Buildings Archive 2006

The most recent addition to Newcastle College’s Rye Hill campus is SPACE, a £2 million Higher Education Centre which sits next to RMJM’s award-winning Performance Academy. The centre provides Newcastle College’s 2,000 plus...

One of Edinburgh’s long established law practices wanted to take a respected team forward in design terms without loosing some of the gravitas they have acquired over the years. Following on from out fit out for the legal practice Shepherd...

The Clients brief was to provide an 8 bed-space, high quality housing development to assist individuals with Dementia. It should allow them to live independently in their own home, with on site assistance, at hand 24 hours as required.

Development of a bright new primary school at the pinnacle of a constricted site with various gradients – the design maximises natural lighting and ventilation through clerestory & roof balcony. Internal spaces are expressed externally...

This new two stream school forms part of the Edinburgh Schools PPP Project. The school is located on the edge of the Grange Conservation area.

Telford Drive is a small scale residential development (20 units) for a Housing Association on the edge of an existing scheme. The brick elements are modelled and articulated to allow residents to maintain a sense of privacy and ownership of their...

The restoration works produced dramatic change and restored civic pride within the community. This multi-partnership project achieves sustainable regeneration with community involvement, acting as a catalyst for further works and a model of best...

The Fleming Building is a new two and three storey speculative office/laboratory building set within the Bush Estate near Penicuik, Midlothian. The project forms Phase 3 of Edinburgh Technopole, a multi-million pound science and research park...

Slotting 2½ storeys of domestic accommodation into a dramatic sloping site. Mediating between a dark military sea scape and a suburbanised rural ideal. Meshing concrete and carpentry structures the house balances; natural light and thermal...

The Picture House is the oldest purpose built cinema still showing films in Scotland.

This new building is an excellent example of effective team working and collaboration between the commissioning body/client, the building Users, the Design Team and Contractors responsible for its construction. The driver for the project...

This site, combing the historic “John Knox House” with the adjacent Netherbow Centre, marks the historic, mediaeval main gateway into Edinburgh. The gateway, the Netherbow Port, was rebuilt many times, with its great bell being hung in...

The ‘Wedge’ houses a new community resource for Greater Pollok in the south of Glasgow. The building contains community meeting rooms and café along with community office facilities to accommodate members of Parliament, Glasgow...

The Wright Business Centre is a two storey managed business centre. The building has two floors of lettable offices and incorporates meeting rooms, a conference suite and a small café. The building form is divided into 3 main components, a...

Conceived as a modern interpretation of traditional rural artisan dwellings, the house draws on the language of autonomous agricultural structures and their settings within rural environments. The building is planned ‘upside down’ with...