We are thrilled to announce that at an annual members dinner and awards held in London the practice scooped the prize for 'Best Place to Work: Scotland'. The 'Best Place to Work' awards are based on staff satisfaction, benefits, salary and HR achievements collated from the employee survey and validated by the AJ100 survey.
The RICS awards celebrate inspirational initiatives in the land, property and construction sectors. At this years RICS Scotland Awards 2013 the Scottish National Portrait Gallery received the coveted Scotland Project of the Year Award.
RICS Awards 2013 Programme
Our student residences project Bluebell View at the University of Warwick was last night announced as winner in the Residential Category at the West Midland RICS Awards.
Bluebell View, RICS Award Winner
We are pleased to announce that Glasgow City Council have granted full Planning Consent for a new headquarters building for ScottishPower in the centre of Glasgow.
Following completion of a feasibility study in 2011 we have recently been successful in a competitive process to develop proposals for the redevelopment of St.Cecilia's Hall for the University of Edinburgh.
Concert Hall at St.Cecilia's
We are delighted to have been shortlisted in the 'Best Place to Work - Scotland' category of the AJ100 Awards 2013. The AJ100 is a survey of the largest architecture practices in the UK and also consists of awards that recognise and celebrate the UK's most innovative and successful practices. The 2013 AJ100 rankings and prize winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on 8th May in London.
Our project for 26 units, a mixture of flats, maisonettes and houses, with Loretto Housing Association and Merchant Homes has recently been granted planning consent. The £2.5million project is located on Glenburn Road, Hallglen in Falkirk. The well known 1970's estate is highly visible from the Edinburgh to Glasgow train-link.
Two of our recently completed projects have be nominated in the Scottish Design Awards 2013. Our Olympia project has been nominated in the Regeneration category with Rosslyn Chapel Visitor Centre and Conservation project nominated in the Leisure/Culture Building category.
Our client Glasgow Building Preservation Trust in conjunction with the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland are hosting a special event at the Kelvingrove Bandstand.
Our Olympia and Rosslyn Chapel Conservation & Visitor Centre projects have been shortlisted from 75 entry submissions for a RIAS Award 2013. The RIAS shortlisted projects also compete for the national RIBA awards with the eventual award winners competing for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award.
Construction of St.Mary's West End Medical Practice, Edinburgh has commenced on site. The £2.6million facility sits within the grounds of the Category A listed Cathedral and precinct, incorporating the existing Walpole Hall, a new masons workshop and yard, and new build pavilion with GP and treatment rooms.
David Page contributed on Friday to a conference hosted by the Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies and organised by James D. White and Dr Ruxandra-Iulia Stoica on the subject of New Architectures and World Heritage. In the session on Materiality, Prof Robert Morris explored the transition point in Edinburgh history in the third quarter of the 19th Century between development informed by imported ideas and new materials, countered by the emergence of ideas of protection for the built inheritance, all within an overall context of the importance of story telling. Dr Dorian Wiszniewski related the exquisite drawn documentation of the story of the interior detail of Lambhouse in Leith, and Dr Dimitris Theodossopoulos the technical story of our understanding of the stones that have built the city. Seen in isolation each talk examined one contemporary characteristic of Edinburgh's historical legacy, but as a whole they represented a remarkable gazetteer of the variety of influences that shape and mould the special places we admire.
A number of award shortlists have been announced over the last week with the Scottish National Portrait Gallery nominated in the Building Conservation and also the Tourism & Leisure category at the RICS Awards Scotland. Our student residences for the University of Warwick, Bluebell View, has been shortlisted in the RICS Awards West Midlands.
We are proud to share that our Scottish National Portrait Gallery project has been awarded a Civic Trust Award. The Civic Trust Awards are assessed not only on a project's architectural merit but also on the benefit to the local community.
Page \ Park are delighted to have received a Carbon Trust Award for Refurbished Building 2013 for the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, showing what can be achieved with a sensitive approach to the upgrade of a listed building. Working closely with Harley Haddow Services Engineers, a sympathetic yet distinctive transformation has been achieved that is both rooted in tradition whilst addressing contemporary sustainability issues in a creative way.
Karen Nugent contributed to an Ian Appleton inspired conference in Edinburgh on the role of public art, ‘The Essential Monument’. Joining a number of speakers Karen spoke on the value of public art in representing a popular mandate as well as an artistic position. In considering and valuing the legacy of history it is important to understand the public will that put it there. Drawing on Karen’s work at Albert Square in Dundee and the practice’s work at Glasgow Cathedral Precinct, the Gorbals and St Andrew’s Cathedral, the importance of valuing consensus was explored.
Two of our Conservation CoG members Sarah Jane Bogle and Andrew Taylor have recently achieved their RIAS Accreditation in Conservation Architecture.
