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Aberdeen’s Castlegate is to be the setting for a temporary mirrored pavilion , focal point for twin cultural festivals taking place in April, with construction work now getting underway....
31 Mar 2016 - No comments
The University of Edinburgh is to fire up an £11m combined heat and power centre at its Easter Bush campus in a bid to lower emissions and bills.
Scheduled to begin operation by spring 2017...
31 Mar 2016 - No comments
Dame Zaha Hadid has passed away suddenly aged 65 from a heart attack just months after becoming the first woman to pick up a RIBA gold medal .
The Iraqi born architect had been in a Miami...
30 Mar 2016 - No comments
Lawrence McPherson Architects have submitted plans to build a 60 bedroom Premier Inn hotel within the John Smith business park, Kirkcaldy.
Located on the outskirts of town the project will...
30 Mar 2016 - No comments
A partnership comprising Dualchas Architects and Reuilf Ramstad Architects of Norway are to collaborate on the design of a St Kilda visitor centre on the Isle of Lewis.
Backed by Highlands and...
29 Mar 2016 - No comments
Oberlanders Architects have submitted plans to erect 11 flats on the site of a former industrial unit at Horne Terrace, Edinburgh , on behalf of AMA.
Backing onto the Union Canal the scheme...
29 Mar 2016 - No comments
Scotland’s Churches Trust is celebrating the rich architectural legacy of the country through a new tourism initiative designed to encourage visitors to retrace the routes of past pilgrims in...
28 Mar 2016 - No comments
Scotland’s oldest theatre is looking as good as new following a £1.5m upgrade and expansion at the hands of ARPL Architects.
Dumfries’ Theatre Royal was built in 1792 and occupies a...
28 Mar 2016 - No comments
A neoclassical figurine is to stand tall once more atop former co-operative building in Glasgow, exactly 20 years after it was removed following the discovery structural defects in the gold leaf...
25 Mar 2016 - No comments
Ashfield Land and Kirkwood Homes have lodged plans to build a £150m ‘town centre’ for the tiny hamlet of Blackdog, two miles north of Aberdeen’s city limits, on a site allocated for future...
25 Mar 2016 - No comments
The future of Gillespie Kidd & Coia’s modernist masterpiece St Peter’s Seminary has been secured following the award of a £4.2m grant by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Creative Scotland....
25 Mar 2016 - No comments
The University of Glasgow has appointed engineering services provider WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff to help deliver an HLM designed learning and teaching hub at its Gilmorehill campus in addition to...
25 Mar 2016 - No comments
A satellite radiotherapy treatment centre for the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Care Centre in Gartnavel, Glasgow, has opened its doors within the grounds of Monklands Hospital, Airdrie....
25 Mar 2016 - No comments
Renfrewshire Council has begun work on a unique joint faith primary schools campus at newton Mearns, bringing together pupils from the Jewish and Catholic backgrounds in what is said to be a world...
24 Mar 2016 - No comments
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has shortlisted 23 projects for the 2016 RIAS/RIBA Awards, an eclectic list that includes a timber pyramid, lookout tower and factory....
23 Mar 2016 - No comments
Robertson has been appointed to undertake a £5.7m extension and conversion of a B-listed school in Fort William to form office space for Highland Council and will move on site next month....
22 Mar 2016 - No comments
Citizens Theatre has been awarded planning permission for the most significant upgrade of the theatre building in its 135 year history , securing its future as one of the country’s outstanding...
22 Mar 2016 - No comments
Glasgow City Council has issued a tender for lead contractors in a £250m transformation of Sighthill including 800 homes, a school, community facilities and commercial units.
Adhering to a...
21 Mar 2016 - No comments
Edinburgh based Staran Architects have proven they’re still full of beans after converting a former lock-up garage into a hip coffee shop.
Brew Lab on Queensferry Street Lane is the second...
18 Mar 2016 - No comments
Architecture and Design Scotland is inviting individuals and community organisations to participate in a series of events and activities designed to encourage greater public participation in...
17 Mar 2016 - No comments
Dunbar Homes has tabled proposals for 53 houses by the Water of Leith, Edinburgh , designed by Yeoman McAllister Architects.
