme of activity at its Innovation Factory in Hamilton, CSIC will demonstrate the low and zero-carbon alternatives available to the construction sector and the emerging opportunities to build more sustainably: Construction Scotland Innovation Centre at COP26

7 Oct 2021 BDP Makes A Return To Edinburgh With Pattern Acquisition photo courtesy of architects office BDP returns to Edinburgh with Pattern acquisition BDP’s recent acquisition of the specialist sports and stadia architecture firm, Pattern Design – the practice delivering Everton FC’s new £500 million waterfront stadium – results in BDP’s return to Edinburgh. Previously, BDP held an Edinburgh office from 2008 to 2011.

10 Sep 2021 Bell Street Stables, Glasgow – wins Historic Environment Scotland Conservation and Climate Change Award photo © Andrew Lee Bell Street Stables Glasgow Building A remarkable conversion of a Victorian council depot to create 52 new homes for affordable rent in the centre of Glasgow has been named as the winner of Historic Environment Scotland’s Conservation and Climate Change Award, a Special Category Award of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland’s (RIAS) Awards.

10 September 2021 Water’s Edge, Camperdown Street, Dundee, East Scotland Design: Nicoll Russell Studios photo : Fraser Band, courtesy of Nicoll Russell Studio architects practice Water’s Edge Dundee Building Water’s Edge is the transformation of another industrial building, this time a mid C19th transit shed later extended to double its size, immediately adjacent to Dundee’s Camperdown Dock.

6 Sep 2021 Kelvin Hall television and film studio, Glasgow Design: Reiach and Hall Architects image courtesy of architecture practice Kelvin Hall Glasgow television and film studio Glasgow City Council secured funding from the Scottish Government to develop a new television and film studio as part of the ongoing refurbishment of the city’s historic Kelvin Hall. The production facility will support Glasgow’s dynamic screen and creative industries sector; an industry estimated to be worth up to £500m to Scotland each year with 60% of its revenue generated in Glasgow.

3 Sep 2021 New National Centre For Music At Old Royal High School, Edinburgh image courtesy of architects practice New National Centre For Music Edinburgh The Royal High School Preservation Trust has submitted detailed proposals to City of Edinburgh Council for the restoration of the iconic Thomas Hamilton building on Calton Hill as a world-class centre for music education and public performance for the benefit of the whole of Scotland. The Trust’s ambitions have evolved into a vision for a new National Centre for Music with clearly defined spaces for classical music education, community access and engagement and performance.

18 Aug 2021 St James Quarter , central Edinburgh Architects: BDP Glasgow studio + Allan Murray Architects St James Quarter Edinburgh BDP has helped complete the delivery of phase one of the new St James Quarter, Edinburgh, working with client Nuveen Real Estate to create a new destination in the heart of the capital. A new and modern 1.7 million sq ft masterplan in urban placemaking, it is one of the UK’s largest inner-city regeneration projects.

10 August 2021 Designing a lower carbon Scotland

Keep Scotland Beautiful partners with Architecture and Design Scotland to develop and deliver bespoke version of accredited Climate Emergency Training

All 26 staff at Architecture and Design Scotland undertook Climate Emergency Training in July as the organisation became one of the first in Scotland’s design and construction sector to take the accredited training, developed with, and provided by environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful.

Designing a lower carbon Scotland

Keep Scotland Beautiful is your charity for Scotland’s environment. They work with people to help combat climate change, reduce litter and waste, and protect and enhance the places we care for. They support the ambitions of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.https://ift.tt/nSMiWg5

Keep Scotland Beautiful offers a portfolio of Climate Emergency Training to support organisations, businesses, communities, young people and individuals to understand the climate emergency and respond to the risks, opportunities and responsibilities ahead. Further details at www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/climate-emergency-training

The Climate Emergency Training will be fully accredited by The Carbon Literacy Project. Carbon Literacy is an awareness of the carbon costs and impacts of everyday activities, and the ability and motivation to reduce emissions, on an individual, community and organisational basis. Further details at https://carbonliteracy.com

