re)Grown: In order to act on the sustainable transformation required to meet the social and environmental crises of our time, the construction industry must develop holistic strategies for sustainable intervention and rapidly adopt a de-carbonised, circular material culture.

Time to go again

Amazing to see this from the air, no mean feat to get here, congratulations to the whole team.

Oh just work it out between yourselves

How do we deal with unloved architectural heritage? GIA have launched an ideas competition to reimagine Cumbernauld town centre. Is there an alternative to demolition that could transform its future?

Geoffrey Copcutt's original vision for Cumbernauld Town Centre was really ambitious... now the Glasgow Institute of Architects is seeking ideas to reuse the megastructure which could save it from demolition architectsjournal.co.uk/competitions/c…

Congratulations to Kieran Gaffney for winning the GOLD AWARD in the Retrofit category for Greyfriars Charteris Centre; #scotdesign bit.ly/3Jkn895

Well done ⁦Kieran Gaffney⁩ gold for retrofit of Greyfriars Charteris Centre ⁦Scottish Design Awards⁩ brilliant!

The GIA Design Awards 2023 are open for entries until 31st August 2023. Enter gia.org.uk/awards-2023!

Sublimely satisfying couple of hours spent today at small, but perfectly formed, Bernat Klein exhibition ⁦Studio Pavilion⁩ in Bellahouston Park, on til 20th August. Worth it for lovely ⁦ZM Architecture⁩ building alone.

Govanhill Baths on Calder Street in the heart of Glasgow's Southside progresses in its refurb & eventual reopening. A totem & resource of all that is good in community self-organisation & resilience it will be great to see it reopen fully in the near-future. HT Govanhill Baths

More Funding Need For Govanhill Baths. Alison Thewliss - "In these difficult times for many, such a pillar of the community being open could make a huge difference to so many lives. The Govanhill people deserve to have a place to swim again." govanhillbaths.com/more-funding-n… #govanhill

Thank you! To the guys who stopped to give my car a push this morning when it went into meltdown at a busy junction in front of Hampden. Salt of the earth.

"Oast houses, Chiddingstone, Kent". Charles Rennie Mackintosh 1910. Image: Hunterian

David Byrne practicing his moves for Stop Making Sense

Cloud busting ⁦The Glasgow School of Art⁩ 5th yr arch students field trip

Agree Glasgow needs a bigger metropolitan area to bring in the income we need for urban repair. Start with this and we have a chance to get moving.

Now sort out a pay deal for the folk at the bottom of the steps

Still here!

Enjoying helping out with tours of St Vincent Street Church tower today, pleased to see so many people interested in the building. Thanks to Glasgow City Property for letting us open the building. GDODF #GIA #AlexanderThomson #Glasgowheritage