District Regeneration Frameworks Glasgow

Queens Quay Titan Glasgow

Glasgow City Council appoint a team led by MVRDV and Austin-Smith:Lord, supported by Space Syntax and a multidisciplinary team, to embark on the design of District Regeneration Frameworks for four districts of Glasgow City Centre.

Glasgow School of Art events: GSA Mackintosh building

Glasgow School of Art fire aerial view

‘Back to the City’ Conference at the GSA, 5-6 May. In 1976, Secretary of State for Scotland cancelled plans to expand the village of Stonehouse outside Glasgow into a new town and redirected corresponding funds to the Glasgow Eastern Area Renewal (GEAR).

Eolas Travelling Pavilion: Glasgow Collective

Eolas Travelling Pavilion

‘Eolas’ is the Gaelic word for knowledge. This traveling pavilion aspires to promote the Festival of Architecture 2016 and to travel to all areas of the Glasgow Chapter, but more importantly reach as much people as possible from all different backgrounds.

Mackintosh School of Architecture Conference

CZWG: Crown Street Regeneration Project Masterplan

Back to the City, conference by the Mackintosh School of Architecture at The Glasgow School of Art. Keynote speakers include: Sjoerd Soeters, Piers Gough, Theodor Winters and Kathleen James-Chakraborty. It will take place in the Reid Building at the GSA on 5 & 6 May.

St Peter’s Seminary Renewal Funding, Cardross

St Peter's Seminary Cardross building arches

A plan to transform the derelict St Peter’s Seminary in Cardross into a unique arts venue and heritage destination has today been awarded £4.2 million of funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Creative Scotland.

Hinterland Cardross Seminary Light Show + Music

Hinterland, Cardross Seminary lighting

Amidst the stunning, brutal, modern architecture of St Peter’s Seminary, audiences in March will discover aspects of the degraded building highlighted and animated through light installations, projection and sound elements.

Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice, Glasgow healthcare

Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice Building

Ryder Architecture has been appointed to implement the detailed design and delivery phase of this new building in Glasgow. Enabling works are now underway, with the project expected to start on site in June. Architects Ryder will build on work undertaken by NORD.

Large-Scale Artwork in Glasgow

Recoat Artist - Tellas urban artwork

Scottish street artists to create colourful artworks on a farm building, animal refuge and village pub before heading to the city. A team of artists, who are soon to paint large murals in the Dumfries and Galloway countryside, are seeking a site in Glasgow to create another major work.

Holyrood Palace: Holyroodhouse Edinburgh

Holyroodhouse Edinburgh

£10m allocated to renew Holyroodhouse: The outside space at Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh will be redeveloped, a new family room will be created inside the palace, the storytelling of the state apartments will be improved and the Abbey Strand buildings will be restored to house a learning centre.