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9 May 2012 - No comments
Outspoken architect Malcolm Fraser has contributed to a BBC Radio series titled Scotland Inspired to explore the status of the arts in Scotland and the artists who have inspired them.
This...
17 Apr 2012 - No comments
Details of a unique day long design competition which aims to introduce secondary school students to architecture have been revealed by the organisers.
Creative Spaces 2012 is an annual...
16 Apr 2012 - No comments
Nicoll Russell Studios have unveiled plans for a £14m redevelopment of Dundee Station, entailing demolition of the existing booking hall and its replacement by a hotel.
Ken Guild leader of...
6 Apr 2012 - No comments
The Voigt Partnership have published a 30 year masterplan to reinvigorate Arbroath by focussing anew on the existing town centre.
This calls for the creation of a new square to act as a focal...
29 Mar 2012 - No comments
An exhibition showcasing the work of the finest emerging artist and architects in Scotland has commenced, curated by the Royal Scottish Academy.
This year eight architecture students have been...
15 Mar 2012 - No comments
The University of Dundee has announced that it has teamed up with Archial to plan an £11.2m extension to its School of Medicine at Ninewells.
Taking the form of a 600sq/m extension to the...
28 Feb 2012 - No comments
In January Page/Park hosted a seminar at their James Morrison Street offices, part of a series to tackling our built environment , to examine how 19th century institutions can best be renewed for...
9 Feb 2012 - No comments
Forth Energy has announced that it is to scrap plans to erect a combined heat and power plant in Leith in light of fresh proposals to develop the Port of Leith as a hub for offshore renewables....
23 Jan 2012 - No comments
Hotel chain Malmaison has agreed to take a 35 year lease of Dundee’s B listed Tay Hotel , part of a regeneration of the wider waterfront area.
The historic 91 bedroom hotel is being...
19 Jan 2012 - No comments
Plans for a series of offices buildings constructed from disused shipping containers are to be submitted by Scottish Enterprise for a site at Seaforth, Dundee.
Built from an assortment of 30ft...
7 Dec 2011 - No comments
Scottish Water has submitted a formal planning application for the development of a £15m National Operations Centre on a moorland site in Stepps, near Glasgow.
Designed by Reiach & Hall...
23 Nov 2011 - No comments
The Dundee Institute of Architects have recognised Archial’s work on the interior of their National Centre of Excellence in Computer Games Education, with an award for best interior design...
21 Oct 2011 - No comments
The shortlist for the richest prize in UK architecture, the Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award, has been unveiled by RIAS.
A record 35 submissions were received for this year’s...
11 Oct 2011 - No comments
In the Autumn issue, hitting desks today and tomorrow, you can read:
Dundee House: Dundee's civic hub is the latest manifestation of the Jute City's reinvention but what does the...
7 Oct 2011 - No comments
Aberdeen City Councilors have opted to follow their compatriots in Dundee by voting to demolish their own former high rise headquarters – St Nicholas House.
Designed by Aberdeen City...
15 Sep 2011 - No comments
A dated Dundee pub furnished with kitsch nautical paraphernalia has been transformed by Nicoll Russell Studios into a hip new venue.
The quick turnaround project took just six weeks to take from...
2 Aug 2011 - No comments
Dundee City Council’s demolition of four unpopular tower blocks in the city’s Hilltown district has paved the way for implementation of a new area masterplan.
Some 606 flats were imploded...
1 Jul 2011 - No comments
The Summer edition of Urban Realm has hit the streets - an issue which encapsulates the grit and the glamour of contemporary Scotland.
A resurgent cultural scene provides the glamour this...
24 May 2011 - No comments
Urban Realm caught up with Japanese architect Kengo Kuma before his recent public lecture to find out more of what the
Kuma first visited Scotland 30 years ago to play a round of golf but the...
24 May 2011 - No comments
Reiach & Hall’s £20m office development for Dundee Council has emerged from scaffolding ahead of its occupation by Dundee City Council.
It has been built behind the listed façade of a...
19 May 2011 - No comments
The Royal Institute of British Architects has announced that ten buildings in Scotland have received their 2011 award for architectural excellence.
A diverse bunch the selection includes a...
5 May 2011 - No comments
Curious Design & Architecture, on behalf of MEC Services, have submitted plans for the redevelopment of the B listed Tay Hotel, Dundee.
Their plans call for the existing derelict property to...
21 Apr 2011 - No comments
Philip Long, a senior curator at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, has been appointed to lead the project to establish the V&A outpost in Dundee.
An expert in Scottish art and...
1 Apr 2011 - No comments
Lomond Group, the developer behind plans for a 102 bedroom hotel at Dundee Airport is to appeal against Dundee City Council’s rejection of their planning application.
The firm is at...
2 Mar 2011 - No comments
The Victoria & Albert Museum has published a shortlist of seven proposals in their Exhibition Road Design Competition .
Just seven entrants made it to final furlong, whittled down from a...
