Turbine Watch 3. 12. Barcloy Hill This proposal for 5 x 1. However, comments by the developer, RES UK, which persistently imply that the lack of objection by Scottish Natural Heritage SNH to this development, somehow equates to no concerns, could not be left unchallenged. Project manager John Appleton said RES is disappointed with the planning officers recommendation to refuse Barcloy Hill Wind Farm. The findings of the councils landscape officer are at odds with the assessment RES has undertaken and more importantly Scottish Natural Heritage does not object to the project. Daily Record 1. JulyWhilst Dumfries and Galloway Council raised objections on the grounds of effects on landscape character and visual amenity, this position is not supported by Scottish Natural Heritage SNH. RES websiteAccording to the BBC website, RES UK, expressed its disappointment at the decision saying that the objections due to the effect on the landscape had not been shared by Scottish Natural Heritage. This is not an isolated incident but also happens with other developers across the whole of Scotland. Turbine Watch 3. 12, fully supported by GLARE, Save Loch Urr, South West Wind Farm Action Group, Say No to Arriequhillart and Biosphere and Dark Sky Park Protection Ltd, have written to Ian Ross, the new Chair of SNH asking that action is taken to rectify this situation. Updates. 17. 09. 13 One Bucket at a Time Winnipeg opens with the Winnipeg Design Festival. Details on the installation and how to donate to the community. Forum Universitatis. The college typology seeks the creation an idealised world within its walls. By and large the traditional model of University buildings in Oxford. At a recent Twynholm community council meeting, a councillor reported that Banks controversial proposal for 7 turbines at Knockendurrick, Glengap, Twynholm could. Houses for children The idea of the educational ensemble originated from a study in 2005, which involved the local community to develop a holistic concept for the. Courtyard Houses A Housing Typology Pdf' title='Courtyard Houses A Housing Typology Pdf' />We are lucky in Dumfries and Galloway that our councillors are fully aware of SNHs approach and know that they need to have regard to their detailed comments and not just their formal position. Anyone reading SNHs detailed comments on the Barcloy proposal can be in no doubt as to their views. Unfortunately, this is not our experience with the wider public and developers can exploit this confusion to undermine the council officers recommendation and to imply that objectors are mere NIMBYs. Unless the position is clarified, the effect over time could be to erode confidence in the Councils policies, which we strongly support and which need to be consistently applied if we are to end the ongoing uncertainty and strife in this field. We expect wind developers to operate in an open, honest and ethical way, sadly in this instance none of those qualities are apparent. Chapmans Howe. There is a good possibility that this proposal for 3 x 1. Barcloy Hill site, could be decided at the PAC meeting on Wednesday 2. September.   We will let you know once we have definite confirmation. Knockendurrick Gatehouse of FleetNext in line for decision after Chapmans Howe  Again we will let you know when we have more information. California wind park. Ecotricitys application for an 8. Kirkdale Hill is due to be decided at the PAC on the 2. August.  A scoping opinion has now been submitted for 7 x 1. Kirkdale Hill near Creetown. Whilst the mast is likely visible from Cairn Holy it would appear only one or possibly two of the turbines would be. However, this development would be highly visible from across Wigtownshire, sit within a Regional Scenic Area and impact on several sensitive archaeological sites. We shall be keeping a close eye on this proposal. Several people have already contacted us to ask why this proposed development has been named California. Apparently there is a derelict building on site with that name Auchleand Community Windpower Ltd have requested an extension to the decision date until the 9th October. Larbrax Is open for comment until 2. August. 8 x 1. 00m turbines planned to the north of Portpatrick and Killantringan beach. This development would be situated near the early section of the Southern Upland Way, in a Regional Scenic Area and, with the North Rhins wind farm, would have significant cumulative impact. If any of you knowvisit the area please consider putting in an objection. For more information please visit the Save Killantringan Viewpoint Facebook pagehttps www. Clyde extension. A further 5. Scottish Government to be added to the 1. Balgrayhill nr LockerbieNo. E40. 01. 