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Glasgow City Council has submitted plans to replace the 1950s era Broomhill Primary School, Hyndland , with a £5m new build property on Edgehill Road –part of a city wide commitment to overhaul...
30 Jan 2015 - No comments
New Ingliston Ltd has submitted a proposal of application notice for the first phase of its proposed International Business Gateway on farmland close to Edinburgh Airport – a joint initiative...
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Cadder Housing Association has begun taking bookings for its new community centre ahead of its completion in October, replacing a redundant sports hall with a £3m purpose-built facility in one of...
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JM Architects working in conjunction with Southside Housing Association have tabled plans to rebuild properties at St Andrew’s Crescent, Pollokshields , to form 49 new homes and flats.
This...
29 Jan 2015 - No comments
National Galleries Scotland (NGS) are in talks with Edinburgh City Council to purchase a parcel of land overlooking Princes Street Gardens, part of a wider £15m overhaul of the institution....
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Page\Park architects have put the finishing touches to their refurbishment of The Scottish National Portrait Gallery , with a range of new statuary now adorning the walls of the institution....
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An application to build a golf equipment testing centre by the R&A at Kingsbarns Golf Links, St Andrews, has been approved by Fife Council .
Designed by Wellwood Lesley Architects the new...
28 Jan 2015 - No comments
Three concrete towers have reached half their final 210m height as the first segments of road deck are hoisted into position for the £1.4bn bridge.
The Queensferry Crossing is scheduled to...
28 Jan 2015 - No comments
Edinburgh City Council has granted approval to conversion of office accommodation on the city’s Buccleuch Street to be converted into student housing.
Plans drawn up by JM Architects on...
27 Jan 2015 - No comments
Clyde Gateway has completed work on the BDP designed One Rutherglen Links Office , delivering 33,500sq/ft of grade A office space within the Rutherglen Links business park.
Located close to...
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An £842m hospital campus in Govan is to be handed over to the NHS following the completion of construction work on the 1,209 bed campus.
South Glasgow University Hospital will begin a...
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Entries for the eighteenth Scottish Design Awards are now being invited from architecture firms ahead of this year’s iteration of the annual event, sponsored by Urban Realm.
As in past years...
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The University of the Highlands and Islands has revealed plans to build a £6.5m academy of sport and wellbeing at its Perth campus on Crieff Road, incorporating a hockey pitch, badminton and...
26 Jan 2015 - No comments
Aedas has announced its purchase of architectural firm RHWL and its cultural subsidiary Arts Team as it seeks to strengthen its cultural credentials.
Both practices will now be renamed as...
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Graven have unveiled a £1m Aberdeen base for Enterprise North East Trust at The Hub Building in Aberdeen Energy Park, transforming the top floor into a centre for entrepreneurship.
Rebranded...
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HLM architects have suffered a blow after the Scottish government pulled the plug on plans for an all-female prison in Greenock in favour of smaller regional and community-based custodial...
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Whiteburn Projects has released a batch of images depicting its planned residential development of the B listed former Parkview School, Dundee.
This has been sympathetically refurbished ahead...
23 Jan 2015 - No comments
Plans to refurbish a disused public toilet block to form a new coffee shop and community hub have been given Glasgow City Council's seal of approval .
Masterminded by Cameron Webster...
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A planned £8m refurbishment and redevelopment of Rothesay Pavilion has taken a step forward with the award of an £750k grant by Highlands & Islands Enterprise toward the scheme.
Led by...
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A steering group set up to establish a Business Improvement District (BID) in Edinburgh’s west end has begun balloting 156 businesses across 20 streets, urging them to commit to pay a levy to...
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Edinburgh Airport has lifted the lid on a£50m airside investment programme which will triple capacity of its baggage and immigration facilities.
Work on the phased development will begin this...
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A ground breaking ceremony has taken place at the site of NHS Lothian’s £48m first phase redevelopment of its Royal Edinburgh Campus .
Undertaken in partnership with Hub South East...
21 Jan 2015 - No comments
Teaching has got underway at Glasgow’s newest school this week as teachers and pupils move into the new £11.5m Garrowhill Primary , built following a Glasgow City Council commitment to rebuild...
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The Chris Stewart Group, developer behind a £60m plan to regenerate the Register Lanes area of Edinburgh off St Andrew Square, has launched a public consultation into their plans to transform...
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Construction services contractor ISG has completed a £1.2m refurbishment of Network Rail’s office accommodation at St Vincent Street, Glasgow, overhauling six floors of the property to create...
20 Jan 2015 - No comments
A £3m fundraising drive has been launched to restore an A-listed 17th century almhouse in Stirling’s Old Town by turning it into a visitor attraction and local history interpretation centre....
20 Jan 2015 - No comments
The Scottish government’s pledge to provide an additional £10m to keep the V&A at Dundee project above water has been given short shrift by architect Alan Dunlop, who points out that it was...
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A revamped entrance canopy to St Enoch station subway station has taken its place at the foot of Glasgow’s Buchanan Street following redevelopment work carried out by AHR Architects and Graham...
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Inverclyde Association for Mental Health have received planning approval from Inverclyde Council for a horticultural training and community centre at Broomhill, Greenock.
Designed by Inch...
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The Scottish Society of Architect Artists (SSAA) is to stage an exhibition of over 100 works produced by contributors from around Europe; including Kelpies sculptor Andy Scott who has produced an...
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A vertiginous demolition platform has been raised onto the roof of 109 Bluevale Street , an 85m tall tower block in Camlachie, Glasgow, the joint tallest tower block in the city alongside a twin...
16 Jan 2015 - No comments
The regeneration of Glasgow’s Gorbals is continuing apace with the submission of proposals drawn up by Elder & Cannon architects for residential infill on the site of twin demolished tower...
