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The hill next to the lighthouse - Mull of Galloway, Scotland. Black and white version. This image was shot in May along with others, some of which have been posted to Instagram as colour images over the summer. There was a problem though. I've found 2021 rather a tough so far regarding my own photography. Something seemed to be missing from the photographs i took in Scotland. I just wasn't totally happy with what i'd shot - which is not like me at all! It's not nice losing your photo mojo :) Recently I've been working on the photos from May and started to feel happier with the images. Black and white was always a passion. I was even called a B&W specialist once. I needed to go back to my roots i guess. #scotland #mullofgalloway #coast #coastline #clouds #people #view #candid #sky #hill #monochrome — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/3jetZUQ

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Scottish Architecture News: Buildings in Scotland

Scottish Building News 2021, Architecture Photos, Property Scotland Images, Architects, Design Links

Scottish Architecture News

New Architecture Developments + Buildings in Scotland – Built Environment + Architects Updates

post updated 22 June 2021

Scottish Buildings News

This page contains a selection of major Scottish Architecture News, with projects arranged chronologically, latest first. Each architecture news item links to an individual project page. We’ve selected what we feel are the key Scottish Building News stories.

The focus is on contemporary Scottish buildings but we do post on changes to major traditional buildings in Scotland.

Scottish Architecture News 2021

Scottish Architecture Designs – chronological list

22 June 2021 Scottish design project makes AJ Architecture Awards shortlist Calton Hill City Observatory Edinburgh design by HarrisonStevens: Calton Hill City Observatory in Scotland’s capital has been nominated for an AJ Architecture Award this week. The design by HarrisonStevens, the Edinburgh-based Landscape Architects and Urban Designers, Calton Hill City Observatory has been nominated in the Landscape and Public Realm category in the annual awards: Edinburgh Building News 2021

9 Jun 2021 Kincardine, Places for Everyone News A community-led design project in a Fife town has been nominated for a Scottish Design Award. Created by HarrisonStevens, the Edinburgh-based Landscape Architects and Urban Designers, the Kincardine, Places for Everyone project has been nominated in the Future Building or Project category in the annual awards: Kincardine, Places for Everyone Project

28 May 2021 Pleasure Scene Exhibition – The Digital Culture of Contemporary Architectural Drawings

11 June – 25 July 2021 29 Trafalgar Avenue, London, SE15 6NP, England, UK

Pleasure Scene Exhibition

The inaugural exhibition at Trafalgar Avenue marks the culmination of an 18-month collaborative project bringing together nine artists from across the UK to respond to the iconic modernist ruin, St Peter’s Seminary, Scotland.

20 May 2021 European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention 2021

rankinfraser landscape architecture are shortlisted for The Dunbar Battery in East Lothian. It is one of ten works in category B – Exterior Spaces – judged by the architects, Delphine Péters, Olga Felip and Isabel Aguirre, after evaluating 49 participating proposals.

The Dunbar Battery, Dunbar, Scotland, United Kingdom. rankinfraser landscape architecture photo © rankinfraser landscape architecture

The 5th edition of European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention, with a success of participation that coincides with the celebration of its 10th anniversary, publishes the names of those shortlisted in the a and b categories.

European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention 2021

11 May 2021 First Passivhaus Primary School, Perth and Kinross Design: Architype Architects image courtesy of architecture practice North Perth Passivhaus Primary School The school, which will replace both the current North Muirton and Balhousie Primary Schools, is being delivered by Robertson Construction Tayside on behalf of hub East Central with Architype as both Lead Consultant and Passivhaus Designer.

23 Apr 2021

New leisure centre in Ayr

hub South West and contractor, BAM, set to revive Ayr town centre with construction of new leisure facility

Work to develop a new leisure centre in Ayr is progressing following South Ayrshire Council’s appointment of hub South West, the construction and infrastructure-focused partnership which operates alongside local Authorities and private sector enterprises in Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway:

Read the news in full at New leisure centre in Ayr

2 Apr 2021

Trust objects to plan for 82 houses and a ‘visitor centre’ adjacent to The Pineapple, Hill of Airth

Conservation charity the National Trust for Scotland has lodged a formal objection to a planning application lodged by George Russell Construction for a housing development at Mains Farm, Airth, directly adjacent to The Pineapple and the historic Dunmore Estate.  Dating to 1761, The A-Listed Pineapple is one of Scotland’s most exotic and celebrated buildings and was constructed by the Earl of Dunmore amid a purpose-designed landscape.  The property has been in the Trust’s care since 1973.

The Pineapple, Dunmore Estate: photo © The Dunmore Pineapple, Falkirk. David Robertson 1999, National Trust for Scotland

An unsolicited proposal for a visitor centre along with 22 houses was made public in 2018 and the Trust entered into correspondence with the developer.  Contrary to the impression given in the developer’s Design and Access Statement, the Trust did not endorse the proposals and merely requested assurances on the ecological impact on rare species as well as clarification on the purpose of the visitor centre. No such assurances were forthcoming and the developer eventually withdrew the planning application for this initial scheme.

The new application, which is now under consideration by Falkirk Council, almost quadruples the number of proposed houses to 82. The overall scheme causes the Trust great concern for the integrity and setting of the landscape around the Pineapple, as well as the threat to wildlife.   It is also the Trust’s view that a development in this location would set a planning precedent that may mean more of the area being re-zoned for development.

The National Trust for Scotland’s Chief Executive, Phil Long said:

“The Pineapple is one of the most significant buildings in Scotland and its unique ambience is dependent on its setting within Dunmore Park with its woodland and abundant wildlife.

“It is clear to us that this development scheme would have a hugely adverse impact on the site, which is designated within the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.  As we have seen all too often, inappropriately-scaled and sited developments have impaired or overwhelmed many important historic and natural landscapes and it’s our obligation to ensure that this does not happen to The Pineapple.”

2 Mar 2021 Radisson Hotel Objection News

From Architect Alan Dunlop:

As the architect and designer of the Radisson SAS, a project that has garnered many architecture and hotel design awards, nationally and internationally. I write to object in the strongest possible terms to these proposals.

photograph : Andrew Lee

Read Professor Alan Dunlop’s objection in full at Radisson Hotel Glasgow

Readers comments welcome – this is one of gm+ad’s major works, the planning submission pushes the glass volume out into the street, and creates a new entrance at the north west corner. Alan Dunlop’s original design gave back space to Argyle Street, encouraging a generous approach to the public realm in the heart of Scotland’s largest city.

26 Feb 2021 Lower Tullochgrue, Aviemore, northern Scotland Design: Brown & Brown Architects photograph © Gillian Hayes Lower Tullochgrue, Aviemore Lower Tullochgrue is the refurbishment and extension of a traditional house in the heart of the Cairngorms National Park. A dilapidated steading has been replaced by a contemporary extension, with a timber and glass upper volume above a stone plinth, with the existing topography of the site maintained at all times.