0  scoping opinion submitted for 1 x 6. The Future of Galloways Landscapes. The office of Xaveer De Geyter Architects XDGA concentrates not only on architectural realizations, but also on urban projects not limited by one particular field. The architecture of Mesopotamia is ancient architecture of the region of the TigrisEuphrates river system also known as Mesopotamia, encompassing several. Courtyard Houses A Housing Typology Pdf' title='Courtyard Houses A Housing Typology Pdf' />See below for the details of an event that the Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland APRS are holding, with the help of the Galloway Preservation Society, in Gatehouse of Fleet on Saturday, 2. August. The purpose of the event is to give APRS members the chance to meet each other and discuss the future of the regions landscapes generally, taking account of all the pressures on it such as afforestation, more intensive farming, the pressure to relax controls over rural housing and other forms of renewables, as well as wind. APRS want to show people just how attractive an area it is and how much care must be taken to ensure that it is properly safeguarded and looked after in the future. So long as attendees are happy to respect this overall objective, APRS would welcome as big a turnout as possible. The Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland APRS in association with the Galloway Preservation Society GPS are holding an APRS Members Day The Future of Galloways Landscapes on Saturday 2. August at the Mill on the Fleet, Gatehouse. All APRS and GPS members, friends and family are most welcome to attend this APRS Members Day, which this summer comes to the Fleet Valley National Scenic Area in Galloway. Venue Faed Gallery, The Mill on the Fleet, High Street, Gatehouse of Fleet,Time  1. Coffee. 10. 3. 0 1. Speakers and discussion on The Future of Galloway Landscapes. Buffet lunch see below for charges2. Site Visit to Knocktinkle NSA Viewpoint then to Dromore and Gatehouse Station, 5 miles north west of Gatehouse, involving optional short walk maximum 3 miles on fairly level ground. Booking If you would like to attend please book in advance by Monday 1. August, to help us assess catering numbers. The cost is 1. To book or for any queries please email inforuralscotland. DRDH Architects. DRDH, with Julian Harrap Architects, Arup Theatre Acoustics, ABT and RCR have won a competition for the renovation and refurbishment of De Bijloke Music Centre, a historic music venue in Ghent, Belgium. DRDH in collaboration with Allies Morrison have won a competition for a 2. Antwerp. DRDH invited to participate at the Chicago Architecture Biennial 2. MAKE NEW HISTORY by curators Johnston Marklee. Stormen is nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture Mies van der Rohe Award 2. September Daniel Rosbottom is invited to lead a studio, along with Jan Peter Wingender, Cathy Hawley and Hugh Strange, entitled Forum Universitatis at this years AF Masterclass more. Forum Universitatis. The college typology seeks the creation an idealised world within its walls. By and large the traditional model of University buildings in Oxford establishes a hierarchy of accommodation around a sequence of quads, void figures around which student rooms, dining rooms and chapels are arranged, and which generally progress from court to garden. The primary relationships are those that are established between these parts rather than with the city outside. The citys streets, accordingly, are characterised by a sense of exclusion walls are seen over to the privileged life within. With its overwhelming inward focus, this inversion of the city, where its streets and lanes are treated as backs, gives the centre of Oxford a distinct character. If the city recedes then so equally does the landscape. Despite the presence of both the river Cherwell and the river Thames, colleges also turn their backs on the waterways that penetrate the city centre. With a few, more contemporary exceptions, the Universitys relationship with the rivers seems incidental. In counterpoint, the University buildings focussed around Radcliffe Square in the centre of Oxford form an urban ensemble that provides a generous public realm. Here the focus is on the relationship between a series of strong formal and spatial figures, which together create a more open permeable dialogue between University and City. Established over time rather than as a single set piece, they create a delicate balance, where one can simultaneously read the grouping as objects within space, and spaces between objects. Within this complex sequence, the Radcliffe Camera, Sheldonian Theatre, Clarendon Building and Bridge of Sighs are identifiable as distinctive formal pieces which, exceptionally, Hawksmoors All Souls College addresses, through the opening up of its principal quad as a three sided, directional composition. James Stirlings Florey building similarly raises questions of figure and space, fronts and backs. Intended to create an intensely focused public space, which opens onto the riverscape of the Cherwell and the walk that forms its edge, the building sought to reinterpret the relationship between individual, collective and public