Our recently completed Olympia building in Bridgeton, a collaborative project by our Creative Workspace, Arts & Culture and Conservation CoG's, has been added to our project directory. View the full project here.
Justin Fenton attended a Heritage Lottery Fund Heritage Grants briefing session on Tuesday 22 January at their Scottish headquarters in Edinburgh.
Despite the cold weather, the first phase of a three phase residential development at Laurieston, Glasgow is starting to take shape. This first phase consists of 201 flats and houses by Page \ Park and Elder & Cannon Architects and is due for completion in 2014.
Laurieston regeneration phase 1 comes out the ground
Our project for the University of Edinburgh to refurbish 50 George Square and the David Hume Tower basement is well under way on site. The School of Languages, Literatures & Cultures will be relocated to the completed 50 George Square building with a central teaching hub being formed in the linking DHT basement.
50 George Square and the University of Edinburgh in construction
Our recently re-opened Olympia building in Bridgeton has been featured in the Winter 2012 edition of Urban Realm. The feature describes the impact that the newly completed building has had on the area describing the building as having "given Bridgeton back its soul".
Season's Greetings from all at Page\Park Architects. Our studio will close on Friday 21st December, re-opening on Thursday 3rd January.
Karen Pickering and Jennifer Senfield gave a talk at Strathclyde University on 4th December on the practice approach to Sustainable design. They presented a series of completed projects and described how we use a Sustainability checklist at each stage of the design process.
The library at our recently revamped Olympia building is now open. This forms the first phase of Olympia's re-opening with boxing gym facilities and offices to follow. The Category B-Listed building has been an integral part of Bridgeton's social fabric in Glasgow's East End. Our redevelopment with Clyde Gateway has transformed the former theatre building into a new community facility. Read more about the Glasgow Life operated library facility here.
We were recently selected to present work for this year’s Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) Architecture Open Exhibition.
Competition submission model for Heriot-Watt University entrance
At the RIAS Andrew Doolan Award 2012 ceremony at the Scottish Parliament on 8th November our Scottish National Portrait Gallery project was one of five that was merited a 'Special Mention'.
We were delighted on Friday night to receive two awards from the Glasgow Institute of Architects.
The Royal Scottish Geographical Society at Fair Maid's House, Perth
Iain King presented his account of the Rosslyn Chapel Lecture 'Revisiting Hallowed Ground: Stonework Conservation Then and Now' by Oliver Caroe to the wider office at a lunchtime this week. We were delighted to have Dr Peter Burman MBE and Nic Boyes input into the presentation and share in our thinking.
Nic Boyes, Iain King and Oliver Caroe
Kamil Shah presented our Development Framework and Vision for Milngavie Town Centre to the Milngavie Civic Trust and wider community. The study was commissioned by local community group ‘We Like Milngavie’ and sets out the immediate and long term vision for the town centre. Key principles underlined in the framework consider the holistic approach to the development and growth of the town centre; one which is proactive rather than reactionary to individual proposals. There was a good turnout from the community and the presentation was followed by an engaging Q&A session.
This week we add a 16th project to our portfolio of currently 'live' jobs working with church buildings. This time round it is the former Martyr's Church in the heart of St. Andrews, now acquired by the University to extend the study and reading accommodation of their Arts Faculty.
Martyr's Church, St. Andrews
Karen Pickering is attending the RICS Awards 2012 Grand Final this afternoon where our Centre for Scottish War Blinded and St.Andrew's Cathedral are in the final of the 'Design and Innovation' and 'Building Conservation' categories respectively. The Grand Final Ceremony is being held at the Savoy Hotel in London. Read more about the RICS Awards here.
Our Visitor Centre at Rosslyn Chapel has been reviewed by Andrew Guest for the architectural journal A10. The project to conserve the Chapel itself is scheduled for completion early 2013. Read the full article on the A10 website.
The finishing touches are being made to our Olympia project at Bridgeton Cross, with signage and façade lighting being installed and tested this week. The £5.5million redevelopment to include the relocated Bridgeton library and café, the Headquarters of Amateur Boxing Scotland and two floors of rental office space, is programmed for completion December 2012.
Olympia at Bridgeton Cross, in final stages on site
The backbone of our architecture is our thinking, but the pressures of everyday practice can often leave little room for reflection. Some years ago we felt the need to create a little extra space to allow us to articulate our architectural principles.
Our Rosslyn Chapel Visitor Centre project has been shortlisted for The Wood Awards 2012 in the 'Repair and Adaptive Reuse' category.