1 Mar 2011 - No comments
Centre for Cities, an independent charity promoting the improvement of UK cities economic performance, has published its 2011 outlook – and it makes for some grim reading.
Weighing up the...
3 Feb 2011 - No comments
An exhibition showing the six shortlisted designs for the V&A at Dundee, including Kengo Kuma’s winning entry, have gone on display at the Lighthouse where they will remain on show till February...
16 Jan 2011 - No comments
It may be the start of a new decade but Malcolm Fraser sees nothing but a continuation of past mistakes in the years ahead. In this downbeat New Year’s message, first printed in the AJ, Fraser...
8 Dec 2010 - No comments
A £55m golf, hotel and residential development in Broughty Ferry, near Dundee, has been approved by Angus Council.
Designed by Archial the development is being masterminded by Mike Forbes,...
7 Dec 2010 - No comments
Missed the last issue of Urban Realm or simply looking out for a digital copy? Fret not, the answer to your quandry lies below...
Top Trump? - Urban Realm travels to Manhattan to get the...
24 Nov 2010 - No comments
It’s been one year now since the publication of Urban Realm, a milestone we celebrate in style this issue with a special edition guest edited by Wayne Hemingway.
Well regarded for his work...
10 Nov 2010 - No comments
Researchers at Abertay University in Dundee have developed modelling software to depict how the city could evolve to those with a stake in its future development.
Dubbed the Sustainable City...
3 Nov 2010 - No comments
The Japanese practice of Kengo Kuma & Associates, together with Cre8 Architecture, have emerged victorious in the V&A at Dundee design competition.
One of six proposals to be shortlisted at a...
2 Nov 2010 - No comments
Eleven buildings are in the running for this years RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award after the architects body published its list of hopefuls.
The winner will be decided by a...
28 Sep 2010 - No comments
Six shortlisted designs for a northern outpost of the Victoria & Albert Museum have been unveiled in Dundee today at an exhibition entitled ‘V&A at Dundee – Making it Happen’
Featured at...
24 Sep 2010 - No comments
A free exhibition of the six short listed designs for a V&A museum in Dundee is to take place at the University of Abertay Library on Bell Street from September 29 to November 4.
Entitled...
22 Sep 2010 - No comments
Alan Dunlop is a prolific sketch artist, drafting some 400 drawings over the past 10 years depicting projects ranging from built work such as Glasgow’s Radisson, to competition entries such as a...
5 Aug 2010 - No comments
A recent 3DReid championed Student Competition won by Alan Keane of the University of Dundee provoked some debate amongst Urban Realm readers. They queried whether real world considerations ought...
30 Jul 2010 - No comments
A University of Dundee student, Alan Keane, has seen off five finalists from 23 shortlisted entries to emerge victorious in 3Dreid’s annual hunt for Britain’s top student.
Held in the...
23 Jun 2010 - No comments
First round voting has begun in 3Dreid’s annual hunt for the UK’s top student with the public being asked to pick their top three students from 22 nominations .
The student who emerges...
27 May 2010 - No comments
Six teams have been selected to design a Dundonian branch of the Victoria & Albert Museum after more than 120 firms took part in a competition to design the V&A’s northern waterfront home....
19 Mar 2010 - No comments
Bradford has found itself unwilling recipient of another unwelcome award, the Yorkshire city has been deemed the place travellers least want to visit in a poll conducted by budget hoteliers...
15 Feb 2010 - No comments
Sir Nicholas Grimshaw has called on Edinburgh to embrace modernity and warned against “fossilisation” of its Old and New towns.
Speaking to the Sunday Herald Grimshaw stressed the...
10 Feb 2010 - No comments
Plans for a huge biomass energy plant at Leith Docks are to be but on public display from tomorrow at Ocean Terminal by Forth ports and Scottish & Southern Energy.
The £360m proposal would...
11 Jan 2010 - No comments
Dundee City Council have launched an architecture competition for a “world class” £47m outpost of the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Dubbed “V & Tay” the centre for art and design will...
7 Jan 2010 - No comments
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Historic Scotland (HS) have awarded funding to five churches and one cathedral which have been identified as under threat.
Brechin Cathedral, St...
23 Dec 2009 - No comments
Plans to demolish a B listed Romanesque style church in Dundee have stoked controversy with a split in opinion between Historic Scotland and those who wish the site redeveloped.
Parishioners...
23 Dec 2009 - No comments
Dundee is to make fresh calls on Network Rail for an upgrade of its un-aesthetic rail halt after fresh passenger statistics revealed it to be the ninth busiest in Scotland.
Local politicians...
21 Oct 2009 - No comments
Historic Scotland is to open a debate on post war architecture at a conference this November 24 in Dundee.
A bid to open a debate on protecting and celebrating the variety of architectural...
17 Sep 2009 - No comments
Archial Architects have picked up a Civic Trust Award for their Clocktower conversion at City Quay, Dundee.
The former barrel vaulted warehouse has been transformed into 12 flats after Unicorn...
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