27 July 2021 3DReid Student Prize 2021 Winner Tiia’s project, Cloud Cooperative, tackles the subject of data, challenging the current monopoly on the ownership and storage of our private information. Her response to an infrastructure which is otherwise hidden, inaccessible, remote and abstract is a community-owned research facility that is accessible to all and marries architecture and technology beautifully and responsibly: 3DReid Student Prize 2021 Winner News

27 July 2021 Icebox Challenge Glasgow Design The Architecture students from The Scott Sutherland School at Robert Gordon University recently won a national competition to design a highly energy efficient buildings that marks the build up to the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow: Icebox Challenge Glasgow

23 Jul 2021 Learning & Teaching Building at the University of Strathclyde, central Glasgow Design: BDP Glasgow Studio, Architects photograph : David Barbour Learning and Teaching Building University of Strathclyde The Learning and Teaching Project is a unique and collective hub for students and staff, comprising a variety of learning and teaching spaces, from small breakout spaces to a 400 seat lecture theatre. The range of spaces is reflective of the varying needs of activities throughout the building.

18 July 2021 Scottish Design Awards 2021 Winners News Scottish Design Awards 2021 Winners

13 July 2021 Glasgow Queen Street Station Building News photo : Nick Caville Glasgow Queen Street Station Building The constraints of the tunnel throat meant a significant part of the platform extensions would be southward displacing the concourse from beneath the train shed to the area between its fanlight and West George Street. The new concourse’s architecture had to work hard to provide the functionality required.

22 June 2021 Scottish design project makes AJ Architecture Awards shortlist Calton Hill City Observatory Edinburgh design by HarrisonStevens: Calton Hill City Observatory in Scotland’s capital has been nominated for an AJ Architecture Award this week. The design by HarrisonStevens, the Edinburgh-based Landscape Architects and Urban Designers, Calton Hill City Observatory has been nominated in the Landscape and Public Realm category in the annual awards: Edinburgh Building News 2021

9 Jun 2021 Kincardine, Places for Everyone News A community-led design project in a Fife town has been nominated for a Scottish Design Award. Created by HarrisonStevens, the Edinburgh-based Landscape Architects and Urban Designers, the Kincardine, Places for Everyone project has been nominated in the Future Building or Project category in the annual awards: Kincardine, Places for Everyone Project

28 May 2021 Pleasure Scene Exhibition – The Digital Culture of Contemporary Architectural Drawings

11 June – 25 July 2021 29 Trafalgar Avenue, London, SE15 6NP, England, UK

Pleasure Scene Exhibition

The inaugural exhibition at Trafalgar Avenue marks the culmination of an 18-month collaborative project bringing together nine artists from across the UK to respond to the iconic modernist ruin, St Peter’s Seminary, Scotland.

20 May 2021 European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention 2021

rankinfraser landscape architecture are shortlisted for The Dunbar Battery in East Lothian. It is one of ten works in category B – Exterior Spaces – judged by the architects, Delphine Péters, Olga Felip and Isabel Aguirre, after evaluating 49 participating proposals.

The Dunbar Battery, Dunbar, Scotland, United Kingdom. rankinfraser landscape architecture photo © rankinfraser landscape architecture

The 5th edition of European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention, with a success of participation that coincides with the celebration of its 10th anniversary, publishes the names of those shortlisted in the a and b categories.

European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention 2021

11 May 2021 First Passivhaus Primary School, Perth and Kinross Design: Architype Architects image courtesy of architecture practice North Perth Passivhaus Primary School The school, which will replace both the current North Muirton and Balhousie Primary Schools, is being delivered by Robertson Construction Tayside on behalf of hub East Central with Architype as both Lead Consultant and Passivhaus Designer.