16 Jan 2015 - No comments
The estimated cost of delivering Dundee’s waterfront V&A museum has nearly doubled from £45m to £76.16m as contractor BAM Construction faces up to the reality of the ‘unique’ challenges...
15 Jan 2015 - No comments
A disused annexe of Towerbank Primary School, Portobello, is to be converted into six homes under plans drawn up by the Holstead Lukas Partnership after the property was put on the market by...
15 Jan 2015 - No comments
Graeme Massie Architects have detailed their third place entry in an international design contest for a Museum of Ethnography in Budapest, Hungary, ultimately won by Vallet De Martinis Architectes....
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Plans to build a £130m film studio near Straiton, Midlothian, have been put on public display by project backers to give residents a say on a new TV and film complex designed to bring...
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Glasgow’s Queen Street is asserting itself as a prime office address with an application by CDA Architects to refurbish 100 Queen Street by replacing and extending an obsolete1980s rooftop...
14 Jan 2015 - No comments
Preparatory work for the construction of Greenfaulds High School, Cumbernauld, is now underway with Morrison Construction securing the site and building a new access road for the Archial Norr...
14 Jan 2015 - No comments
The City of Edinburgh Council is to decide the fate of Meadowbank Stadium next month as its corporate policy and strategy committee meet to decide whether to allocate up to £19.8m in funding...
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Graeme Massie Architects have made a five strong shortlist to oversee the redesign of Birmingham’s Centenary Square after seeing off 185 entrants from around the world in an anonymous RIBA...
13 Jan 2015 - No comments
A proposal to build a £107m mixed use development in the heart of Aberdeen city centre is facing a public backlash following publication of images outlining the projects impact on surrounding...
13 Jan 2015 - No comments
Yet more student accommodation is on the cards for Edinburgh with submission of plans for a 240 bed scheme on the site of disused industrial units at Bothwell Street, Leith, by DPI Ltd....
13 Jan 2015 - No comments
Sutherland Hussey Architects and Gross max landscape architects have won an open RIBA competition to build a new community hub in the North Yorkshire village of Sessay, beating off three other...
12 Jan 2015 - No comments
Fife Council has appointed Hub East central Scotland to deliver the new Levenmouth High School as the £42.5m project reaches financial close, paving the way for the 18,100sq/m school to open its...
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Cairngorms National Park Authority is working up plans for an extension to its existing Grantown on Spey headquarters, providing space for an additional 30 staff as well as a new boardroom....
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The finishing touches are being applied to a £3.8m community centre in Barrhead as its official unveiling at the end of the month draws near.
Barrhead Foundry, designed in-house by East...
9 Jan 2015 - No comments
The UK construction industry is in fine fettle according to the latest snapshot of the economy produced by the ONS which shows an increase in output of 3.6 per cent – when compared with November...
9 Jan 2015 - No comments
Urban Realm has hit the ground running in 2015 with publication of our first issue of the year, available now to all subscribers , a bumper edition which investigates the legacy of the Cold War on...
8 Jan 2015 - No comments
Glasgow School of Art has outlined its thinking behind taking tenancy of Glasgow’s B-listed McLellan Galleries, showcasing its intent to remodel and refurbish the venue to form a new exhibition...
8 Jan 2015 - No comments
Glasgow School of Art has shortlisted Avanti Architects, John McAslan + Partners, LDN Architects LLP, Page \ Park Architects and Purcell to head a restoration of the Macintosh building following...
8 Jan 2015 - No comments
A public consultation has been launched into plans to build a new Barrhead High School ahead of a formal planning application for the BDP designed school.
Funded by East Renfrewshire Council...
7 Jan 2015 - No comments
A development of 108 ‘industrial’ aesthetic homes is taking shape at Firhill Basin, Glasgow, on a canalside site formerly home to an iron foundry.
Taking the form of a series of four...
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Work to build a £1.5m mosque to serve Aberdeen’s growing Muslim community has got underway with Chap Construction moving onsite at the city’s Nelson Street.
This will allow construction...
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A £23m student housing development on a Leith Walk gap site has been given the all clear by Edinburgh planners, clearing the way for developer S. Harrison to move on site of the 226 flat...
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Shettleston Housing Association has commenced delivery of a £3m Anderson Bell + Christie social housing development in Glasgow’s east end.
Due for delivery in November the 29 new homes are...
6 Jan 2015 - No comments
Construction work is set to get underway on a £1.45m Kelpies visitor centre next week after Falkirk Council handed the contract to build the Nicoll Russell Studios designed structure to Maxi...
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Morgan Sindall has prepared finalised designs for a new pedestrian and cycle footbridge at Seabraes, Dundee , connecting the University with the waterfront regeneration area with a single span...
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A revised planning application has been submitted by AMA for the residential redevelopment of Belford House, Edinburgh - this time incorporating an Edwardian coach works – after their original...
6 Jan 2015 - No comments
TIAA Henderson Real Estate has submitted detailed plans for a ‘dense, diverse and delightful’ redevelopment of Edinburgh’s St James Centre, further fleshing out its outline proposals from...
5 Jan 2015 - No comments
Page\Park architects have developed early stage proposals for the redevelopment of Edinburgh’s Register Lanes , as part of a delivery group comprising key stakeholders in the regeneration....
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Strathclyde University is to undertake a series of ‘sympathetic’ modifications and alterations to its former Architecture Building as part of efforts to turn it into a teaching and counseling...
4 Jan 2015 - No comments
Graham Construction has completed work on a £20m extension of the Silverburn Centre , Pollok, a 120,000sq/ft block incorporating a cinema, restaurants and expanded retail.
Designed by BDP...
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