Great Glen House, the new headquarters designed for Scottish Natural Heritage in Inverness by Keppie Design, has won the award for Sustainable Building of the Year sponsored by ‘Building’ and ‘Building Design’ magazines.
Shed development has never been the sexiest sector of the construction industry, but innovative shed specialist Gazeley is pushing hard to put warehouses in the vanguard of green buildings – literally.
The New Terminal Area (NAT), designed by a consortium of Richard Rogers Partnership, the Spanish practice Estudio Lamela and two engineering companies TPS and Initec, will establish Madrid as a major European hub.
An architectural solution which passengers can easily read, simplifying the travel process. That the main building reflects the sequential character of the passenger processing through the separation of the different functional volumes or modules.
The new museum for Cagliari serves as a landmark for the city – welcoming visitors from the sea, sharing its public dimension with the urban complex through a network of public paths.
Fluy House, Amiens, Picardie: French residential building by Ian Ritchie Architects, Londoon, UK. The core of the home – kitchen, bath, utility and energy centre is precisely organised to respond to the surrounding user areas
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) announce short list for 2006 Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland. This year saw the largest number of entries since the scheme began in 2002 – with 34 entries in total
Saltire Awards 2006, Scottish housing prize – winners, architects & buildings + news – Saltire Society, Scottish housing design awards, residential architecture in Scotland
Queen Mother Building, Dundee University architecture by Page/Park Architects – Department of Applied Computing, Tayside architecture photos, Scotland
Queen Mother Building Dundee by Page/Park Architects – new structure facing the edge of the proposed campus green – Tayside architecture photos, Scotland
Scottish Design Show – workshops + exhibition at the Tramway Theatre Glasgow in Scotland – new architecture Scotland
Roses Awards, Results, Buildings, Architects Roses Design Awards 2006 Roses Design Awards 2006 : Winners, Manchester, England, UK 20 Oct 2006 Roses Design Awards 2006 Architecture Winners Gold Medal for Best Place Making: St Vincent Place, Edinburgh Reiach and Hall Architects / Oberlanders Architects Roses Design Awards – information from gm+ad architects: 20 Oct 2006 … Read more
This is the regional parliament building for Wales, built around the same time as the Scottish Parliament for a lot less money and with slightly less controversy.
Given that this is a small building in a small town in a small country many will wonder what’s so special about it. But Zaha Hadid is a big architect.
The House of Pure Wood, Nizhnij Novgorod, Due to an increasing interest to the matter of wooden house-building, a decision to hold an open contest of architectural projects was made.
Grand Designs Awards, Results, UK Building Prize, Architect Grand Designs Awards British Architecture Prize – Winners – Grand Designs Magazine Awards Winners for 2006 Housing Development Winner: Gold Lane, Barnet Project 35 English & Konu Architects for Notting Hill Housing Group Finalists: Great Bow Yard Stride Treglown for Southwest Eco Homes Morrell’s Yard Stephen Davy … Read more
The awards are the most prestigious annual event in the ornamental horticulture industry, recognising the work of the sector’s top achievers and innovators. Entrants are judged on the basis of a body of work completed over the qualifying period.