23 Apr 2021

New leisure centre in Ayr

hub South West and contractor, BAM, set to revive Ayr town centre with construction of new leisure facility

Work to develop a new leisure centre in Ayr is progressing following South Ayrshire Council’s appointment of hub South West, the construction and infrastructure-focused partnership which operates alongside local Authorities and private sector enterprises in Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway:

Read the news in full at New leisure centre in Ayr

2 Apr 2021

Trust objects to plan for 82 houses and a ‘visitor centre’ adjacent to The Pineapple, Hill of Airth

Conservation charity the National Trust for Scotland has lodged a formal objection to a planning application lodged by George Russell Construction for a housing development at Mains Farm, Airth, directly adjacent to The Pineapple and the historic Dunmore Estate. Dating to 1761, The A-Listed Pineapple is one of Scotland’s most exotic and celebrated buildings and was constructed by the Earl of Dunmore amid a purpose-designed landscape. The property has been in the Trust’s care since 1973.

The Pineapple, Dunmore Estate: photo © The Dunmore Pineapple, Falkirk. David Robertson 1999, National Trust for Scotland

An unsolicited proposal for a visitor centre along with 22 houses was made public in 2018 and the Trust entered into correspondence with the developer. Contrary to the impression given in the developer’s Design and Access Statement, the Trust did not endorse the proposals and merely requested assurances on the ecological impact on rare species as well as clarification on the purpose of the visitor centre. No such assurances were forthcoming and the developer eventually withdrew the planning application for this initial scheme.

The new application, which is now under consideration by Falkirk Council, almost quadruples the number of proposed houses to 82. The overall scheme causes the Trust great concern for the integrity and setting of the landscape around the Pineapple, as well as the threat to wildlife. It is also the Trust’s view that a development in this location would set a planning precedent that may mean more of the area being re-zoned for development.

The National Trust for Scotland’s Chief Executive, Phil Long said:

“The Pineapple is one of the most significant buildings in Scotland and its unique ambience is dependent on its setting within Dunmore Park with its woodland and abundant wildlife.

“It is clear to us that this development scheme would have a hugely adverse impact on the site, which is designated within the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland. As we have seen all too often, inappropriately-scaled and sited developments have impaired or overwhelmed many important historic and natural landscapes and it’s our obligation to ensure that this does not happen to The Pineapple.”

2 Mar 2021 Radisson Hotel Objection News

From Architect Alan Dunlop:

As the architect and designer of the Radisson SAS, a project that has garnered many architecture and hotel design awards, nationally and internationally. I write to object in the strongest possible terms to these proposals.

photograph : Andrew Lee

Read Professor Alan Dunlop’s objection in full at Radisson Hotel Glasgow

Readers comments welcome – this is one of gm+ad’s major works, the planning submission pushes the glass volume out into the street, and creates a new entrance at the north west corner. Alan Dunlop’s original design gave back space to Argyle Street, encouraging a generous approach to the public realm in the heart of Scotland’s largest city.

26 Feb 2021 Lower Tullochgrue, Aviemore, northern Scotland Design: Brown & Brown Architects photograph © Gillian Hayes Lower Tullochgrue, Aviemore Lower Tullochgrue is the refurbishment and extension of a traditional house in the heart of the Cairngorms National Park. A dilapidated steading has been replaced by a contemporary extension, with a timber and glass upper volume above a stone plinth, with the existing topography of the site maintained at all times.

26 Feb 2021 Strone Cottage, Scottish Highlands Design: Loader Monteith Architects photography : Nigel Rigden and Gillian Hayes Strone Cottage, Scottish Highlands The Strone Cottage is the adaptive restoration and extension of a highland bothy in the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland.

12 Feb 2021 Upper Parkbrae House, Oyne, Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland Design: Brown & Brown Architects photograph © Nigel Rigden Upper Parkbrae House, Aberdeenshire This contemporary Scottish property design is comprised of a timber and glass box, which is cantilevered above the landscape, and sited on a stone wall which runs both inside and outside of the building.

