PROJECT NEWS
15 RTKL HONORED WITH THREE SADI’S FOR GLOBAL RETAIL DESIGN
Renovated or Expanded Enclosed Center category. Noted for its pio- neering architecture, Chadstone was also the first Australian shopping center to achieve a 5-Star Green Star Certified Rating under the Green Building Council Shopping Centre Design rating system. Its design is also the first to incorporate a column-free, two-level vaulted skylight, a signature design feature of the project. In addition, both projects were
awarded special Green designations for their use of sustainable design approaches, techniques and building materials. “We are honored and proud to be
Dolce Vita Tejo and Chadstone Shopping Centre win three awards, including top prize. Global architecture, engineering
and urban design practice RTKL has been honored with three SADI (Superior Achievement in Design & Imaging) Awards for design excel- lence on the Dolce Vita Tejo shop- ping center in Lisbon, Portugal, and
Chadstone Shopping Centre in Melbourne, Australia. The awards, sponsored by Retail Traffic magazine, recognize leading retail designs and architectural innovation. Dolce Vita Tejo was a two-time
winner, claiming the top Grand SADI honor as well as winning in the New Enclosed Center category. With a truly unique design aesthetic
CITY BUILDING WINS SIGNIFICANT COMMONWEALTH GAMES CONTRACT
One of Scotland’s largest construc- tion firms has a won an important contract to bring Glasgow’s famous Tontine Building back to its former glory. Work is about to start on the his-
toric Merchant City landmark, which will be used as the base for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee. The Tontine Building dates back
to 1781 when it was constructed by William Hamilton behind the exist- ing frontage of the Town Hall. The listed building was also a hotel whose coffee rooms historically drew Glasgow tobacco and textile mer- chants during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Owned by City Property Glasgow
(Investments) LLP, the building is currently used as general office space. Once work is completed in
Summer 2011, the refurbished 108,000 sq ft building will provide staff accommodation for around 1,100 staff and for a key part of the
Glasgow 2014 legacy. City Building managing director
Willie Docherty said: “We are delighted to be working on this pres- tigious project. This is a great oppor- tunity to use this landmark property to secure and locate new employment opportunities to stimulate further growth in the local economy. “This extensive refurbishment will
give the building a new lease of life and will help breathe new life in to this part of the Merchant City.” Richard Brown, Managing
Director at City Property, added: “The Tontine Building has a rich history and will now have a great future, becoming the beating heart of the Merchant City and a fantastic base for Glasgow 2014.” The Chair of City Property,
Councillor Irfan Rabbani, said: “City Property is proud to be playing a major part in leaving a Games Legacy for Glasgow in the form of high- quality, high-profile office space in a tremendous location. “Working
together, we are laying strong founda- tions to build a great Commonwealth Games that will make Glasgow, Scotland and the Commonwealth proud.” Glasgow 2014 Ltd is currently
based in Monteith Street. The Tontine Building will give the Organising Committee the space to employ an expected 1,100 staff as they prepare for the Commonwealth Games coming to Glasgow in 2014. The physical move is expected to take place towards the end of 2011. City Building apprentices will
work on the project. All furniture for the new building
will be made and supplied by City Building’s Royal Strathclyde Blindcraft Industries (Blindcraft), which employs over 260 people, more than 50 per cent of whom have a disability. The Tontine Building sits on the
north west corner of Glasgow Cross, and is one of the most important buildings – in terms of architectural quality, scale and location – in the Merchant City. The building is listed.
and sustainable technology, Dolce Vita Tejo incorporates one of the largest ETFE (Ethylene Tetra Flouro Ethylene) roof structures in the world. ETFE is a light-weight trans- parent, Teflon-based material that allows sunlight to pass through while keeping excess heat out. RTKL’s master plan and design for Chadstone Shopping Centre won the
recognized by our peers for these awards,” says Norman M. Garden AIA LEED AP, RTKL senior vice president and leader of the firm’s Commercial Practice Group. “Both visually appealing and eco- nomically successful, these projects exemplify great design and confirm RTKL’s leadership position in retail architecture.”
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