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Jon-Marc Creaney

Nov 8, 2011
We are very saddened to hear the news that Jon-Marc Creaney has lost his fight with cancer and passed away on 6th November 2011. As a great servant to the work of the GIA over the years he will be missed by all... more

RIBA centre stage at Ecobuild 2012

Nov 25, 2011 on RIBA news
RIBA centre stage at Ecobuild 2012... more
Architects protest over Glasgow project

Nov 25, 2011 on Building Design
Architects held a protest in Glasgow this week over a controversial decision to grant planning permission for GD Lodge’s proposed redevelopment of Broomielaw Quay, a joint venture between Capella Developments and the city council... more
Dunfermline Leisure Centre opens

Nov 25, 2011 on Urban Realm
Fife Council are to open the doors to their in-house designed Carnegie Leisure Centre, Dunfermline, on November 26... more
Swansea Maggie’s centre set for Dec 9 opening

Nov 25, 2011 on Urban Realm
Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres have announced that their latest care centre will open on December 9 at the Singleton Hospital, Swansea... more

Glasgow’s tallest towers to be knocked down

Nov 25, 2011 on Urban Realm
Glasgow’s very own ‘twin towers’, a dystopic vision of social housing policy gone wrong, are to be demolished in the latest phase of east end regeneration... more
Kingcase Housing earns Saltire accolade

Nov 25, 2011 on Urban Realm
A partnership between Ayrshire Housing and Kingcase Parish Church to deliver ten homes for affordable rent whilst extending church’s existing hall has been commended by the Saltire Awards... more
Viewpoint: Could people learn to love tower blocks?

Nov 25, 2011 on BBC News
London's famous Trellick Tower, by the architect Erno Goldfinger, is now a 30-storey style pile. That goes for towers in Glasgow, now swathed in multicoloured insulating overcladding... more