life. Ultimately though, such ambitions were rejected by Queens College, its sponsor, and the building remains marginal to the experience of the University The intention of the studio is to see the Florey Building as a catalyst for a new understanding of what a college might be, the starting point for a new, outwardly oriented and public spirited urban landscape ensemble which reflects upon the precedent of Radcliffe Square but understands its role in forming an edge that looks back to the spires and domes of the historic centre across the water and mediates the relationship between city and river. While the Florey building, like much of Stirlings earlier work, might be generally considered as an object building, unconcerned with its relationship to neighbours, our study will consider it in the context of his later work, such as his competition scheme for the Wallraf Richartz Museum in Germany, where the contrast could not be greater. We will design a series of buildings, which together create a compelling urban composition that incorporates the Florey, focussing on volumes and spaces and the relationships and views through and between them. The idea pays tribute both to Stirlings scheme for Corrections to Nollis Plan, where Stirling re contextualises his own work, and to the plans submitted by Hawkmoor in 1. Oxford around public open space his Forum Universitatis. Proposals will operate within the parameters set up by these various precedents. Working through models, this ensemble will be developed in primarily scenographic terms, as a direct response to both the amphitheatre of the Florey and Pevsners reading of the wider city in picturesque terms. September Jillian Jones, Ewan Stone and David Howarth have been invited to run an undergraduate studio at the Sir John Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design. They will be running studio 9 Public Rooms, Convergent Spaces. June DRDH have been invited on to the jury of the Kaunas M. K. Ciurlionis Concert Centre International Design Contest. June DRDH, with Julian Harrap Architects, Arup Theatre Acoustics, ABT and RCR have won a competition for the renovation and refurbishment of De Bijloke Music Centre, a historic music venue in Ghent, Belgium. April DRDH in collaboration with Allies Morrison have won a competition for a 2. Antwerp. April Daniel Rosbottom to lecture and review thesis year students at U. C. D. College of Engineering and Architecture. Sega Ages 2500 Games Free. March DRDH invited to present Bodo Concert Hall and library at 2. Arch Moscow Next March Building works have commenced on Site Gallery, Sheffield. March David Howarth appointed chair of the RIBA Awards panel for West London, 2. March Daniel Rosbottom joins Mark Pimlott and Asli Cicek, as a panellist for We desire a kind of freedom the public interior as idea and project at Het Nieuwe Instituutmore. The event is followed by a book launch for The Public Interior as Idea and Project by Mark Pimlott, Japsam Books, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam. February David Howarth invited to speak at the Surface Design Show 2. February DRDH invited to participate at the Chicago Architecture Biennial 2. MAKE NEW HISTORY by curators Johnston Marklee. January Stormen is nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture Mies van der Rohe Award 2. December Time lapse film showing the transformation of the Stormen Konserthus Sal 1 stage view here. December Daniel Rosbottom is appointed as a Professorial Assessment Committee Member at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation. November Daniel Rosbottom has been invited to participate in one of a series of debates entitled Composition Material, as part of the Frankfurt Dialogues run by Het Nieuwe Instituuts Agency for Architecture, Design and Digital Culture in collaboration with the Flanders Architecture Institute. November The Dutch architecture journal, de Architect, interviews Daniel Rosbottom as part of a film to celebrate Office Winhov being awarded the Oeuvre Prize at Arc. October Stormen, Bodo has won a RIBA Award for International Excellence 2. Royal Institute of British Architects International Prize 2. Stormen will now be visited by the Grand Jury of the prize before the winner is announced on Thursday 2. November 2. 01. 6. The selection follows a rigorous judging process which saw the RIBA awards committee travel to 3. November. Setting a new global standard for architectural achievement, the prize will be judged by a grand jury of experts chaired by world renowned architect, Lord Richard Rogers of Riverside. Projects demonstrate a range of innovative responses to the role of public architecture, providing major new additions to their contexts and communities. More informationless. October Full Jury Citation for the RIBA Award for International Excellencemore. Stormen Concert Hall and Library has created a new community focus for a small town, with two new civic buildings in Bod, 1.