26 Feb 2021 Strone Cottage, Scottish Highlands Design: Loader Monteith Architects photography : Nigel Rigden and Gillian Hayes Strone Cottage, Scottish Highlands The Strone Cottage is the adaptive restoration and extension of a highland bothy in the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland.

12 Feb 2021 Upper Parkbrae House, Oyne, Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland Design: Brown & Brown Architects photograph © Nigel Rigden Upper Parkbrae House, Aberdeenshire This contemporary Scottish property design is comprised of a timber and glass box, which is cantilevered above the landscape, and sited on a stone wall which runs both inside and outside of the building.

11 Feb 2021 ER Residence, Glasgow Property

10 Feb 2021 Langside Halls Queen’s Park, Glasgow

5 Feb 2021 Scottish Design Awards 2021 Programme

1 Feb 2021 Kingsborough Gardens, Glasgow

Scottish Architecture News 2020

Summer to Winter news items:

18 Dec 2020 Literature House for Scotland, John Knox House, Edinburgh Winning Architects: Witherford Watson Mann ; Groves-Raines Architects Studios ; Studio MB photograph © Daniel Lomholt-Welch Literature House for Scotland Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature Trust has selected Stirling Prize winning architectural firm Witherford Watson Mann to lead the next phase of development at the Literature House in Edinburgh. They will be working in partnership with Groves-Raines Architects Studios and Edinburgh-based Studio MB.

20 Nov 2020 Cloch Lighthouse in Gourock Design: Benjamin Tindall Architects Cloch Lighthouse in Gourock Guiding light. Dougall Baillie Associates to advise on changes to home at the Cloch Lighthouse. The professional services of a Lanarkshire civil and structural specialist have been enlisted to advise on a significant upgrade to accommodation at one of Scotland’s most picturesque and dramatically-situated lighthouses.

19 Nov 2020 Holiday Inn Pacific Quay Hotel Architects: Mosaic Architecture + Design image courtesy of architects Holiday Inn Pacific Quay Hotel Glasgow Mosaic Architecture + Design, one of Scotland’s most experienced practices, has secured Glasgow City Council planning approval to build an ��18m Holiday Inn Pacific Quay hotel on the site of the former Glasgow Garden Festival.

10 Nov 2020 Quarry Studios, Deeside, Cairngorms National Park, Scottish Highlands Design: Moxon Architects photo © Timothy Soar Quarry Studios in Cairngorms Quarry Studios is conceptually anchored in the landscape by two main elements; vertical concrete chimneys acting as a counterpoint to the low profile of the roof and a massive timber wall that intersects each volume.

6 Nov 2020 Laurieston Living Award News Design of Phase 2: architects Anderson Bell Christie image courtesy of architects Laurieston Living Glasgow A local Glasgow housing development has been named the best Affordable Housing Development of the Year in Scotland. Laurieston Living, which is being delivered by Scottish home builder Urban Union, scooped the award at this year’s Scottish Home Awards – seeing off competition from across the country.

5 Nov 2020 Chivas Brothers HQ in Glasgow International design studio Graven, has designed new, award-winning offices for Chivas Brothers, the Scotch whisky business of Pernod Ricard, on Blythswood Square in Glasgow’s city centre: Chivas Brothers Glasgow

29 Oct 2020 Science Centre Glasgow Photos We took some photos of this cluster of interesting buildings in a rare window of good weather: photo © Adrian Welch

photo © Adrian Welch

photo © Adrian Welch Science Centre Glasgow

29 Oct 2020 Canonmills Garden Recognised for Success at the Scottish Homes Awards

Canonmills Garden, Artisan Real Estate’s stylish new homes development in Edinburgh, is in the running for two prestigious accolades in this year’s Scottish Home Awards which takes place on Thursday (October 29):

Canonmills Garden Edinburgh

8 Oct 2020 Langside Halls Queen’s Park, Glasgow

11 Sep 2020 Scottish Design Awards 2020 Winners

11 Sep 2020 The Carpenter’s House, Stenton, East Lothian

10 Sep 2020 Scottish Architecture Conference The programme for the RIAS 2020 convention has been announced. With the Grain will run online from Monday 28 Sept – Friday 2 October: RIAS Convention 2020: With the Grain

7 Sep 2020 Hidden Stories Map: Glasgow Doors Open Day

4 Sep 2020 St Peter’s Seminary Cardross Building

30 July 2020

Planning Application Submitted for New Town Quarter Development

Plans have now been submitted for one of the largest developments to come forward in Edinburgh’s city centre for a generation.

Ediston and Orion Capital Managers have been working together on their shared vision for New Town Quarter, previously known as New Town North, since last year and have carried out what has been one of the largest consultations ever on a city centre development.

New Town Quarter Development

27 July 2020

Maven acquires site in Edinburgh

Maven Capital Partners, a leading UK property and private equity manager, has purchased a site at Murieston Crescent, Edinburgh, for the development of a purpose built student accommodation (PBSA) complex.

Murieston Crescent Edinburgh

21 July 2020 Builders frustrated by poor performance on crucial planning decisions

Responding to official planning performance statistics for 2019/20 published today, trade body Homes for Scotland (HFS) described another overall increase in decision times for housing applications as “hugely frustrating”.

Director of Planning Tammy Swift-Adams said:

“Despite an 11.5 per cent drop in the number of decisions made on local housing applications (defined as being for less than 50 homes), the time taken to make those decisions crept up for the second year running.

“This is concerning given that these small developments are, by nature, the lifeblood of SME home building businesses – a sector supported by Scottish Government loan funding during the crisis, but also needing local government support if it is to thrive”.

“Things are no more positive for major housing applications (those for 50 or more homes), decisions on which were two weeks slower than the previous year at 37.5 weeks – more than double the 16 week statutory timescale.”

“With all of the consultation and discussion time that has gone into improving the planning system, it is extremely frustrating to see this evidence that improvements are just not emerging on the ground.”

“And, of course, we also await the Scottish Government’s decision on whether planning application fees will be increased again. This decision, and the timing of its implementation, must be made in the context of this performance – with home builders currently receiving some of the poorest service across the system whilst already paying the lion’s share of fees.”

Swift-Adams also points to the Scottish Government’s new consultation document proposing changes to Scottish Planning Policy. These include removing the principle that planning applications that will help solve housing shortages should be looked upon favourably by decision-makers. The paper also seems to suggest that planning authorities should focus more singly on allocating their preferred sites and pay less regard to whether or not the homes that are needed are actually going to be built.

