Buildings Archive 2012

The site was a rocky outcrop with a view to the west. It is subject to south westerly gales, although the gardens contain many fine trees, and specimen bamboos. A modern house was required with a principal bedroom and en suite, three other...

Simpson & Brown were appointed to alter and extend the existing B-listed C17th Alderstone House to provide serviced office accomodation to become a company headquarters builiding. The new extesnion provides open-plan modern office accomodation...

Reiach & Hall Architects are celebrating completion of their Alloa Campus building for Forth Valley College. The campus is the first of two competition winning designs for the college to be completed and is being heralded as a major...

Austin-Smith:Lord were commissioned to design a new modern, bespoke office building to meet the specific requirements of Almond Housing Association.  Extensive briefing and consultation took place between the Design team, Client and the staff...

Apex Temple Court is Ian Springford Architects' 3rd major project for Apex Hotels in London, following the completion of Apex City of London and Apex London Wall. The project is a conversion of an existing 1950s office building into a 184...

Ardechive Cottage is situated within an extremely scenic location enjoying private views across Loch Arkaig, close to Fort William. The existing building is a traditional 1½ storey stone cottage under a slate roof, and has been completely...

RMJM has developed a joint education initiative masterplan at Craigie Campus in Ayr. The campus includes facilities for the Scottish Agricultural College and University of West of Scotland. RMJM has worked with the clients to create a...

Aystree House in Broughty Ferry, Dundee originally built in 1903 in the ‘Arts and Crafts’ style is a category ‘A’ listed building along with its Stables ‘B’ listed (1984) and Gate Lodge listed ‘B’...

Nestling in a rural setting near Beith, the Barkip Biogas plant is rapidly nearing completion, and despite the recent poor weather, the last few weeks have seen the installation of the very heart of power production at the plant; the massive...

The redevelopment of the existing Barony Church is now the focal point of the wider arts and crafts initiative in the town providing an exhibition gallery, retail area, production workshop, and cafe. The existing church was C listed. The new...

BDP led the design team for the new Bathgate Partnership Centre. The 2,550m² project for West Lothian Council was completed in summer 2011. Located on a prominent site in the West Lothian town, the proposal consolidates the previously...

On the 7th of July 2011, Blochairn Place was officially opened as a brand new development of 95 flats, 6 houses and an office. This was Glasgow's largest housing regeneration project in 2010 and transforms a previously derelict corner of the East...

The University of Warwick is a special place, it being a settlement in the middle of the countryside. The new residences sit on a sensitive site on the edge of the campus. They do take away an expansive lawn but the challenge of the project has...

Incorporating the few remaining freestanding walls of a former mill building, the project engages with the buildings past, without replication of its traditional forms. The starting point for the Mill project was the few freestanding walls that...

Boswall Parkway provides 15No affordable flats forming an 'L' shaped building over 4 stories on a corner brownfield site in North Edinburgh, within an existing interwar local authority housing estate. The church that occupied the site has been...