Something lovely about that ceiling!

http://www.dwell.com/houses-we-love/article/modern-home-scotlands-isle-skye?utm_campaign=articles_feed_secondary&utm_medium=syndication_network&utm_source=outbrain

an interesting problem for Edinburgh

A common theme and conundrum which likely applies to most states across historic Europe. There's so much more to a simple yes or no to these problems though and it would be interesting to obtain more information about it. I love the first line of this article...."It is the Athens of the North, a city so beautiful that the architectural critic Jonathan Meades once suggested it must have been designed by “enlightened angels"......... packing my bags as I type.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/architecture/scots-literati-lead-battle-against-150m-caltongate-building-project-in-edinburghs-historic-old-town-9185230.html

Nice Architectural firms website

A really good website

http://www.big.dk/#projects

Frank Lloyd Wright House for Britain, Part 2

The Frank Lloyd Wright house originally planned for the sunny west coast of America and now possibly set for realisation in Sommerset England, has been seen it's hopes slightly set back as North Somerset Planning Department consider it's future. The council board have issued a refusal on the recent application citing a lack of environmental strategy for a green belt site as the main sticking point.

However, the Architects behind the scheme (Stephen Brooks Architects’) are planning to pursue the dream and appeal the councils decision and reinforce the cultural importance and significance of the plans.

http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/client-to-appeal-after-uks-first-frank-lloyd-wright-house-refused/8656559.article

"An Board Pleanála showing “a failure in both scientific and legal competence” – An Taisce"TheJournal.ie

"An taisce has accused An Board Pleanála of showing “a failure in both scientific and legal competence” in allowing Edenderry power station to keep burning peat until 2023.

The independent environmental charity says that the decision is acting “contrary to the national interest” and that, by their decision, An Bord Pleanála have “made a clear statement of its anti-climate policies”.

The  power station is owned by Bord na Móna and is An Taisce claim that the facility releases emissions of up to 1 million tonnes of CO2 per year.

Bord na Móna say that at present over 20 per cent of fuel burned at Edenderry is recycled biomass. The company have targeted that this will increase to 30 per cent by 2015 which would account for the burning of 300,000 tones of biomass fuels.

An Taisce however have further concerns and claim that the Environmental Impact Assessment on the direct and indirect effects of the project are deficient.

“In granting permission to continue peat-burning, the Board failed entirely to address the legal basis of the extraction source of the peat from surrounding bogs,” said An Taisce."

Society of Chartered Surveyors - cost calculator

http://www.scsi.ie/about_us/rebuildcalculator

Apple Campus 2

Photograph: City of Cupertino

"All hail the mothership: Norman Foster's $5bn Apple HQ revealed

Set in rolling fields, this shimmering spaceship promises to follow Apple's values of 'innovation, ease of use and beauty'. But is it a techno-utopia too far?"

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/nov/15/norman-foster-apple-hq-mothership-spaceship-architecture