Scottish Building Regulations: CDM Regs Scotland
Property professionals – architects, developers, contractors, etc. – are being bombarded with new regulations. Consequently there are plenty of CPD’s and lectures (see Events page) to explain this swathe of bureaucratic flux.
Swinton House – Borders Property, Scotland House
This prototypical pair of three bedroom semi-detached houses has been designed and built in Swinton, Berwickshire for Berwickshire Housing Association for rent at an affordable price.
Bankside 4 Development London
Bankside 4 Development London, new building in Southwark design by Richard Rogers for Clan Real Estate & Grosvenor: Native Land residential property in SE1 on a site next door to the Tate Modern.
Scottish Brochs: Ancient Architecture in Scotland
Edin’s Hall Broch (also Edinshall Broch; Odin’s Hall Broch) is a 2nd-century broch near Duns in the Borders of Scotland. It is one of very few brochs found in southern Scotland.
Ordrupgaard Copenhagen Museum Building
The Ordrupgaard Museum needed a new structure in which to display permanent and temporary collections, alongside a new café, according to Zaha Hadid Architects.
Portree Skye Building: Sutherland Hussey
Sutherland Hussey Architects have just completed a feasibility study for a new harbour on the Isle of Skye. The development in Portree includes RNLI launch facilities and visitor centre, a Diaspora museum, RSPB mega hide and a new home for the An Tuireann Arts Centre.
Swiss Cottage Masterplan, North West London
Swiss Cottage Masterplan: public realm development in London NW3, UK – by various architects – Swiss Cottage master plan design, buildings, architecture
New York Architecture Images, Manhattan Pictures
Most of these images focus on the Manhattan waterfront, around the Brooklyn Bridge, The Battery Park, Two Bridges areas where the East River meets the Hudson River. The Brooklyn Bridge features clearly in one of the pictures and you can see Battery Park City in others.
BCO Awards 2006 Winners: Architecture
BCO Awards 2006, UK, winners results for architecture prize: President’s Award by Sir Stuart Lipton, Best of the Best: Roche UK New Head Office, Welwyn Garden City, England
Marine Operations Centre: Aberdeen Harbour
SMC Parr Architects’ new Marine Operations Centre at Aberdeen Harbour on Pocra Quay, has already been given recognition for the quality of its’ design – a prestigious Award from the Aberdeen Civic Society.
Terunobu Fujimori Architect Japan, Buildings
Terunobu Fujimori Architects – Japanese architecture firm – Japan architect office, houses: design studio news, In 1986 Fujimori formed the Roadway Observation Society
Scottish Buildings: New Architecture in Scotland
These major buildings also online at Scottish Architecture Tour with images + text – new architectural designs in Scotland – property design images & architects – Scottish architecture tour information
Kaiserslautern Buildings: Rheinland-Pfalz
Kaiserslautern buildings, Germany – architectural info + photos, Rheinland-Pfalz building – Western German architecture, architects news
Wood Awards 2006 Winner, Building + Architects
Wood Awards 2006 Winners, UK – winning building, Shortlist results, Savill Building by Glenn Howells Architects in Windsor Great Park, southeast England, UK
Isle of Gigha Houses: Fyne Homes Housing
Fyne Homes, the Housing Association which operates throughout Bute, Cowal, mid Argyll and Kintrye, has recently appointed architects for a new development on the Isle of Gigha. Design quality was high on the agenda for this important site and Fyne Homes engaged RIAS Consultancy from the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland to manage a design competition.
National Assembly for Wales: Welsh Building
Like its sibling north of the border this devolved Parliament building is difficult to ‘read’ and was massively controversial, but, unlike the Scottish Parliament, it is vastly cheaper and smaller
Loch Maree House: Rosshire Property
Rural Design architects, based on the Isle of Skye today revealed images of one of the most striking houses recently planned for the Scottish Highlands. The 500m2 house on the edge of Loch Maree in Rosshire in the North West Highlands replaces a former foresters cottage.
Architecture Book Reviews: Publications
Architecture Book Reviews – by Ian Wall, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK – architecture publication reviews: Great Fortune by Daniel Okrent; Aviopolis – A Book about Airports by Fuller & Harley; The Kill by Emile Zola