11 Feb 2021 ER Residence, Glasgow Property

10 Feb 2021 Langside Halls Queen’s Park, Glasgow

5 Feb 2021 Scottish Design Awards 2021 Programme

1 Feb 2021 Kingsborough Gardens, Glasgow

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Summer to Winter news items:

18 Dec 2020 Literature House for Scotland, John Knox House, Edinburgh Winning Architects: Witherford Watson Mann ; Groves-Raines Architects Studios ; Studio MB photograph © Daniel Lomholt-Welch Literature House for Scotland Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature Trust has selected Stirling Prize winning architectural firm Witherford Watson Mann to lead the next phase of development at the Literature House in Edinburgh. They will be working in partnership with Groves-Raines Architects Studios and Edinburgh-based Studio MB.

20 Nov 2020 Cloch Lighthouse in Gourock Design: Benjamin Tindall Architects Cloch Lighthouse in Gourock Guiding light. Dougall Baillie Associates to advise on changes to home at the Cloch Lighthouse. The professional services of a Lanarkshire civil and structural specialist have been enlisted to advise on a significant upgrade to accommodation at one of Scotland’s most picturesque and dramatically-situated lighthouses.

19 Nov 2020 Holiday Inn Pacific Quay Hotel Architects: Mosaic Architecture + Design image courtesy of architects Holiday Inn Pacific Quay Hotel Glasgow Mosaic Architecture + Design, one of Scotland’s most experienced practices, has secured Glasgow City Council planning approval to build an £18m Holiday Inn Pacific Quay hotel on the site of the former Glasgow Garden Festival.

10 Nov 2020 Quarry Studios, Deeside, Cairngorms National Park, Scottish Highlands Design: Moxon Architects photo © Timothy Soar Quarry Studios in Cairngorms Quarry Studios is conceptually anchored in the landscape by two main elements; vertical concrete chimneys acting as a counterpoint to the low profile of the roof and a massive timber wall that intersects each volume.

6 Nov 2020 Laurieston Living Award News Design of Phase 2: architects Anderson Bell Christie image courtesy of architects Laurieston Living Glasgow A local Glasgow housing development has been named the best Affordable Housing Development of the Year in Scotland. Laurieston Living, which is being delivered by Scottish home builder Urban Union, scooped the award at this year’s Scottish Home Awards – seeing off competition from across the country.

5 Nov 2020 Chivas Brothers HQ in Glasgow International design studio Graven, has designed new, award-winning offices for Chivas Brothers, the Scotch whisky business of Pernod Ricard, on Blythswood Square in Glasgow’s city centre: Chivas Brothers Glasgow

29 Oct 2020 Science Centre Glasgow Photos We took some photos of this cluster of interesting buildings in a rare window of good weather: photo © Adrian Welch

photo © Adrian Welch

photo © Adrian Welch Science Centre Glasgow

29 Oct 2020 Canonmills Garden Recognised for Success at the Scottish Homes Awards

Canonmills Garden, Artisan Real Estate’s stylish new homes development in Edinburgh, is in the running for two prestigious accolades in this year’s Scottish Home Awards which takes place on Thursday (October 29):

Canonmills Garden Edinburgh

8 Oct 2020 Langside Halls Queen’s Park, Glasgow

11 Sep 2020 Scottish Design Awards 2020 Winners

11 Sep 2020 The Carpenter’s House, Stenton, East Lothian

10 Sep 2020 Scottish Architecture Conference The programme for the RIAS 2020 convention has been announced. With the Grain will run online from Monday 28 Sept – Friday 2 October: RIAS Convention 2020: With the Grain

7 Sep 2020 Hidden Stories Map: Glasgow Doors Open Day

4 Sep 2020 St Peter’s Seminary Cardross Building

30 July 2020

Planning Application Submitted for New Town Quarter Development

Plans have now been submitted for one of the largest developments to come forward in Edinburgh’s city centre for a generation.

Ediston and Orion Capital Managers have been working together on their shared vision for New Town Quarter, previously known as New Town North, since last year and have carried out what has been one of the largest consultations ever on a city centre development.

New Town Quarter Development

27 July 2020

Maven acquires site in Edinburgh

Maven Capital Partners, a leading UK property and private equity manager, has purchased a site at Murieston Crescent, Edinburgh, for the development of a purpose built student accommodation (PBSA) complex.

