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31 May 2016 - No comments
Prospect North , part of the Scottish Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, has made its mark on festival-goers who have donned surreal unicorn, moose and polar bear masks to transport...
31 May 2016 - No comments
South Ayrshire Council has given the go-ahead to a significant extension of Ayr which promises to deliver 750 homes, a supermarket, primary school, office space and community hub over the next 30...
31 May 2016 - No comments
An outlandish scheme to install a Windforest on top of Dundashill, Glasgow, is to be brought forward after the renewable energy project was chosen for adoption by the Land Art Generator Initiative...
31 May 2016 - No comments
Holmes Miller Architects are targeting global growth with the opening of new offices in London and Guangzhou, China, as the practice seeks to capitalise on a number of new projects across India,...
30 May 2016 - No comments
Edinburgh councillors have given their approval to a ‘garden District’ of 1,320 homes, a primary school, neighbourhood hub and park along the New Burn corridor.
Situated close to...
27 May 2016 - No comments
UK timber kit manufacturer and supplier Scotframe has unveiled a collection of 22 new rural homes which it states will ‘complement, enrich and blend into’ the British countryside.
In-house...
27 May 2016 - No comments
Fountainbridge residents and students are being invited to collaborate on the design and build of a canalside rest during a day-long design and build event facilitated by Here + Now CIC.
The...
27 May 2016 - No comments
Bellway Homes have secured permission from Edinburgh City Council to construct 139 flats on brownfield land at Abbey Lane , arranged around a newly formed street.
Designed by EMA Architects...
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Edinburgh’s B-listed Boroughmuir High School is set to be transformed into new housing by CALA under a proposal drawn up by Michael Laird Architects, following the school’s relocation to a...
26 May 2016 - No comments
Asset managers Quadrant Estates have obtained planning consent for a series of external alterations to Glasgow’s Sauchiehall Centre , designed to provide enhanced retail and restaurant space....
26 May 2016 - No comments
South Lanarkshire Council has lent its approval to an out of town campus for the University of the West of Scotland , to be sited within Hamilton International Technology Park.
UWS...
26 May 2016 - No comments
The University of Glasgow has applied for permission in principle for a redevelopment of the former Western Infirmary site to create a range of teaching and research spaces, retail, offices,...
26 May 2016 - No comments
The Scottish Design Awards have wrapped up in style with a pop-up gallery, riverfront college and modern languages classrooms walking away with the top awards on the night.
City of Glasgow...
25 May 2016 - No comments
Loretto Housing Association and Collective Architecture have put together plans for the creation of 42 homes for social rent on the site of eight former Shawbridge tower blocks, Pollokshaws....
25 May 2016 - No comments
Alan Dunlop is to close his Glasgow studio by the end of the month after withdrawing from his sole project in the city, a children's home in Maryhill .
Instead Dunlop will be heading south to...
24 May 2016 - No comments
Scotia Homes have submitted plans for a mixed use development at Bridge of Don, Aberdeen , comprising new homes, retail and a nursery.
Drawn up by Michael Gilmour Associates the project will...
24 May 2016 - No comments
Aberdeen’s student housing rush is continuing unabated with the submission of proposals by Ardmuir Developments and Cumming and Co to build 40 flats on the site of a redundant garage....
23 May 2016 - No comments
Morrison Construction have been appointed to deliver the Halliday Fraser Munro designed Moray Sports Centre, adjacent to the Linkwood distillery on the outskirts of Elgin.
Phase one of the...
23 May 2016 - No comments
EMA Architects are to refurbish and extend the C-listed Balshagray Public School in Broomhill, Glasgow, on behalf of Kelvin properties to form 73 homes.
Situated on a prominent site to the...
23 May 2016 - No comments
Glasgow Housing Association has carried out the latest demolition in their ongoing housing renewal programme with the removal of a 25 storey tower block at Rosemount Street, Roystonhill.
The...
20 May 2016 - No comments
Wellwood Leslie chartered architects have submitted plans for a military barracks and climbing tower on behalf of the Highland Reserves Forces and Cadets Association.
Situated on Dalkeith...
20 May 2016 - No comments
BDP have outlined a number of recommendations for the redevelopment of estates belonging to North East Scotland College after being appointed to research the future of five campuses operated by the...
20 May 2016 - No comments
Stewart Milne Group has launched the first phase of their Countesswells development on the outskirts of Aberdeen, comprising 200 homes which aim to set ‘new standards of urban design in the...