Situated on the site of a former paper mill in Currie, seven miles...
17 Mar 2016 - No comments
Chancellor George Osborne has used his budget statement to confirm that the UK will pump £5m into a pier head leisure centre in Helensburgh for use by the public and members of the armed forces....
17 Mar 2016 - No comments
Falkirk could be recipient of a new urban quarter after the local council unveiled a Tax Incremental Finance initiative for £17m of infrastructure works on 376 acres of land at the town’s...
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The latest addition to Glasgow’s office stock could take the form of a 14 storey block offering 100,000sq/ft of accommodation on Waterloo Street, following submission of a planning application by...
16 Mar 2016 - No comments
Keppie Design, Stride Treglown and Todd Architects have announced that they are to collaborate as 431 Architecture, using their combined clout to pitch for more projects.
Whilst each business...
16 Mar 2016 - No comments
The Glasgow School of Art has invited Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd, BAM Construction Ltd, John Graham Construction Ltd, Kier Construction and Sir Robert McAlpine to tender for main...
15 Mar 2016 - No comments
South Ayrshire Council is to press ahead with constructing an AHR designed community campus in Tarbolton after the project after it signed off on an £8.2m funding package.
This will see...
15 Mar 2016 - No comments
Hackney based StudioAnyo have submitted plans for a 160-bed Courtyard by Marriott hotel at the National Performance Centre for Sport (Oriam) , Edinburgh, on behalf of Polcom and Heriot Watt...
15 Mar 2016 - No comments
Glasgow Harbour is to press ahead with the construction of 1,400 homes at the confluence of the River Clyde and Kelvin on a 52 acre development site opposite the city’s new Transport Museum....
14 Mar 2016 - No comments
Expresso Property has submitted revised plans for Park Quadrant, Glasgow , following a series of public consultations held around their original proposals to complete Charles Wilson’s...
14 Mar 2016 - No comments
Cove Park, a planned artist’s residency in Argyll, has secured in-kind funding for its interior spaces by haa design, alongside a grant from Arts & Business Scotland, ensuring that a fit-out of...
11 Mar 2016 - No comments
The Scottish Cities Alliance is to drum up interest in Scotland’s seven cities at MIPIM by showcasing a ‘Pitch Book’ of commercial property opportunities to investors.
Running to a...
11 Mar 2016 - No comments
The National Galleries of Scotland is set to press ahead with an archive, conservation and research centre at Granton after the Scottish government donated land for the initiative - for which an...
11 Mar 2016 - No comments
An ‘immersive exhibition’ created by Lateral North, Dualchas Architects and Soluis is to headline Scotland’s contribution to this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale.
Prospect North...
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Cityheart are to build a 40 bed accommodation block in Dornoch for students of North Highland College UHI as part of a larger roll out of accommodation in the region for the university....
10 Mar 2016 - No comments
Collective Architecture has turned their attention southwards for their latest project, a major mixed use development in North Cheam, London, on behalf of the Home Group.
The practices first...
10 Mar 2016 - No comments
East Lothian Council has granted planning consent for a purpose-built community hospital at Roodlands, Haddington , enabling a number of clinical services to be reintroduced to the county....
9 Mar 2016 - No comments
A new TV and film studio is set to take shape in Cumbernauld following submission of a planning application to extend an existing production facility at Wardpark Studios later this week.
The...
9 Mar 2016 - No comments
Adrian Higson Architecture has tabled plans drawn up by Bapu Properties for the creation of 16 flats and a ground floor commercial unit on Sinclair Drive, Glasgow .
Adopting a horizontal...
8 Mar 2016 - No comments
Future passengers of Glasgow’s underground system will be given a ringside seat following the introduction of a new generation of driverless carriages which do away with the front cab entirely....
8 Mar 2016 - No comments
Highlands Hospitality has begun work to restore The Fife Arms Hotel, Braemar, a 45 bedroom venue popular for the Braemar Gathering annual highland games, after obtaining planning consent from the...