Murieston Crescent Edinburgh

21 July 2020 Builders frustrated by poor performance on crucial planning decisions

Responding to official planning performance statistics for 2019/20 published today, trade body Homes for Scotland (HFS) described another overall increase in decision times for housing applications as “hugely frustrating”.

Director of Planning Tammy Swift-Adams said:

“Despite an 11.5 per cent drop in the number of decisions made on local housing applications (defined as being for less than 50 homes), the time taken to make those decisions crept up for the second year running.

“This is concerning given that these small developments are, by nature, the lifeblood of SME home building businesses – a sector supported by Scottish Government loan funding during the crisis, but also needing local government support if it is to thrive”.

“Things are no more positive for major housing applications (those for 50 or more homes), decisions on which were two weeks slower than the previous year at 37.5 weeks – more than double the 16 week statutory timescale.”

“With all of the consultation and discussion time that has gone into improving the planning system, it is extremely frustrating to see this evidence that improvements are just not emerging on the ground.”

“And, of course, we also await the Scottish Government’s decision on whether planning application fees will be increased again. This decision, and the timing of its implementation, must be made in the context of this performance – with home builders currently receiving some of the poorest service across the system whilst already paying the lion’s share of fees.”

Swift-Adams also points to the Scottish Government’s new consultation document proposing changes to Scottish Planning Policy. These include removing the principle that planning applications that will help solve housing shortages should be looked upon favourably by decision-makers. The paper also seems to suggest that planning authorities should focus more singly on allocating their preferred sites and pay less regard to whether or not the homes that are needed are actually going to be built.

She continued:

“Scottish families and communities don’t need housing land. They want real homes to live in, and more of them. That requires a better functioning system and policy that encourages local planning authorities to ensure the sites they choose for housing development can and will be delivered. With the housing market showing encouraging signs post-lockdown, now is the time for local authorities to work closely with home builders to deliver the homes required.”

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4 June 2020 Red Tree Magenta, Shawfield, Glasgow Design: NORR, Architects photo © Keith Hunter Photography Red Tree Magenta Building Clyde Gateway embarked on delivering the first commercial building at the 11ha Magenta Business Park site, Shawfield to act as a catalyst to the market, prove it as a business location and to demonstrate the viability of the remediation strategy for the wider site.

27 May 2020 New Homes Quality Board – interim board announcement

First step towards creation of New Homes Ombudsman scheme

The first step towards the creation of a New Homes Ombudsman (NHO) scheme has been announced with the appointment of an interim New Homes Quality Board (NHQB) chaired by “New Homes Quality Champion” Natalie Elphicke MP.

As a new independent body, the NHQB will have responsibility for the quality of new build homes and consumer redress. It will be guided by the principles of independence, transparency and integrity, and will comprise a mix of representatives of consumer bodies, home builders, warranty providers, lenders and independents such that it will not be dominated by any one group.

The interim board has ‘met’ for the first time and will now:

• oversee the composition and appointment of a permanent board; • complete, consult on and adopt a new comprehensive and robust industry code of practice that will place more stringent requirements on all parties involved in the construction, inspection, sale and aftercare of new homes; • agree a process to appoint a New Homes Ombudsman (NHO) service to adjudicate against the new code.

Nicola Barclay, Chief Executive of Homes for Scotland, said:

“While housing is a matter that is devolved to the Scottish Government, consumer protection remains a reserved matter and so comes under the responsibility of Westminster, making a UK-wide solution crucially important. Working closely with colleagues in the Home Builders Federation in England, we are delighted to see this progression which reinforces our determination to ensure a high-quality home for each and every purchaser. We are also pleased that the stringent requirements will see consumers receive the same level of clarity and consistency wherever they live.”

The ambition is that a permanent chair and board will be in place by Autumn with a view to the new code and ombudsman service being in place by the start of 2021. There will then be a transition period for builders to sign up to the new arrangements. It is anticipated Government will ultimately legislate to improve consumer redress as soon as possible and these new proposals aim to complement such reform.