Following our success in the 2012 RICS Scotland Awards, Karen Pickering was invited to speak at the launch of the RICS Scotland Awards 2013 on the Scottish Project of the Year 2012, the Centre for Scottish War Blinded. The launch event was hosted at the RICS Scotland headquarters in Edinburgh on 27th September. The Centre for Scottish War Blinded and St.Andrews Cathedral will represent Scotland in the national RICS Awards held in the Savoy in London on 19th October 2012. Read more here.
Our recently completed BREEAM Excellent student residences project for the University of Warwick has been featured in the Autumn 2012 Brick Bulletin. The full document can be downloaded here.
Bluebell View at University of Warwick
Glasgow City Council Design Guide : New Residential Areas
Consultation response - Page\Park Architects 20/09/12
Project Architect Mel Goode was invited to speak at an evening seminar for Royal Town Planning Institute members entitled 'Rosslyn Chapel: Carving a New Visitor Experience'.
'Carving a New Visitor Experience' seminar held in Rosslyn Chapel
Our Science and Technology Building at Glasgow Academy has been granted planning consent after going to committee.
Proposed Science and Technology building
Our projects at Dollar 6th Form, Scottish National Portrait Gallery and the Fair Maid's House have each been shortlisted in the Glasgow Institute of Architects Awards 2012 in the Education, Conservation and Commercial categories respectively. The results will be announced at a members dinner on 9th November. Read the full shortlist here.
Project Architect Melanie Goode sent this photo from a site visit to Rosslyn Chapel Visitor Centre this afternoon.
Timber, leather and glass at Rosslyn Chapel
It has been reported that the Scottish National Portrait Gallery is exceeding target visitor numbers by 50%. Great news for our multi-award winning project. Read the full article here.
David Page was invited as a guest speaker at the AGM of Loretto Housing Association where he spoke on 'Making Places'. More details can be found on the Loretto Housing Association website.
David Page sharing Christopher Alexanders 'A Pattern Language'
We have been appointed by Whiteburn developments to explore options for the re-development of the former Girls Reform School, Parkview in Dundee.
We are pleased to report that we've recently been appointed to develop plans for Dunoon Burgh Hall. The project to bring the neglected building back into community use is being developed with the Dunoon Burgh Hall Trust.
We are delighted to announce that the Scottish National Portrait Gallery won both a RIAS and RIBA award at the awards ceremony in Glasgow on Wednesday 20th June 2012.
Section through Scottish National Portrait Gallery
At the Scottish Design Awards dinner on Friday 25th May 2012 Page \ Park were announced as winner of Practice of the Year.
Justin Fenton, Karen Pickering and Brian Park at the Scottish Design Awards
Working closely with Nomad RDC and Chris Churchman Landscape Architects we have been successful in bidding for the 'Heart' project at Glasgow Caledonian University. The project is to include activating the Saltire and Mbeki courtyards, upgrading the lower levels of George Moore and Hamish Wood buildings as well as providing new student services, refectory and conference facilities.
Initial sketch
At a ceremony in London on 16th May Page \ Park were announced as winner of the AJ100 Regional Practice of the Year: Scotland 2012 for the second consecutive year. From AJ100: “This Glasgow institution is cherished by staff proud of its design integrity, which relies on all levels of staff pitching in from concept to completion. As one says: "I would not find this teamsmanship elsewhere."
Karen Pickering collecting our AJ100 Award
The Scottish National Portrait Gallery is the only Scottish museum or gallery to have been shortlisted for the Art Fund Prize 2012. The winner of the Prize will be announced on 19 June at the British Museum.
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
The Centre for the Scottish War Blinded was recently announced winner of the Design and Innovation category and overall Project of the Year award winner for Scotland at the RICS Scotland Awards 2012.
Centre for Scottish War Blinded, Linburn
We have recently been appointed with Harley Haddow, Buro Happold, David Adamson & Partners and Ian White Associates, to develop proposals for a new multi-use community facility in Girvan Harbour. The proposals are to contain a swimming pool, community hall and restaurant facilities overlooking the harbour to Aisla Craig.
We are delighted to announce that two of our projects have won awards in this years RICS Awards. The St. Andrew's Cathedral project in Glasgow has won the RICS Building Conservation Award and our Centre for Centre for Scottish War Blinded in Linburn has won the RICS Design and Innovation Award.
Centre for Scottish War Blinded, Linburn
St.Andrew's Cathedral, Glasgow
Team member Sarah Jane Bogle picked up a ‘My Place Award Commendation’ presented by the Scottish Civic Trust, for the Fair Maid’s House Project in Perth. The award ceremony was at the Lighthouse on Tuesday 27th March.
Sarah Jane Bogle collecting My Place Award. Photo by Donald MacLeod
We are pleased to find that all of our projects submitted in the Scottish Design Awards 2012 have been shortlisted for an award.
Bluebell View, University of Warwick
St. Andrew's Cathedral, Glasgow