She continued:

“Scottish families and communities don’t need housing land. They want real homes to live in, and more of them. That requires a better functioning system and policy that encourages local planning authorities to ensure the sites they choose for housing development can and will be delivered. With the housing market showing encouraging signs post-lockdown, now is the time for local authorities to work closely with home builders to deliver the homes required.”

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Scotland Building Updates Early 2020

Winter to Summer news items:

4 June 2020 Red Tree Magenta, Shawfield, Glasgow Design: NORR, Architects photo © Keith Hunter Photography Red Tree Magenta Building Clyde Gateway embarked on delivering the first commercial building at the 11ha Magenta Business Park site, Shawfield to act as a catalyst to the market, prove it as a business location and to demonstrate the viability of the remediation strategy for the wider site.

27 May 2020 New Homes Quality Board – interim board announcement

First step towards creation of New Homes Ombudsman scheme

The first step towards the creation of a New Homes Ombudsman (NHO) scheme has been announced with the appointment of an interim New Homes Quality Board (NHQB) chaired by “New Homes Quality Champion” Natalie Elphicke MP.

As a new independent body, the NHQB will have responsibility for the quality of new build homes and consumer redress. It will be guided by the principles of independence, transparency and integrity, and will comprise a mix of representatives of consumer bodies, home builders, warranty providers, lenders and independents such that it will not be dominated by any one group.

The interim board has ‘met’ for the first time and will now:

• oversee the composition and appointment of a permanent board; • complete, consult on and adopt a new comprehensive and robust industry code of practice that will place more stringent requirements on all parties involved in the construction, inspection, sale and aftercare of new homes; • agree a process to appoint a New Homes Ombudsman (NHO) service to adjudicate against the new code.

Nicola Barclay, Chief Executive of Homes for Scotland, said:

“While housing is a matter that is devolved to the Scottish Government, consumer protection remains a reserved matter and so comes under the responsibility of Westminster, making a UK-wide solution crucially important. Working closely with colleagues in the Home Builders Federation in England, we are delighted to see this progression which reinforces our determination to ensure a high-quality home for each and every purchaser. We are also pleased that the stringent requirements will see consumers receive the same level of clarity and consistency wherever they live.”

The ambition is that a permanent chair and board will be in place by Autumn with a view to the new code and ombudsman service being in place by the start of 2021. There will then be a transition period for builders to sign up to the new arrangements. It is anticipated Government will ultimately legislate to improve consumer redress as soon as possible and these new proposals aim to complement such reform.

Natalie Elphicke said: “This is a welcome move, and a much needed step in the right direction. I am committed to ensuring that the new arrangements will deliver a step change in the quality of new homes and customer experience. They will be based in the principles of independence, transparency and integrity, values I know Government and the industry are determined to instil. I look forward to working with all parties to finalise and implement these changes as quickly as possible.”

All the new arrangements will be paid for by the industry and once established, the NHO will be free to consumers, with access being through a new portal.

Natalie Elphicke is a qualified barrister and solicitor. In 2015 she was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for her services to housing. Natalie’s background is as a national specialist in complex housing and structured finance law and public policy. A former international law firm partner with over £4billion transactional experience, she had been described as “probably the best in the City” in her specialist area of housing.

She has extensive experience structuring and successfully setting up new organisations in her professional capacities, working with a diverse range of stakeholders. This includes most recently at the Housing & Finance Institute. She has a strong reputation as an independent commentator on housing matters ranging from housing policies to building new homes faster as well as in relation to the quality and safety of new build construction.

Natalie is a member of the Jaywick Sands coastal community team and a member of the NHBC advisory panel. She is a voluntary worker at her local homeless shelter, having previously volunteered at free legal/advice centres over many years. In December 2019, Natalie was elected as a Member of Parliament for Dover & Deal.

21 Apr 2020 Housing delivery can build way out of coronavirus crisis

Responding to today’s publication of the latest UK State of the Economy report, Chief Executive of industry body Homes for Scotland Nicola Barclay said:

“Whilst public health has quite rightly been the government’s top priority up to now, it is clear that the economic fallout could have even further reaching consequences for the country. Today’s report highlights that Scotland’s GDP could fall by 33% during the current period of social distancing, with construction noted as one of the most exposed sectors.

“We share the Economy Secretary’s desire to rebuild the economy as quickly as is safely possible and believe that we can, quite literally, build our way out of this. This is why we are working on a recovery plan which includes the core components necessary to kickstart home building, including putting robust control measures in place to protect workers, home purchasers and tenants, as well as working across the sector to ensure everyone is ready to go as soon as we can.

“Delivering the homes of all types that our country needs brings many significant benefits in terms of protecting vital jobs and skills, improving social wellbeing and contributing more widely to the economy through the extensive supply chain.

“Restarting from a standstill requires considerable planning and co-ordination so it is imperative that the Scottish Government works closely with industry to establish a programme for recommencement so we can provide the homes that so many people desperately need.”

9 Apr 2020 Mark Baines, Glasgow School of Art

Mark Baines, who has been a seminal part of the School for 50 years, has passed away (not Covid-19 related).

Mark was one of the first cohort to study on the full time programme at the Mac, went on to work with Andy and Isi at Gillespie Kidd & Coia, with Ian O Robertson Architect and Ian Bridges Architect before returning to GSA to teach generations of architecture students, most recently as Stage Leader for the DipArch programme.

Below is a tribute from his long-time colleague Johnny Rodger, Professor of Urban Literature at The Glasgow School of Art:

Mark Baines

It is with great sadness that we hear of the passing away of our colleague Mark Baines. As an esteemed and respected teacher, practitioner and critic, Mark Baines played a distinctive and vital role at the heart of architectural culture in Glasgow and Scotland in general. Any comprehensive list of his important achievements and his experiences could never be retailed in the space available here, and his place in Glasgow life was a unique one.

His long connection with the Mackintosh School of Architecture started in the early 70s when he was amongst the first cohort of full time architecture students at his beloved Glasgow School of Art. After going out to work as a practising architect for a few years he returned to teach in the school in 1982 and he taught there right up until 2020.

Generations of students were influenced by his encyclopaedic knowledge of the field and his quiet, patient, insightful and inspirational analyses which opened up a whole new spatial and structural world to them. He was the critical eminence grise behind the student edited annual MacMag, and he guided and oversaw the production of that publication which has refined and exposed the creative spirit of the Mac students since 1974. Public recognition of his position as a towering figure in the pedagogical culture of the Mac came when at the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland’s annual Design Tutor of the Year Awards in 2013 he was given a Lifetime Achievement Award.

After MSA Mark started his professional career at the firm of Gillespie Kidd and Coia. The firm had a long association with teaching in the school going back to the 1920s and arguably longer, and Mark joined them as they were at the cutting edge of the rebuilding of the country after WWII. His experience there under the tutelage of Isi Metzstein and Andy MacMillan, set the standards for his own life as an architect and architectural teacher in terms of the fundamental importance of drawing, the vision of the discipline as a collaborative one through the methodologies of the studio, and the necessity of a discursive critical approach to the work.