Natalie Elphicke said: “This is a welcome move, and a much needed step in the right direction. I am committed to ensuring that the new arrangements will deliver a step change in the quality of new homes and customer experience. They will be based in the principles of independence, transparency and integrity, values I know Government and the industry are determined to instil. I look forward to working with all parties to finalise and implement these changes as quickly as possible.”

All the new arrangements will be paid for by the industry and once established, the NHO will be free to consumers, with access being through a new portal.

Natalie Elphicke is a qualified barrister and solicitor. In 2015 she was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for her services to housing. Natalie’s background is as a national specialist in complex housing and structured finance law and public policy. A former international law firm partner with over £4billion transactional experience, she had been described as “probably the best in the City” in her specialist area of housing.

She has extensive experience structuring and successfully setting up new organisations in her professional capacities, working with a diverse range of stakeholders. This includes most recently at the Housing & Finance Institute. She has a strong reputation as an independent commentator on housing matters ranging from housing policies to building new homes faster as well as in relation to the quality and safety of new build construction.

Natalie is a member of the Jaywick Sands coastal community team and a member of the NHBC advisory panel. She is a voluntary worker at her local homeless shelter, having previously volunteered at free legal/advice centres over many years. In December 2019, Natalie was elected as a Member of Parliament for Dover & Deal.

21 Apr 2020 Housing delivery can build way out of coronavirus crisis

Responding to today’s publication of the latest UK State of the Economy report, Chief Executive of industry body Homes for Scotland Nicola Barclay said:

“Whilst public health has quite rightly been the government’s top priority up to now, it is clear that the economic fallout could have even further reaching consequences for the country. Today’s report highlights that Scotland’s GDP could fall by 33% during the current period of social distancing, with construction noted as one of the most exposed sectors.

“We share the Economy Secretary’s desire to rebuild the economy as quickly as is safely possible and believe that we can, quite literally, build our way out of this. This is why we are working on a recovery plan which includes the core components necessary to kickstart home building, including putting robust control measures in place to protect workers, home purchasers and tenants, as well as working across the sector to ensure everyone is ready to go as soon as we can.

“Delivering the homes of all types that our country needs brings many significant benefits in terms of protecting vital jobs and skills, improving social wellbeing and contributing more widely to the economy through the extensive supply chain.

“Restarting from a standstill requires considerable planning and co-ordination so it is imperative that the Scottish Government works closely with industry to establish a programme for recommencement so we can provide the homes that so many people desperately need.”

9 Apr 2020 Mark Baines, Glasgow School of Art

Mark Baines, who has been a seminal part of the School for 50 years, has passed away (not Covid-19 related).

Mark was one of the first cohort to study on the full time programme at the Mac, went on to work with Andy and Isi at Gillespie Kidd & Coia, with Ian O Robertson Architect and Ian Bridges Architect before returning to GSA to teach generations of architecture students, most recently as Stage Leader for the DipArch programme.

Below is a tribute from his long-time colleague Johnny Rodger, Professor of Urban Literature at The Glasgow School of Art:

Mark Baines

It is with great sadness that we hear of the passing away of our colleague Mark Baines. As an esteemed and respected teacher, practitioner and critic, Mark Baines played a distinctive and vital role at the heart of architectural culture in Glasgow and Scotland in general. Any comprehensive list of his important achievements and his experiences could never be retailed in the space available here, and his place in Glasgow life was a unique one.

His long connection with the Mackintosh School of Architecture started in the early 70s when he was amongst the first cohort of full time architecture students at his beloved Glasgow School of Art. After going out to work as a practising architect for a few years he returned to teach in the school in 1982 and he taught there right up until 2020.

Generations of students were influenced by his encyclopaedic knowledge of the field and his quiet, patient, insightful and inspirational analyses which opened up a whole new spatial and structural world to them. He was the critical eminence grise behind the student edited annual MacMag, and he guided and oversaw the production of that publication which has refined and exposed the creative spirit of the Mac students since 1974. Public recognition of his position as a towering figure in the pedagogical culture of the Mac came when at the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland’s annual Design Tutor of the Year Awards in 2013 he was given a Lifetime Achievement Award.

