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SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES MAJOR CONSULTATION INTO FUTURE OF PLANNING REGIME
Deadline for written responses: 15th October 2010
The Scottish Government has launched a major consultation into the future of the Scottish planning system. Views are sought on how the planning service can be more effectively resourced and focused on quality of service. The paper also seeks views on options for amending the fee structure for planning applications.
The consultation, Resourcing a High Quality Planning System , seeks to address how the planning system in Scotland is to be properly resourced, both in terms of people...
Saltire Housing Design Awards Shortlist Announced
The Saltire Society unveiled s a Scotland-wide shortlist of projects for its 2010 Housing Design Awards competition. The society also announced a recession-beating 100% increase in entries over last year’s scheme.
After a major re-vamp of the awards - which included enlisting world architect of the year John McAslan as the inaugural guest chairman - the shortlist contains several already lauded projects; including Colin Andrew Smith’s ‘Rock House’ at Kenmore in Perthshire, Konishi-Gaffney’s ‘Japanese House’ in Edinburgh, and Skye architects Rural Design’s private house at Fiscavaig.
Despite only one project making the shortlist for the ‘small scale housing development’...
SUSTAINABLE HOUSING IDEAS COMPETITION
As part of the Scottish Government's Scottish Sustainable Communities Initiative (SSCI) the RIAS is managing a design competition based around the SSCI exemplar site at Whitecross, near Linlithgow.
The competition seeks housing and urban design proposals that combine high levels of sustainability and reductions in carbon emissions with a sensitive response to place and context.
It is expected that design proposals will reflect a 'new vernacular' for Scottish architecture that demonstrates...
Consultation on Revised Planning Guidelines
Deadline: 6th August
Draft revisions have been made to two Edinburgh Planning Guidelines:
· Building Heights and Roofscapes
· Accessibility in the Built Environment
These draft revised guidelines are now available for consultation. The consultation period for the draft Guidelines will run until 6th August 2010, and any comments would be welcomed. Comments received will be taken account of in the finalisation of the Guidelines.
You can comment on the draft Guidelines using online surveys, or send your comments via email or letter to the addresses advised below.. Please do take a few minutes to comment - the surveys are only two questions long, and your response will ensure the finalised version is an informed piece of...
Change to EAA CPD Programme:November
The EAA Architecture and Film CPD event scheduled for 24 November has been postponed. Instead, there will be a session on Changes to Part 5 (Noise) of the Building Standards.
Nick Smith, acoustics specialist at the Charlton Smith Partnership will explains the 'what' and the 'how' of the changes in the building standards effective from 1st October. The session will cover how architects can detail buildings they design to meet or better the standards and pitfalls to note from the changes.
EAA Student Medal Presented at ECA Degree Show
The Edinburgh Architectural Association presented the 2010 JR McKay medal to Fraser McQuade on June 11th. The McKay medal for the best 3rd year student at Edinburgh College of Art has been presented since 1968 and previous winners include Neil Gillespie of Reiach & Hall and David Lawson at Oberlanders.
The award was judged by EAA council members Kieran Gaffney, Robert Black and Angus Eitel who were introduced to the third year’s work at the show by Clare Slifer, Mark Walker and year coordinator Chris Lowrie.
The judges looked at the whole year’s work and were impressed with the range and standard of the projects on show. The 3rd year was based on a one large project in Dundee’s waterfront which went from Masterplan scale of the waterfront to a Museum (of Dundee Life) detailed at 1:5. The range of scale and scope of work was impressive and the judges in particular they enjoyed the 1:50 part models that were developed by all students. It was felt that these allowed students to explore both the spatial and aesthetic qualities of their proposals and the technical and constructional background. The tutors were strongly commended for this approach and the high standard overall.
The judges then reviewed the work of the 4 top students: Gorgios Tsorman, Ross Aitchison, Fraser McQuade and Aum Uangudom.
The winner was Fraser McQuade whose project was felt to be the most conceptually intruiging and whose ideas had been worked through and delivered with panache. The judges commented that Fraser would be a creative, independent voice in practice and one to watch for the future.
The EAA were pleased to have been invited to view students' projects and are actively working to develop a relationship between practice and the schools of architecture in Edinburgh.
Photograph credits: Paul McQuade
EAA Liaison Meetings with City of Edinburgh Council Planning Department
The EAA and CEC Planning are meeting on a regular basis to discuss the operation of the planning process in Edinburgh. This is an opportunity for members to bring causes of concern to the attention of CEC and for this constructive dialogue to help encourage best practice by CEC, applicants and their agents.
Topics of discussion have so far included the following:
• The need for a better understanding of new processes following the introduction of the Town and Country Planning Regulations 2009. CEC delivered two CPD events, to capacity audiences, explaining the new procedures and timescales for applications. The EAA has agreed to reciprocate and deliver some CPD to CEC about the process from the perspective of...
ART DECO ROADHOUSE TO BE RESCUED
Work is at last under way to bring back to life a forgotten art deco building left to decay in an Edinburgh housing estate for years.
The White House, one of the capital's first 'roadhouses', has been on Scotland's Buildings at Risk register after being closed down as a pub more than a decade ago. But now the Category B-listed building, on the main road heading through Craigmillar, in south Edinburgh, is set for a new lease of life after its proposed revival was at the heart of a successful...
Shortlist announced for V&A, Dundee
The shortlist for the V&A at Dundee project, open to international competition, has been announced.
Sutherland Hussey Architects of Edinburgh was the only Scottish firm to be selected in a shortlist which includes companies from Vienna, Tokyo, New York and Oslo.
The six shortlisted companies are:
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INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION IN CONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE
Thursday 9th September, 2010
Venue: 29 Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow, 9.30am - 4.00pm
Cost: £95 +VAT.
The International Mediation in Construction Conference will explore the use of mediation in construction and examine current practices in Scotland, the UK and within the wider international context. The aim of the conference is to promote mediation and maximise its use.
Particular themes to be discussed will include UK and Overseas perspectives, a simulation of a mediation and an evidence-based case study for a...
Sculpture Exhibition at House for an Art Lover
24 June - 30 September, Bellahouston Park, Glasgow
24 June – 30 September 2010
Open Monday – Friday: 10am – 4pm
Saturday and Sunday: 10am – 12.30pm
Kate Thomson is exhibiting a selection of pieces within the Mackintosh Suite of rooms in the House for an Art Lover in Bellahouston Park, Glasgow.Kate is a sculptor who was based in north Japan from 1991 until spring 2007. Since starting to work internationally 20 years ago her practice has consisted mostly of creating site-specific public sculpture in stone to...
RIBA Awards 2010: Scotland's Shortlist Exhibition
The Lighthouse, Glasgow, until 14 August 2010
In March, the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland announced Scotland’s shortlist of 16 buildings, the largest ever submission to the UK's most prestigious architectural awards.
The result is a list of projects, varied in range and geographical spread, including a masterplan, housing, major conservation work, hospital and education provision and even a distillery.
At a time when life has been challenging for the architectural profession and construction industry these...
Housing, Energy Supply and Carbon Reduction in Scotland: Conference
22nd September 2010, Edinburgh
A one-day conference in the King James Thistle Hotel, Edinburgh looking at smart, local and renewable models for energy supply and demand.
Keynote Speaker: Alex Neil MSP, Minister for Housing and Communities
This conference aims to examine and address Scotland's housing energy challenges and in particular:
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