Mark went on to work with other firms like Ian O Robertson Architect and Ian Bridges Architect through the eighties and onwards , especially on housing projects, and in 2007 completed the design and construction of the massive Merchant Building –a contemporary response in scale and material to the historical setting of Glasgow Cross – with his firm Gholami Baines.

As a critic Mark Baines played a prominent role as a public intellectual, writing chapters and articles for magazines, books and catalogues, putting on exhibitions and giving talks to innumerable groups and societies. Although his knowledge of architecture and architectural history was inexhaustible, and his moral and ethical discourses on where we live and how we do it drew a broad civic public, he became particularly well known for his critiques in a few specialist areas. After working with GKC and studying their work he became one of the acknowledged world experts in the field, writing extensively on the importance of their work in an international sense.

Among the exhibitions he curated on the GKC work, his 2007 one drew the biggest viewing public that The Lighthouse has ever had for any show. He was also an authority on the great 19th century Glasgow architect, Greek Thomson, wrote extensively on his work, campaigned to save numerous of his buildings, and was Chair Person of the Greek Thomson Society. Although his own tastes and indeed practice were of a contemporary not to say modernist outlook, Mark Baines worked tirelessly to broadcast to the world the genius of Thomson’s work and his importance to architectural history.

Mark was a respected and admired colleague, and was recognised by his fellows for the perspicacity of his vision, the originality and acuity of his judgement and the consistency of his approach. For many people he embodied the successes of the studio system at the Mackintosh School of Architecture, as a humane teaching and learning environment. Generations of students and colleagues from all around the world have been humbled then inspired by the breadth of his culture and his willingness to share it. He will be missed greatly at the Glasgow School of Art to which he was totally committed as a creative and collaborative institution.

Johnny Rodger, Professor of Urban Literature at The Glasgow School of Art

9 Apr 2020 New Town North Development at Former RBS Site image courtesy of architects Edinburgh New Town North Development

10 Mar 2020 Judges line up for 2020 Scottish Design Awards

The judging panels for the 2020 Scottish Design Awards have been confirmed with a mix of figures from industry and academia coming together to celebrate the nation’s best new work:

2020 Scottish Design Awards News

29 Feb 2020 Celebrate Perth’s New Creative Hub – Official Opening and First Exhibition Perth Creative Exchange, a £4.5 million creative hub which will help boost the local Perthshire arts economy, was officially opened at a launch ceremony on Wednesday February 26, by the Provost of Perth and Kinross, Dennis Melloy. photo : Fraser Band Perth’s New Creative Hub

29 Jan 2020 The Watch House, Crail, Crail, Fife, Eastern Scotland Architect: Alan Dunlop drawing © Alan Dunlop The Watch House in Crail, Fife Planning Approval and Listed Building and Conservation Area Consent granted unconditionally for this historic property renovation in Crail. The building is listed and sits within the conservation area in Crail, overlooking the Firth of Forth and The Isle of May.

17 Jan 2020 Paisley Museum Building News, western Scotland Design: AL_A image courtesy of architects office Paisley Museum Renewal Plans to transform Paisley Museum into a world-class visitor destination telling the town’s unique stories, including that of the globally admired Paisley Pattern, have taken a major step forward as The National Lottery Heritage Fund announced £3.8million of support for the project.

25 Feb 2020 The Glasgow School of Art appoints Penny Macbeth as new Director The Glasgow School of Art has appointed Penny Macbeth, currently Dean of Manchester School of Art and Deputy Faculty Pro-Vice Chancellor for Arts and Humanities focusing on external engagement and partnerships, as its new Director following an extensive international search: New Glasgow School of Art Director: Penny Macbeth

25 Jan 2020 New Gorbals Housing Association, Crown Street, Glasgow Design: Page\Park Architects photograph : Keith Hunter New Gorbals Housing Association Glasgow The new home of the New Gorbals Housing Association is a bespoke office and civic piazza forming the centrepiece of the Crown Street redevelopment in Glasgow.

7 Jan 2020 Lesley Samuel joins Halliday Fraser Munro as a landscape architect

A rise in masterplanning project wins across Scotland has seen award-winning architectural design and planning practice Halliday Fraser Munro bring high-level expertise to its team, adding landscape architectural services to its portfolio:

More info on the Edinburgh Architecture News 2020 page

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Scottish Architecture News 2019

27 Nov 2019 Ashtree Road Pollokshaws Award News

Graeme Nicholls Architects along with clients Home Group in Scotland and Merchant Homes Partnerships are celebrating this week after their Ashtree Road development won not one, but two awards at the prestigious 2019 AJ Architecture Awards.

Ashtree Road Buildings

10 Oct 2019 ; 23 May 2019 New Macallan Distillery Building, Speyside – 2019 RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award Winner Architect: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners ; Exhibition Design: Atelier Brückner photo © Speirs + Major New Macallan Distillery Building The Macallan Distillery and Visitor Experience in Speyside reveals the production processes and welcomes visitors while remaining sensitive to the beautiful surrounding countryside.

5 Oct 2019 Scottish Architecture Student Films Two films here, by Edinburgh architecture student Daniel Lomholt-Welch:

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1 Oct 2019 Perth Affordable Housing Electric Car Charging Points Perth housing development news: Muirton Living

25 Sep 2019 RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award 2019

24 Sep 2019 RIAS respond to Public Enquiry into 2 Scottish Hospitals

The Scottish Government has announced a public inquiry will be held to examine issues at the new Royal Hospital for Children and Young People (RHCYP) and the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) sites.

RIAS President Robin Webster OBE says; “The RIAS welcome the move by Health Minister Jeane Freeman’s to hold an inquiry into the delivery of Scotland’s 2 hospitals. This follows our earlier support for inquiries into failures in Schools across Scotland and our continued involvement in these discussions.

The removal of a co-ordinating overseer with professional independence; a broad and comprehensive understanding of the building design and the procurement process; with the time to apply that understanding and vitally, the executive authority to influence it, has inevitably allowed many gaps in the procurement process to open up; such that responsibilities are clouded, and appropriate resolution of issues fails to occur.”

18 Sep 2019 Fairways – Townhouses, St Andrews, Fife Design: Sutherland Hussey Harris image courtesy of architecture office Fairways Townhouses by St Andrews Old Course The Fairways – Townhouses in St Andrews are laid out so that one taller, tower-like building form addresses the urban setting facing towards the town centre.