After MSA Mark started his professional career at the firm of Gillespie Kidd and Coia. The firm had a long association with teaching in the school going back to the 1920s and arguably longer, and Mark joined them as they were at the cutting edge of the rebuilding of the country after WWII. His experience there under the tutelage of Isi Metzstein and Andy MacMillan, set the standards for his own life as an architect and architectural teacher in terms of the fundamental importance of drawing, the vision of the discipline as a collaborative one through the methodologies of the studio, and the necessity of a discursive critical approach to the work.

Mark went on to work with other firms like Ian O Robertson Architect and Ian Bridges Architect through the eighties and onwards , especially on housing projects, and in 2007 completed the design and construction of the massive Merchant Building –a contemporary response in scale and material to the historical setting of Glasgow Cross – with his firm Gholami Baines.

As a critic Mark Baines played a prominent role as a public intellectual, writing chapters and articles for magazines, books and catalogues, putting on exhibitions and giving talks to innumerable groups and societies. Although his knowledge of architecture and architectural history was inexhaustible, and his moral and ethical discourses on where we live and how we do it drew a broad civic public, he became particularly well known for his critiques in a few specialist areas. After working with GKC and studying their work he became one of the acknowledged world experts in the field, writing extensively on the importance of their work in an international sense.

Among the exhibitions he curated on the GKC work, his 2007 one drew the biggest viewing public that The Lighthouse has ever had for any show. He was also an authority on the great 19th century Glasgow architect, Greek Thomson, wrote extensively on his work, campaigned to save numerous of his buildings, and was Chair Person of the Greek Thomson Society. Although his own tastes and indeed practice were of a contemporary not to say modernist outlook, Mark Baines worked tirelessly to broadcast to the world the genius of Thomson’s work and his importance to architectural history.

Mark was a respected and admired colleague, and was recognised by his fellows for the perspicacity of his vision, the originality and acuity of his judgement and the consistency of his approach. For many people he embodied the successes of the studio system at the Mackintosh School of Architecture, as a humane teaching and learning environment. Generations of students and colleagues from all around the world have been humbled then inspired by the breadth of his culture and his willingness to share it. He will be missed greatly at the Glasgow School of Art to which he was totally committed as a creative and collaborative institution.

Johnny Rodger, Professor of Urban Literature at The Glasgow School of Art

9 Apr 2020 New Town North Development at Former RBS Site image courtesy of architects Edinburgh New Town North Development

10 Mar 2020 Judges line up for 2020 Scottish Design Awards

The judging panels for the 2020 Scottish Design Awards have been confirmed with a mix of figures from industry and academia coming together to celebrate the nation’s best new work:

2020 Scottish Design Awards News

29 Feb 2020 Celebrate Perth’s New Creative Hub – Official Opening and First Exhibition Perth Creative Exchange, a £4.5 million creative hub which will help boost the local Perthshire arts economy, was officially opened at a launch ceremony on Wednesday February 26, by the Provost of Perth and Kinross, Dennis Melloy. photo : Fraser Band Perth’s New Creative Hub

29 Jan 2020 The Watch House, Crail, Crail, Fife, Eastern Scotland Architect: Alan Dunlop drawing © Alan Dunlop The Watch House in Crail, Fife Planning Approval and Listed Building and Conservation Area Consent granted unconditionally for this historic property renovation in Crail. The building is listed and sits within the conservation area in Crail, overlooking the Firth of Forth and The Isle of May.

17 Jan 2020 Paisley Museum Building News, western Scotland Design: AL_A image courtesy of architects office Paisley Museum Renewal Plans to transform Paisley Museum into a world-class visitor destination telling the town’s unique stories, including that of the globally admired Paisley Pattern, have taken a major step forward as The National Lottery Heritage Fund announced £3.8million of support for the project.

