Yesterday, I took part – along with nearly 300 others from local businesses, the education sector, the Chamber of Commerce, the public sector and many others – in the Dundee Economic Summit. See right. Organised by the Dundee Partnership, it was a very positive morning spent discussing the economic future of our city – [...]
Archive for the ‘V and A at Dundee’ Category
Yesterday, in addition to assisting with a number of constituent queries and problems, I also attended the latest meeting of the City Council’s Local Economy Monitoring Group. This is a useful regular forum at which the four party group leaders on the council, the City Council Chief Executive, other senior officers and representatives from Dundee [...]
Wednesday activities …
Posted: September 29, 2011 in Logie St John's (Cross) Church Hall, V and A at Dundee, Waterfront, West End Christmas WeekYesterday, I had the pleasure of attending the Celebrate Age Network‘s Information Fayre in Logie and St John’s (Cross) Church – see right. It was a very well attended event, with lots of local residents visiting the many information stalls. The Celebrate Age Network is taking part in the West End Community Fayre as [...]
Last night, Janet & I had the pleasure of attending a reception at Dundee One at which Kengo Kuma (above), lead architect for the V&A at Dundee project, gave a very informative presentation on this project and previous projects he has led. Kengo Kuma is giving further presentations today as part of the Ignite your weekend! events I mentioned yesterday. V&A [...]
Liberal Democrat support for V&A at Dundee
Posted: January 21, 2011 in Alison McInnes MSP, V and A at DundeeEarlier this week, my LibDem colleague Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, met with Graham McKee, the project leader for the V&A at Dundee initiative. Alison said after the meeting, “I have followed this project with keen interest and it was useful to get an update from Graham McKee on the next steps. We [...]
It has just been announced that the winner of the V&A Dundee design contest is the Kengo Kuma design and congratulations go to Kengo Kuma & Associates on their success. As Lesley Knox, Chair of the V&A at Dundee project and of the jury panel, said, “Kengo Kuma’s proposal was the unanimous choice of the [...]
And then came Tuesday …
Posted: September 28, 2010 in Blackness Primary School, V and A at Dundee, Western CemeteryFollowing a very productive meeting with representatives of the Western Cemetery Association and the City Council’s Leisure and Communities Department on-site at the cemetery at lunchtime, I attended an opening exhibition view of the shortlisted designs of the V and A at Dundee project, held at the library of the University of Abertay, Dundee. I [...]
The exhibition of the six shortlisted designs for the building that will house the V&A at Dundee will open at the University of Abertay Dundee Library on Wednesday 29th September. It will run until Thursday 4th November and will give all Dundonians the opportunity to give views on the six designs. The V&A at Dundee [...]
Thursday Updates
Posted: August 13, 2009 in Dundee Travel Active, Homebase, Riverside Drive, Uncategorized, V and A at Dundee* ‘V and A at Dundee’ – hopeful of progress : I understand that, next Monday, Mark Jones, Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum and Mike Russell MSP, Minister for Culture, External Affairs and the Constitution, will make an announcement relating to the ‘V and A at Dundee’ project. A feasibility study conducted for [...]