6 Sep 2019 Whitehorn Hall Student Accommodation, St Andrews, Fife Whitehorn Hall Student Accommodation

8 Sep 2019 Scottish Design Awards Winners Clydebank Community Sports Hub by Marc-Kilkenny Architects wins: Scottish Design Awards 2019 Winners

6 Sep 2019 Paisley Museum Renewal News Paisley Museum Renewal News Paisley Museum Renewal, Scotland, design by AL_A, transforming the building into a world-class destination showcasing the stories of a Scottish town whose influence reached around the globe.

2 Sep 2019 £200m construction projects signal Glasgow move for architects Halliday Fraser Munro

Barclays Campus, Buchanan Wharf architects Halliday Fraser Munro relocate to larger Glasgow office after winning £200m worth of city construction projects

Halliday Fraser Munro Architects in Glasgow

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http://arts.ucla.edu/single/eve-ensler-anne-lamott/Stephanie Cheng Smith and Bana Haffar, courtesy of the artists. Image courtesy of MOCA. 

Thursday, October 26

DROP-IN AFTER-SCHOOL WORKSHOP: MINI ALTARS, Museum of Latin American Art (Long Beach), 3:30–5pm.

Botany Bay Series: Plant Science for Gardeners and Citizen Scientists, The Huntington (San Marino), 4:30–5:30pm.

Paul Brach Lecture Series: Tala Madani, CalArts (Valencia), 5pm.

Fall Flavors: Cooking with Chef Martin Fernandez, Long Beach Museum of Art (Long Beach), 5–7pm. $20.

Special: Performance: Corazón del espantapájaros (Heart of the Scarecrow), LACMA (Miracle Mile), 5:30pm.

Artist and scholar walkthroughs: Jennifer Gonzalez, Hammer Museum (Westwood), 6pm.

LYNDA BENGLIS, Blum & Poe (Culver City), 6–8pm.

John Baldessari, Sprüth Magers Los Angeles (Miracle Mile), 6–8pm.

The Exploding-Pumpkin-Carving Laboratory, Craft and Folk Art Museum (Miracle Mile), 6–8pm. $30–35.

Lecture: Jesse Lerner, Laguna Art Museum (Laguna Beach), 6pm.

ArtWorks ADL: Justice, Advocacy & Art, private home (Beverly Hills), 6:30pm.

Mark Beyer book launch and exhibition, FAMILY (Fairfax), 7pm.

MOCA Music: Bana Haffar and Stephanie Cheng Smith, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (Downtown), 7pm.

at land's edge presents: Skid Row History Museum & Archive, Skid Row Museum & Archive (Downtown), 7pm.

Jon Peterson: Paintings, Long Beach City College Art Gallery (Long Beach), 7–8:30pm.

Excavations, Rio Hondo College Art Gallery (Whittier), 7–9pm. 

eXit pARTy > Tropicalia, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (San Diego), 7pm.

Writing Now Reading Series: Rikki Rucornet, CalArts (Valencia), 7–10pm.

Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber: We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite, Hammer Museum (Westwood), 7:30pm.

Tonight at the Palace!: A Variedades Tribute, The Downtown Palace Theatre (Downtown), 7:30pm.

FeM Synth Lab, Women’s Center for Creative Work (Frogtown), 7:30–9:30pm. $3.

MARK BOAL: OFF THE RECORD with STEPHEN GALLOWAY, Beyond Baroque (Venice), 8pm.

THÉÂTRE DE LA VILLE – PARIS, CAP UCLA (Westwood), 8pm. Also October 27.

laub, PØST (Downtown), 8pm.

Sean Watkins, Angels Gate Cultural Center (San Pedro), 8pm.

Guillermo Calderón: Mateluna, REDCAT (Downtown), 8:30pm. Through October 28.

Friday, October 27

Matthew Rolston: Art People: The Pageant Portraits, Ralph Pucci (Hollywood), 9am–5pm.

Fall Plant Sale, The Huntington (San Marino), 10am–5pm. Through October 29.

CULTURE FIX: TRIAN NGUYEN ON DAOIST SCROLL PAINTINGS, Fowler Museum (Westwood), 12–1pm.

Jen Hong: Finding Autonomy and Connection through Contact Improv, Pieter (Lincoln Heights), 12–3pm.

DROP-IN AFTER-SCHOOL WORKSHOP: MIXED MEDIA PAN DE MUERTO, Museum of Latin American Art (Long Beach), 3:30–5pm.

Art Buzz: Abigail DeVille & Sarah Cain, ICA LA (Downtown), 5:30–7pm.

The Life and Times of Rodeo Caldonia, California African American Museum (Downtown), 7pm.

Derek Paul Jack Boyle: Unease, SMART OBJECTS (Echo Park), 7–10pm. 

BUEN PROVECHO: DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS, Museum of Latin American Art (Long Beach), 7–8:30pm.

WHAP! Lecture Series: Pattern Recognition c. 1947, West Hollywood Public Library (West Hollywood), 7:30pm.

The Little Shop of Horrors!, Bob Baker Marionette Theater (MacArthur Park), 8pm. 

Christine Tavolacci and Scott Worthington: muto infinitas, Automata (Chinatown), 8pm.

CalArts Halloween Party, CalArts (Valencia), 10pm–3am.

Paul Brach Lecture Series: Saya Woolfalk, CalArts (Valencia), TBD.

Saturday, October 28

Symposium: Seeing the Unseen: Spirits in Asian Popular Religious Traditions, Fowler Museum at UCLA (Westwood), 10am–4:30pm.

Last Call for Ports 0' Call Tour...One More Time, Angels Gate Cultural Center (San Pedro), 10am.

Pursuit of Flora and The Reformation: From the Word to the World, The Huntington (San Marino), 10am–5pm. 

A talk by Lisa Lapinski with musical performance by Tom Watson, Kristina Kite Gallery (Mid-City), 11am.

Drop in Woodworking, Side Street Projects (Pasadena), 11am–1pm.

Jen Hong: Finding Autonomy and Connection through Contact Improv, Pieter (Lincoln Heights), 12–3pm. $30.

Intro To Video Editing With Adobe Premiere, Women’s Center for Creative Work (Frogtown), 1–4pm. $48–60.

Talk: The Seven Treasures: The Renaissance, Collecting, Appreciation, and Understanding of Japanese Enamels in the 19th Century, LACMA (Miracle Mile), 2pm.

No Restraint Closing Reception, ARK (Altadena), 2–4pm. 

Derrick Adams: Repose, UTA Artist Space (Downtown), 3–6pm. 

A Conversation Below the Underground with Mariana Botey and Rubén Ortiz-Torres, Armory Center for the Arts (Pasadena), 3–5pm.

Lynda Benglis and In conversation with Helen Molesworth, Blum & Poe (Culver City), 4pm.

Arturo Molinar Avitia and Marlene Tafoya, Honor Fraser Gallery (Culver City), 4–6pm. 

