Buildings Archive 2014

Mugdock House Care Home is a new purpose-built residential care home located in the town of Bearsden on the North Western fringe of greater Glasgow. The main focus of the brief was to create a forward looking, modern and relaxed home for the...

Our clients approach us with a view to build a family home in the country near the town of Montrose, they asked for a modern layout to include a large kitchen and family area with double garage, master suite and separate lounge. The response to...

he 1930s building, which had lain empty for over 30 years, has been given new purpose with memorial, exhibition and storytelling spaces. Working within the restrictions of its grade A listed status, Purcell’s design approach was purposefully...

New Bridge Street was a key project in the Ayr Rennaissance project aimed at regenerating Ayr Town Centre. The three Georgian listed buildings were suffering from water ingress dry rot and stone decay. This project involved the repair and...

The refurbishment and reconfiguration of The University Tower (renamed New Lister Building) at Glasgow Royal Infirmary to accommodate over levels 1, 4 and 5, new state of the art Diagnostic and Reference Labs and new Clinical Research and Teaching...

Eildon Housing Association commissioned Assist Design Ltd to design 12 homes for affordable rent on the site of the former Lauder Primary School. The school had lain derelict after a new school was built in 2009 and was beginning to create an...

Orchard Neuk is a two storey dwelling located on a sloping site in the Scottish Borders conservation village of Gattonside, and faces south towards a horizon defined by the prominent Eildon Hills. The building replaces a deteriorating single...

Austin-Smith:Lord’s team of Conservation Accredited Architects were appointed, following open procurement by Renfrewshire Council in late 2011, to undertake improvements to the entrance foyer and approach into this important venue which was...

Set into the steep hillside above the Water of Leith we have built a new three storey, five bedroom house that, from the street, is all but invisible. Passing through a gate in a traditional stone boundary wall you enter a courtyard, then through...

This project is the largest and most complex schools project completed by Archial NORR to date. The brief called for a denominational secondary (St Stephen’s High School) a non-denominational secondary (Port Glasgow High School) a very large...

The Health Centre is at the heart of the wider area masterplan known as Saracen Exchange. This is the regeneration programme which has been developed and managed by Glasgow North Regeneration Agency. This building represents the first phase of...

Q10 is the very dense social housing on the former Royal Infirmary site in Edinburgh. The project, as originally designed, had its numbers and density considerably increased when the balance of residential accommodation in Foster &...

Although this hotel is the third Radisson Blu hotel in the U.S., it was the first conversion to the brand, versus new construction. The original hotel built in 1926 is a landmark in Philadelphia and is listed on the National Register of Historic...

Red Tree Business Centre Bridgeton is situated at Bridgeton Cross and creates an innovative and vibrant office building for SME companies at the heart of Bridgeton Town Centre at an important gateway into the city of Glasgow. The once largely...

The project involved the demolition of the Church's existing 1950's building and the creation of a new, smaller bespoke hall that better suited the congregations needs. The remaining land was developed to create 11 terraced two and three bedroom...