Diller Scofidio & Renfro's 'Granite Web' Not Financially Viable for Aberdeen

Proposed Site – Rendering provided by the Diller Scofidio + Renfro submission boardsImages courtesy of Aberdeen City Garden Project

The life of a city-funded project is a tumultuous one. After winning a design competition early this year and receiving public support to move forward, Diller, Scofidio + Renfro’sGranite Web” design for the redevelopment of the nineteenth-century Terrace Gardens in Aberdeen, Scotland was recently rejected by the city council in a 22-20 vote. The project promised to bring a revived pulse to the heart of the city centre with a public space that would bring a year-round civic garden onto the “unattractive” Denburn dual carriageway and railway line.

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Cite: Irina Vinnitskaya. "Diller Scofidio & Renfro's 'Granite Web' Not Financially Viable for Aberdeen" 27 Aug 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/266670/diller-scofidio-renfros-granite-web-not-financially-viable-for-aberdeen> ISSN 0719-8884

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