Gerardo Monterrubio Artist Talk & Catalog Launch, Craft in America Center (Beverly Grove), 4–6pm.

Merion Estes: Dispatches from the Front Lines, CB1 Gallery (Downtown), 4–7pm.

Don Adler: Birth/Rebirth, Carol Kleinman: Reflections, Shelley Lazarus: Nouns, TAG Gallery (Santa Monica), 5–8pm.

Jack Goldstein: Selectric Works, Meliksetian | Briggs (Hollywood), 5–7pm.

Megan Plunkett: Live Rust, Not Right, Long As I Can See, Bad Reputation (MacArthur Park), 5–7pm. 

See What You Mean, Getty Center (Brentwood), 6–9pm.

Jeffrey Milstein: LANY, Kopeikin Galllery (Culver City), 6–8pm.

Daniel Joseph Martinez: I am Ulrike Meinhof or (someone once told me time is a flat circle), Roberts & Tilton (Culver City), 6–8pm.

Farrah Karapetian: BUILDING DWELLING THINKING and Lotte Jacobi: Photogenics, Von Lintel Gallery (Culver City), 6–8pm.

Erin Morrison: The Letdown and Tanya Brodsky: Mixed Feelings, OCHI Projects (Mid-City), 6–9pm.

LIBERATOR: George Nama & George A. Romero, Jack Rutberg Fine Arts (Fairfax), 6–9pm.

Dan Miller: Recent Paintings and (real evening buoyancy): Darren Goins, Ada Ihmels, Shiri Mordechay, Diane Rosenstein Gallery (Hollywood), 6–8pm.

Diamond Stingily Surveillance featuring work by Bri Williams, VENUS (Downtown), 6–8pm. 

Drama After Dark: A Night of the Macabre with Poe & Gorey, The Huntington (San Marino), 6:30–10pm.

15th Annual Scary Stories, Angels Gate Cultural Center (San Pedro), 6:30pm.

Screening: ‘Day Is Done’ by Mike Kelley, Hauser & Wirth (Downtown), 7pm.

HUSH, Jacky Tsai, Ian Francis, Corey Helford Gallery (Downtown), 7–11pm.

Rubbings, Skibum MacArthur (Frogtown), 7–10pm.

Memory Foam, Eastside International (ESXLA) (Lincoln Heights), 7–10pm.

NORMAL performance art dinner party, Collective Arts Incubator (Highland Park), 7–10pm.

SŌ PERCUSSION, Fowler Museum (Westwood), 8pm.

PHILIP GLASS ADAPTATION OF JEAN COCTEAU'S LA BELLE ET LA BÊTE, LA Opera (Downtown), 8pm.

KCRW Masquerade Ball, The MacArthur (MacArthur Park), 9pm.

Sunday, October 29

Day of the Dead/Día de los Muertos Free Community Event/Evento Comunitario Gratuito, Palm Springs Art Museum (Palm Springs), 10am–4pm.

Coraline, Hammer Museum (Westwood), 11am.

DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS FAMILY FESTIVAL, Museum of Latin American Art (Long Beach), 11am–5pm.

The MOVEMENT movement Danz Workshop, Angels Gate Cultural Center (San Pedro), 11:15am.

KIDS IN THE COURTYARD: TEACHING WITH TITHU, Fowler Museum (Westwood), 1–4pm.

Film: Veterans in the Arts and Humanities Day: Celebration and Film Screening, LACMA (Miracle Mile), 1pm.

We Wear a Revolution: Radical Clothing Workshop, California African American Museum (Downtown), 1–4pm.

Dia de los Muertos, Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara), 1–4pm.

PERFORMANCE: THE ART OF CAPOEIRA, Fowler Museum (Westwood), 2–3pm.

Forced Sterilization: Then and Now, Hammer Museum (Westwood), 2pm.

Closing Poetry Event for Kimberly Brooks: Brazen, Zevitas Marcus (Culver City), 2pm.

Matinee Concert: Amy K. Bormet, Craft in America Center (Beverly Grove), 2pm.

Halloween Celebration, 356 Mission (Downtown), 2–6pm.

Teahouse Tour & Tea Experience, The Huntington (San Marino), 2pm.

The Power of Personality: Jan Brueghel the Elder, Getty Center (Brentwood), 3pm.

Merwin Belin: Frontages, as-is gallery (Pico Union), 3–6pm. 

Elias Hansen: Not Right Now, Team (bungalow) (Venice), 4–7pm.

Beethoven was a Lesbian: A Tribute to Pauline Oliveros, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries (Downtown), 4–7pm.

Laguna Art Museum: Wendt Award Dinner, Magic Castle (Hollywood), 5–9pm.

Ok Composer #19, CalArts (Valencia), 5–7pm.

Closing reception Bibi Davidson, Shoebox Projects (Lincoln Heights), 6–9pm.

EVE ENSLER & ANNE LAMOTT, CAP UCLA (Westwood), 7pm. 

Havana Motor Club – Film Screening and Q&A, Annenberg Space for Photography (Century City), 7–9pm.

An evening of film and video works by members of Mother Ditch, Monte Vista Projects (Downtown), 7pm.

Los Angeles Filmforum presents Dark Matter: Collective, Singular & Parodic Resistance, the Egyptian (Hollywood), 7:30pm. $6–10. 

SOUTHLAND ENSEMBLE, Automata (Chinatown), 8pm.

Monday, October 30

Talk & Book Signing - Calder: The Conquest of Time, The Huntington (San Marino), 7:30pm.

Tuesday, October 31

Film: Creature from the Black Lagoon, LACMA (Miracle Mile), 1pm.

Halloween Screening: Dawn of the Dead, Hammer Museum (Westwood), 7:30pm.

Wednesday, November 1

FOWLER OUT LOUD: MARIACHI DE UCLATLÁN, Fowler Museum (Westwood), 6pm.

SOUL FOOD JUNKIES, Fowler Museum (Westwood), 6pm.

Talk: Neural Exchange—A Research Lecture with John Gerrard, LACMA (Miracle Mile), 7pm.

SCREENINGS: Food Evolution, Hammer Museum (Westwood), 7:30pm.

Ridge Lecture - The Originality of Milton’s Paradise Lost, The Huntington (San Marino), 7:30pm.

FLOWER CROWN MAKING with Jennifer Galindo, Self Help Graphics (Downtown), 8pm. $45.

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Thomas Heaton

Thomas Heaton is a photographer, videographer, and Youtube personality from the United Kingdom. from 2000 to 2003 Thomas shot on film and began taking photography seriously. Eventually he purchased his first DSLR, a Canon 350D,  in 2006. Several years later while working as a video technician, Thomas left his job to become a full-time freelance photographer.

