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Site Start - Shawbridge Street Housing 

Work has commenced on our 42 unit development for Loretto Housing Association in Pollokshaws, Glasgow. The site will provide flats, supported accommodation and houses for social rent. 

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On Sunday the 1st of October Collective Architecture took part in the Great Scottish Run to fundraising for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).

This is a charity that one of our colleagues is actively involved in, helping children and parents managing the condition.

We are delighted to announce that we have managed to raise a whopping £2,054 which smashed our original target.

Collective Architecture would like to thank everyone for their generous donations, your support has been greatly appreciated.

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Thanks to everyone who came along and participated in our Material Properties workshop at the Dundee Design Festival last month! 

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Passive House Component Awards 2016

Collective Architecture in partnership with Vaventis BV have come second in the Passive House Component Awards 2016 for ventilations solutions in residential buildings.

The approaches for building retrofits selected by an independant jury are not only characterised by a high level of energy efficiency, but also by their economic viability.  The presentation of the Award will take place at the 20th International Passive House Conference which is to be held on 22 and 23 April in Darmstadt.

The proposed design achieved a good rating particularly in the category "Suitability for step-by-step retrofitting”

“Renovation of the existing building stock is key to meeting the long term energy and climate goals of the European Union”, says Vincent Berrutto of the EU agency EASME (Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises). That is the reason why EU programmes have "over several years supported the development of the Passive House concept and its wider adoption in the mass market." But we also need to see more innovative products entering the market, says Berrutto. "This Component Award is an excellent way of supporting those aims."

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Success at the Scottish Civic Trust Awards

We’re delighted that the Glasgow Women’s library refurbishment was ‘Highly Commended’ in the Scottish Civic Trust My Place Awards. The Awards aim to identify projects or buildings that have had a positive impact on the local community, each project is nominated and evaluated by local people. 

This year’s judges commented “The new library is significant on both a local and national level. Locally, it has breathed new life intothe old public library with a bold but sensitive design that has drawn its vision from the area's community with a sense of responsibility and respect.  Nationally, it celebrates the lives, histories and achievements of Scotland's women through the ages.  The library is welcoming, accessible and open to all, men and women. The library's facilities and rich programme of activities are multi-faceted and it has become much more than simply a place of books; it is a vibrant and supportive place which has become a focal point in the lives of many in the community. We strongly recommend a visit.”

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Planning Application Submitted for Briggait Creation Centre

The £5million Briggait Creation Centre will give Glasgow its first dedicated public base for dance and Scotland’s first purpose built accessible space for disabled dancers. It will also be Scotland’s first home for the rapidly growing physical performance sector – which includes circus, street theatre, flying trapeze and other aerial skills.

Following on from the £6.8m first phase of redevelopment in 2009, Collective Architecture have been appointed as Lead Consultant for the second phase of development, led by current occupants Wasps Studios to provide a Creation Centre that will meet the needs of the dance and physical performance sectors and enhance the building’s current offering to artists and the wider public. This will develop a 12,000 sq ft area that is as yet undeveloped, which includes the remaining parts of the 1889 and 1904 halls, along with a gap site on Clyde Street, directly facing the river.

Creation Centres are relatively common in Europe but not the UK. They are spaces for multi- disciplinary art making, often focusing on outdoor performance but mixing visual art, performance, circus and other art forms.

It will provide a creative hub for 600 professional artists, physical performers and dancers. This in turn will help retain and develop talented artists of all abilities in Scotland, nurturing their skills from entry level to international professional.

The project aspires to provide a modern, visionary and innovative design solution which will deliver the functional requirements identified within the project brief, in a manner sensitive to the buildings heritage and within the tight budget available.

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We're very sad that our fabulous part 1 assistant Stephen Dally is leaving us this week to return to Strathclyde University where he will be undertaking his Diploma in Architecture. 

Stephen has been a fantastic year out student, impressing us with his amazing image making skills and design work. He's also a very talented model maker and as a leaving gift to the practice made a scale cake model of the Aspire Church Community Centre, a project that Stephen has been involved in while working at Collective. 

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Also just finished on site... 716 Argyle Street! Nick from Collective Architecture tells me both the Client and residents are extremely happy with their new homes.