March 2010 Blog Posts (8)

Anti-clockwork Orange?

News emerges today of the possible closure of Glasgows Underground System, "if a £400 million modernisation programme is not approved."

Source: Glasgow Herald

Added by Neil McGuire on March 25, 2010 at 9:30 — No Comments

"retain the facade, which is the unique part of the building" ?

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/planners-agree-to-controversial-demolition-of-art-deco-garage-1.1005295

Aside from the issues around the change of use for the site of the Botanic Gardens Garage the opinion quoted in the Herald below by Councillor Alex Glass show a scant lack of understanding… Continue

Added by Tom Warren on March 23, 2010 at 22:30 — 6 Comments

Room in the City, April 22-24th

Members may be interested in this conference which is looking at city squares, urban public space, and how they are designed and used.

Added by Neil McGuire on March 15, 2010 at 16:44 — No Comments

Spatial Agency

http://www.spatialagency.net/

Spatial Agency is an ongoing research project that aims to shift the of focus of architectural discourse from one that is centred around the design (= building) and making (= technology) of buildings to one where architecture is understood as a situated and embedded praxis…

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Added by Tom Warren on March 9, 2010 at 19:05 — No Comments

glaspaper

http://www.glaspaper.com/

Click/Download/Read

Imagine

Protest

Listen

Observe

Inform

Satire

Critique

Act

G.L.A.S. (Glasgow Letters on Architecture and Space) a co-operative of… Continue

Added by Tom Warren on March 9, 2010 at 18:44 — 2 Comments

M74

Herald Article:

M74 extension: Will the gap ever be filled?

Published on 10 Dec 2007

Transport chiefs have until January to make a deal with the only contractors bidding to build the M74 Completion. Millions are at stake for the builders and the Government, even more for the people of Glasgow, writes David Leask

NOT so much a motorway, more a jobs machine.

The M74 Completion - or M74C for short - has… Continue

Added by Tom Warren on March 4, 2010 at 22:26 — No Comments

The Victorian Walk

Before New Glasgow Society there was The Victorian Walk, a tour of the city centre's most notable locations. Covering a large area, the Walk route is described in the notes on buildings, which include questions and comments on potential improvements and losses:…

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Added by Alistair Fyfe on March 4, 2010 at 20:00 — 1 Comment

Compare the Square

Controversy reigns in Aberdeen over the plans to radically transform Union Terrace Gardens. As a starting point Compare the Square offers a thoroughly researched overview of the plans on the table. A public consultation is also being undertaken, and whilst this blog post is too short to cover all the aforementioned controversies,… Continue

Added by Neil McGuire on March 1, 2010 at 23:06 — No Comments