Meteor over the UK

It was 10.54 p.m. and me and my missus were star gazing at Galloway Forest Park when the largest meteor I could ever imagine seeing flew straight above our head. My first thought was a plane crash, as it lit up the whole area. I quickly realized it was a comet and grabbed my camera to take a quick snap.

The Road (Iceland)

Driving under flat grey skies, searching for inspiration was proving difficult. Just as I was on the homeward stretch, the skies came to life offering thunderous, swirling clouds with hurricane strength winds. This was exactly what I had been hoping for. Steadying myself, I wrestled with my tripod and managed to fire off a shot looking back down the road on Snaefellsnes Peninsula. 

Bauchaille Etive Mor

After a pre-dawn hike to the summit of Beinn a' Chrulaiste and a wonderful dawn shoot, I though the light was done. Stomping back down the hill, I was treated to a few seconds of glorious light streaming down the valley. I only had a moment to grab my camera and fire off a quick handheld bracketed exposure. Glad I did!

Wild Camp

A photograph of my tent overlooking Glenridding & Ullswater. The mist you can see forming was the start of a fantastic cloud inversion, which I would wake up to in complete awe.

Cuillins

After spending over an hour walking up and down the rocky coastline, I finally found a composition. The light was lovely, just as the sun was setting. I did get a little wet taking this image, but it was worth it. I would love to return and climb up in to the Cuillins. A stunning mountain range.

Zebras

For me, the most difficult part of wildlife photography is finding images with character and feeling. It is so easy to get caught in the trap of shooting endless animal portraits and no matter how sharp and technically perfect, if they lack soul and feeling, they become just another record shot. This is one of the best images from my recent safari, I have 20 other Zebra shots, but this one... this has character. I hope you agree, please give me feedback... good or bad.

Hello | Hummingbird

Hummingbird in Costa Rica. I was very lucky to capture this, not only to get so close, but to have enough time to press my shutter.

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Mountain rescue: Why bothies need a helping hand – a photo essay

Bothies, free to use by anyone out in remote parts of the UK, are more popular than ever. But they’re maintained by veteran volunteers and need younger blood if they are to survive for future generations

The Mountain Bothies Association (MBA) is a charity made up of volunteers who maintain more than 100 remote shelters across England, Wales and Scotland. It was founded in 1965 by Bernard Heath after he spotted a remark in the visitor book at the Backhill of the Bush bothy in Galloway Forest park, suggesting the setting up of a club to save a growing number of deserted farm buildings from ruin.

Plaque on the door of a bothy maintained by the MBA

This bothy, the Lookout on the Isle of Skye, is a former coastguard station that was operational until the 1970s

The Glendhu bothy (on the left), in the far north-west of Scotland, is one of 83 Scottish shelters

Reaching a bothy requires some determination – which has meant they have become the preserve of hill walkers and rock climbers

(Above left) Any luxuries must be carried in, as in the case of this visitor to Glendhu, who brought his own cooking pot when he stopped overnight on his way north to Cape Wrath. The Instagram factor of bothies such as the Eagle’s Nest (right) on the Isle of Lewis has attracted many more visitors, bringing record numbers of visitors to remote parts of Scotland

Top, Cuillin Horseshoe, Isle of Skye; bottom, a cyclist approaches the bothy at Kearvaig Bay in Cape Wrath

Clockwise from top left: in 2017, the MBA spent £80,000 on maintenance across the properties in its care. All the materials for the work party at Glendhu Bothy have to be carried in; with no access to power tools; and it’s veteran volunteers like Robert Barton who do the lion’s share of the work

The unforgiving weather in the far north of Scotland takes its toll on the buildings

Peter, an MBA volunteer, boats the work party and materials in to Glendhu

Clockwise from top left: Building materials rest on the front of the building as volunteers start work at Glendhu Bothy; while volunteer Robbie repairs a skylight, he is kept in place with a harness counterweighted with a bag of rocks; a fully stocked fireplace at the end the end of the working day

Candles flicker and illuminate the bothy as volunteers eat and socialise at the Glendhu Bothy work party

In 2015, a storm ripped off the roof of Strabeg Bothy in Sutherland. The building was only saved by the quick actions of the MBA volunteers

A young German volunteer sweeps the bothy at the end of a successful work party at Glendhu Bothy

Continue reading... from Photography | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2Uiuw8Z

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This is the ideal stepping stone towards pro-golfing

Excelling in golf is as much a function of mental conditioning as it is of physical skills. At the competitive level it is necessary to learn from those who’ve been professional golfers, while at the same time ensuring that there’s necessary attention paid to your form and game. The Bird Golf Academy endeavors to justify its claim of providing you with the ‘Ultimate Golf Learning Experience’ through a meticulously programed course, which is taught by veteran professionals. Together with its affiliated golf courses across the country, you can benefit from the best lessons at the most sprawling courses, topped with the luxuries of fine hospitality.

Coaching made personal

Built on the premise that every golfer is different, Bird Golf Academy has designed its training program on in a manner that focuses individually on each pupil. An instructor is assigned one or at most two pupils, so as to give them ample opportunity to gauge the strengths and skills of each pupil and help them build towards enhancing it. Each instructor spends six to eight hours with their pupils ensuring undivided attention. The personality profiling of each pupil helps design exclusive and effective training programs which are backed up by unlimited follow-up. The Directors of the academy make sure that they reach out to each pupil personally to understand their golfing history and what they want to achieve through the program.

Learning from the finest

Led by Bird Golf’s National Head Professional, Sharon Miller, who was the famed LPGA National Teacher of the Year in 1989, each instructor is handpicked from across the globe basis not only their teaching experience but also the time they spent as professionals. This helps pupils derive invaluable insights into what challenges could be faced at a competitive level. For those who cannot make the trip, a remote coaching facility is available, which uses digital photography and teleconferences with the instructors to improve aspects such as swings.

Unparalleled Packages

The “Ultimate Golf Learning Experience”® wouldn’t be complete without a package to match it. Among the golfing sites on offer is the Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass in Phoenix, Arizona. With 36 holes of Championship golf, luxury accommodations and facilities and even an Equestrian center, this resort can truly fulfil every golfer’s desire. In Florida, the most recently opened Turnberry Isle Miami brings with it a tropical flavor. With ample greens and waterfalls strewn around its landscape the resort is known for its century-old Banyan tree. The facility accommodates two 18-hole Championship courses, the Soffer and Miller, which was the brainchild of legendary golf course architect Robert Trent Jones Sr.

The Rams Hills Golf Club and the La Casa del Zorro Resort & Spa are situated in San Diego, California. The former is known to be one of the best courses in all of California while the latter is a blend of all the fine creature comforts that a boutique Californian resort can offer. Also, in California is the Classic Club in Palm Springs, famed for being the host of the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic PGA tour from 2007 to 2009. Those availing this facility can enjoy a stay at the Hyatt Regency Resort and Spa.

