Arbroath Medical Centre, Springfield health facility

Springfield Medical Centre is situated on Ponderlaw Street near the centre of Arbroath, on a former gasworks site. It houses 2 GP practices and the local Community Dental Service and has a gross floor area of 2400m2

Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Newcastle

Gateshead Millennium Bridge structure

This river crossing is a pedestrian and cyclist tilt bridge spanning the River Tyne in England between Gateshead’s Quays arts quarter on the south bank, and the Quayside of Newcastle upon Tyne on the north bank.

Sarphatistraat Offices Amsterdam building

Sarphatistraat Offices Amsterdam Building

Sarphatistraat Offices Amsterdam, Netherlands – design by Steven Holl Architects – Dutch Housing Corporation Het Oosten, Steven Holl Architects Holland

Jorn Utzon architecture talk, buildings

Sydney Opera House building Jorn Utzon Architecture Talk

Richard Weston’s insight into Jorn Utzon as the only architect who can reputedly construct his fantasy would seem to make light of the fact that the architect has been having his fantasy in equal measure in concoction

RIAS Conference, Aberdeen Convention

After the AGM, and Gordon Murray’s thoughtful introduction, Lewis Macdonald praised Aberdeen, for quite a while (beware politicians, they like the sound of their own voice) and said of the Scottish Parliament, “ambitious design will always cause controversy and debate”. The day’s chairman, the rather demure and not-so-vigourous Jonathan Woolf waved us into the first speaker, the energetic Professor Richard Weston.

Colour Coated Creativity Awards – RIAS

The NCR FSG Discovery Centre Research and Development Facility in Fulton Road, Dundee has won the Colour Coated Creativity Award 2004. The Angus-based designers of the winning building, James F Stephen Architects & Interior Designers, will be presented with the award on 17 June outside the Discovery Centre, Dundee.