25 Feb 2020 The Glasgow School of Art appoints Penny Macbeth as new Director The Glasgow School of Art has appointed Penny Macbeth, currently Dean of Manchester School of Art and Deputy Faculty Pro-Vice Chancellor for Arts and Humanities focusing on external engagement and partnerships, as its new Director following an extensive international search: New Glasgow School of Art Director: Penny Macbeth

25 Jan 2020 New Gorbals Housing Association, Crown Street, Glasgow Design: Page\Park Architects photograph : Keith Hunter New Gorbals Housing Association Glasgow The new home of the New Gorbals Housing Association is a bespoke office and civic piazza forming the centrepiece of the Crown Street redevelopment in Glasgow.

7 Jan 2020 Lesley Samuel joins Halliday Fraser Munro as a landscape architect

A rise in masterplanning project wins across Scotland has seen award-winning architectural design and planning practice Halliday Fraser Munro bring high-level expertise to its team, adding landscape architectural services to its portfolio:

More info on the Edinburgh Architecture News 2020 page

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27 Nov 2019 Ashtree Road Pollokshaws Award News

Graeme Nicholls Architects along with clients Home Group in Scotland and Merchant Homes Partnerships are celebrating this week after their Ashtree Road development won not one, but two awards at the prestigious 2019 AJ Architecture Awards.

Ashtree Road Buildings

10 Oct 2019 ; 23 May 2019 New Macallan Distillery Building, Speyside – 2019 RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award Winner Architect: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners ; Exhibition Design: Atelier Brückner photo © Speirs + Major New Macallan Distillery Building The Macallan Distillery and Visitor Experience in Speyside reveals the production processes and welcomes visitors while remaining sensitive to the beautiful surrounding countryside.

5 Oct 2019 Scottish Architecture Student Films Two films here, by Edinburgh architecture student Daniel Lomholt-Welch:

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1 Oct 2019 Perth Affordable Housing Electric Car Charging Points Perth housing development news: Muirton Living

25 Sep 2019 RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award 2019

24 Sep 2019 RIAS respond to Public Enquiry into 2 Scottish Hospitals

The Scottish Government has announced a public inquiry will be held to examine issues at the new Royal Hospital for Children and Young People (RHCYP) and the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) sites.

RIAS President Robin Webster OBE says; “The RIAS welcome the move by Health Minister Jeane Freeman’s to hold an inquiry into the delivery of Scotland’s 2 hospitals. This follows our earlier support for inquiries into failures in Schools across Scotland and our continued involvement in these discussions.

The removal of a co-ordinating overseer with professional independence; a broad and comprehensive understanding of the building design and the procurement process; with the time to apply that understanding and vitally, the executive authority to influence it, has inevitably allowed many gaps in the procurement process to open up; such that responsibilities are clouded, and appropriate resolution of issues fails to occur.”

18 Sep 2019 Fairways – Townhouses, St Andrews, Fife Design: Sutherland Hussey Harris image courtesy of architecture office Fairways Townhouses by St Andrews Old Course The Fairways – Townhouses in St Andrews are laid out so that one taller, tower-like building form addresses the urban setting facing towards the town centre.

6 Sep 2019 Whitehorn Hall Student Accommodation, St Andrews, Fife Whitehorn Hall Student Accommodation

8 Sep 2019 Scottish Design Awards Winners Clydebank Community Sports Hub by Marc-Kilkenny Architects wins: Scottish Design Awards 2019 Winners

6 Sep 2019 Paisley Museum Renewal News Paisley Museum Renewal News Paisley Museum Renewal, Scotland, design by AL_A, transforming the building into a world-class destination showcasing the stories of a Scottish town whose influence reached around the globe.

2 Sep 2019 £200m construction projects signal Glasgow move for architects Halliday Fraser Munro

Barclays Campus, Buchanan Wharf architects Halliday Fraser Munro relocate to larger Glasgow office after winning £200m worth of city construction projects

Halliday Fraser Munro Architects in Glasgow

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