Other properties include the Old Corkscrew Golf Club and The Club at Boca Pointe in Florida’s West and East coasts, respectively, the Seaview Golf Resort in Galloway, New Jersey, which is managed by Dolce Hotels and Resorts and Troon Golf, the Wachesaw Plantation East in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, the Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock & Sedona Golf Resort Golf Course, Prescott Resort & StoneRidge Golf Course in Prescott Valley, Arizona among others.

With all this and more, the Bird Golf Academy has truly earned the accolade of being one of America’s Best Golf Schools, bestowed upon it by Golf Tips Magazine.

Where: The Bird Golf Academy PO Box 2158 Litchfield Park, AZ 85340

Phone: (623) 882-2054

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Loch Trool in bonnie Galloway. by Mark Mckie

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The Daily Thistle

The Daily Thistle – News From Scotland

Monday 8th  May 2017

"Madainn Mhath” …Fellow Scot, I hope the day brings joy to you…. A star filled heaven greeted Bella and I as we exited the house this morning.. as much as I enjoyed my time last week in Valladolid, I missed the companionship of Bella more.. This morning, we walked to the top of the hill and just stood watching the lights of ships out in the Straights of Gibraltar, two friends, enjoying their time together….

CARELESS DRIVER'S OFF-DUTY POLICE SHOCK…. A driver who started an argument with two cyclists only to discover they were off-duty police officers has been fined £200. Joseph McCarthy, 50, had pulled in front of the cyclists before braking unnecessarily in Larbert's Bellsdyke Road, causing them to brake. McCarthy was later identified, reported and charged by the officers. He was convicted of careless driving at Falkirk Justice of the Peace Court and had three points added to his licence. A Forth Valley Division spokesman said: "The moral of this story is our officers regularly cycle to work and you never know when you might encounter a police officer."

CAPTURING THE GLORY OF GALLOWAY…. A new book by a leading landscape photographer has captured striking images from south west Scotland. Galloway is the latest work by Allan Wright who has lived and worked in the area for many years. It is part of a series of landscape photography books being launched across Scotland this summer. The Mersehead nature reserve, seaside village of Carsethorn, Southerness, Shambellie woods and Sweetheart Abbey are among the spots included. "Fleeting, multi-faceted and so often full of surprises, I have never tired of communing with the Galloway landscape, it's amazing and it's just there right outside the door," Mr Wright said. "In fact, I reckon you could devote an entire lifetime's worth of rambling without exhausting its possibilities and I think most residents and happy visitors know this to be true." And Robert McAngus thinks the book is a must for anyone who loves Scotland and a must for the coffee table.. the photography is superb….

APPEAL OVER THEFT OF 50 YOUNG SHEEP IN ALVES…. More than 50 young sheep have been stolen from a farm in the Alves area of Moray. The one-year-old livestock - a mixture of Cheviot and black face sheep - were taken from the Coltfield area between Wednesday and Thursday. Police Scotland said the theft of such a large number of sheep would have required "careful planning" and the use of vehicles to transport the animals away from the area. Officers appealed for information.

CROFTER DIES AFTER INCIDENT WITH BULL IN SUTHERLAND….  A crofter is understood to have died following an incident involving a bull in the Highlands. Emergency services were called to 76-year-old Alastair Maclean's croft in the Borgie area of Sutherland on Monday afternoon. Police Scotland said the incident had "no apparent suspicious circumstances". The Health and Safety Executive is liaising with police officers investigating the circumstances of Mr Maclean's death. Police Scotland said: "Police can confirm that officers responded to the sudden death of a 76-year-old man at a farm in the Borgie-Skerray area at about 17:00 on Monday 1 May.

"Police are liaising with the Health and Safety Executive but there are no apparent suspicious circumstances.

"A report has been submitted to the procurator fiscal as is standard and the man's next of kin have been made aware."

STUDY REVEALS RICHEST FAMILIES IN SCOTLAND WORTH £14.71BN…. The 10 richest individuals or families in Scotland have a combined wealth of £14.71bn, according to a new study. The 2017 Sunday Times Rich List reveals that their collective fortunes have increased by 9% in the past year. Its compilers say the list "shatters the myth" that Scotland's economy runs on oil alone. And it reveals that the Grant-Gordon whisky family is the richest in Scotland, with a fortune of £2.37bn, up £210m since last year. The Banffshire whisky distiller posted record profits in 2015 amid booming overseas demand for premium spirits and surging sales of the flagship Glenfiddich single malt and Hendrick's gin, the rich list said. The rich list highlights the wealth of billionaires living in Scotland, or with substantial business interests north of the border. Second on the Scottish list is former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed and family, who own an estate in Scotland and whose fortune has held steady at £1.7bn. Mahdi al-Tajir, who owns Highland Spring, saw his wealth fall by £65m in the past year, but he sits in third place on the list with an overall fortune of £1.67bn. Sir Ian Wood and his family are worth £1.6bn, according to the Sunday Times Rich List Fourth on the Scottish list is Trond Mohn, the founder of a Norwegian pump firm, and his sister Marit Mohn Westlake, who are worth £1.62bn. Others in the Scottish top 10 include oil industry leader Sir Ian Wood and family with wealth of £1.6bn, and the Thomson family, owners of publisher DC Thomson, who are worth £1.285bn. With the largest increase in wealth this year, John Shaw and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw have now entered the realm of the billionaires as a result of their Bangalore-based biopharmaceutical firm Biocon. They boast £1.15bn to their names, earning a wealth increase of £530m in the last 12 months alone, largely off the back of the surging value of Biocon, and rank joint seventh position in Scotland alongside retail chief Philip Day, who owns Langholm-based Edinburgh Woollen Mill. The Clark family, of the Arnold Clark car dealership, and Jim McColl, of Clyde Blowers, take ninth and 10th spot, with fortunes of £1.1bn and £1.07bn respectively.

On that note I will say that I hope you have enjoyed the news from Scotland today,

Our look at Scotland today is of one of Allan Wrights fantastic photographs from his latest book Galloway (All images are copyrighted.)

 A Sincere Thank You for your company and Thank You for your likes and comments I love them and always try to reply, so please keep them coming, it's always good fun, As is my custom, I will go and get myself another mug of "Colombian" Coffee and wish you a safe Monday 8th  May 2017 from my home on the southern coast of Spain, where the blue waters of the Alboran Sea washes the coast of Africa and Europe and the smell of the night blooming Jasmine and Honeysuckle fills the air…and a crazy old guy and his dog Bella go out for a walk at 4:00 am…on the streets of Estepona…

All good stuff....But remember it’s a dangerous world we live in ….. Be safe out there…

Robert McAngus

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Winter landscape in the Galloway hills. by Mark Mckie

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