8 Mar 2016 - No comments
Arktx have submitted plans drawn up on behalf of Broomvale to erect six new build flats on vacant ground off Queen Street within the Forthill Conservation Area of Broughty Ferry.
This will...
8 Mar 2016 - No comments
Robertson Construction has been awarded an £8.7m contract to build a new Gaelic primary school in Portree on the Isle of Skye.
Incorporating a series of ventilation chimneys Portree Gaelic...
7 Mar 2016 - No comments
Social landlord Sanctuary Group has unveiled a £4.3m development of 39 new flats at Hume Road, Cumbernauld, for use by former occupants of the areas high rise tower blocks.
Designed by the...
7 Mar 2016 - No comments
Glasgow’s Skypark business hub is set for further growth following submission of plans by Sheppard Robson for 150,000sq/ft of grade A office space on the site of a disused office building on...
7 Mar 2016 - No comments
Aldi is to build a 21,500sq/ft extension to its Bathgate headquarters to oversee ongoing expansion of the budget supermarket chain which intends to open eight new stores through 2016.
The...
7 Mar 2016 - No comments
Clyde Gateway and BRE have instigated a search for a contractor led design team to take forward a headquarters office space for BRE Scotland in Shawfield, Glasgow.
A key component of Clyde...
4 Mar 2016 - No comments
Halliday Fraser Munro have drawn up plans for a 312 seat main stand, pitch and associated facilities at Calder Park, Aberdeen, future home of Cove Rangers FC .
Situated on disused playing...
4 Mar 2016 - No comments
Purchasers are being sought to take on a 700 acre site with mixed use development potential at the Port of Ardersier, Whiteness, near Nairn on behalf of joint administrators Blair Nimmo and Tony...
4 Mar 2016 - No comments
Social landlord Sanctuary Housing has unveiled designs for 111 new flats to be built on the site of three recently demolished tower blocks at Allanfauld Road, Seafar .
The £12.7m project has...
3 Mar 2016 - No comments
JM Architects have drawn up initial designs for a £3.65m school for children with additional support needs on behalf of South Ayrshire Council in advance of a public consultation this Wednesday....
3 Mar 2016 - No comments
Halliday Fraser Munro has revealed that they are to close their Glasgow office in order to consolidate their central belt staff and resources in Edinburgh.
West coast employees being offered...
3 Mar 2016 - No comments
John McAslan & partners have been confirmed as lead designer for an overhaul of Glasgow’s Burrell Collection alongside project managers Gardiner & Theobald and exhibition designers Event...
3 Mar 2016 - No comments
Whitbread have applied for planning permission to enlarge Dundee’s waterfront Premier Inn hotel to house 149 bedrooms together with associated landscaping work and reworked public areas....
3 Mar 2016 - No comments
CALA Homes have submitted a proposal of application notice to build up to 500 homes, a quarter of which will be classed as affordable, on a brownfield site opposite Ocean terminal, Leith....
2 Mar 2016 - No comments
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde together with hub West Scotland are to commence work on a new care home in Greenock for people for the long term care of mental health patients.
Designed by Norr...
2 Mar 2016 - No comments
Graham Construction has moved on-site with a JM Architects designed student residential scheme at Buccleuch Place and Meadow Lane for the University of Edinburgh.
This will entail conversion...
2 Mar 2016 - No comments
Residents of Edinburgh’s Inverleith conservation area have launched a rear guard action to save a modest unlisted building on Canonmills Bridge from demolition to make way for new flats.
A...
1 Mar 2016 - No comments
Vacant land off Niddrie Main Road in Craigmillar, Edinburgh, is to be developed in the final phase of the Wauchope Square master plan by Cruden Homes following the sale of the land by EDI Group....
1 Mar 2016 - No comments
Barratt and David Wilson Homes have tabled indicative plans to construct a community health centre within Bargeddie, North Lanarkshire, as part of a bid to win permission in principle to build up...
1 Mar 2016 - No comments
Arc Architects have drawn up tentative plans to regenerate the ‘backlands’ of Cupar, Fife, on behalf of the Cupar Development Trust ahead of a public consultation.
Composed of 39...
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