20 May 2016 - No comments
The Scottish Prions Service has published initial designs for a new jail at Milton of Leys designed to replace the Victorian-era HMP Inverness which has been deemed unsuitable for redevelopment....
19 May 2016 - No comments
Simpson & Brown Architects have filed plans to augment an existing chapel on Edinburgh’s Rodney Street with new extensions on behalf of Bellevue Chapel Evangelical Church.
The gothic...
19 May 2016 - No comments
Murray Estates are seeking interested parties to purchase their proposed Edinburgh International Business Gateway development, comprising some 385k sq/ft of office space, 525 hotel rooms and 200...
18 May 2016 - No comments
Farrell & Clark Architects are bringing forward plans to build a 209 bedroom Premier Inn hotel at St Enoch Square Glasgow with the re-submission of a demolition application and some minor design...
18 May 2016 - No comments
Gordonstoun independent school is to press ahead with a 55 bed boarding house after commissioning an extension and refurbishment of Ogstoun House.
Forres based IH Design has been contracted to...
18 May 2016 - No comments
Austin-Smith:Lord have been chosen to lead a refurbishment of Ayr’s B-listed Gaiety Theatre , alongside interior designer Julia Grant, by the Ayr Gaiety Partnership.
The £2.4m renovation...
16 May 2016 - No comments
Kirkwood Homes have stated their intent to construct 150 homes in Broughty Ferry, Dundee , following outline discussions with the city council.
Each property will range in scale from...
13 May 2016 - No comments
Fletcher Joseph Architects have brushed up their mixed use proposal for Edinburgh’s King’s Stables Road , submitted at the turn of the year, to accommodate a 111 per cent increase in housing...
12 May 2016 - No comments
Phase 1 of Norr’s £45m Royal Edinburgh Campus , due for completion by the end of the year, has been shortlisted for the title of best healthcare project by the 2016 Partnership Awards....
11 May 2016 - No comments
ISG have been appointed by TH Real Estate to serve as main contractor on delivery of Edinburgh’s latest Hub by Premier Inn hotel, the second such destination to be delivered in the city following...
11 May 2016 - No comments
The EDI Group are to stage a second community consultation event in regard to their New Brunstane masterplan, Edinburgh, ahead of submitting a formal application for planning in principle.
New...
10 May 2016 - No comments
Barton Willmore have got the ball rolling on Edinburgh’s 21st Century Homes Small Sites initiative with the submission of the first two planning applications under the programme, delivering over...
10 May 2016 - No comments
Anderson Bell + Christie have tabled plans to build a stand-alone nursery within the grounds of the recently completed Corstorphine Primary School on the site of existing substandard...
10 May 2016 - No comments
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh has officially opened a relocated historic Georgian building as a centre for community and education work following a painstaking rebuild of the 18th century cottage....
10 May 2016 - No comments
Graham Construction has completed work on an Oberlanders designed £5.5m critical care unit at Monklands Hospital, Airdrie , on behalf of NHS Lanarkshire.
The 10-bed unit is one of 12 phases...
9 May 2016 - No comments
McLaughlin & Harvey have commenced delivery of a £10m primary school in the Borders town of Galashiels ahead of an anticipated opening in summer 2017.
Designed by Stallan Brand Langlee...
9 May 2016 - No comments
Dem Master has felled the final tower block in a quartet of towers which once stood at Norfolk Court in Glasgow’s Gorbals , clearing the way for the construction of 201 homes by New Gorbals...
9 May 2016 - No comments
Perth councilors are considering twin applications to deliver up to 4,500 homes within the Almond Valley and Bertha Park areas of the city.
Springfield Properties are behind the larger Bertha...
6 May 2016 - No comments
Lynsay Bell Architecture has put forward an infill housing project of six homes in Morningside, Edinburgh, on behalf of Thistle Property Group.
Replacing an existing garage on Jordan Lane...
6 May 2016 - No comments
The EDI Group are to showcase a £200m proposal to transform Edinburgh’s former McEwan’s Brewery, Fountainbridge, into a canal side community of 438 homes.
India Quay will comprise a mix...
6 May 2016 - No comments
Architecture, design and art students are being invited by crerative space agency TAKTAL to participate in a ‘fast-paced’ urban development project based on ptototyping processes developed by...
5 May 2016 - No comments
Page\Park have tabled proposals for the conversion and extension of Old Carntyne Church, Shettleston , to form accommodation for the elderly.
Forming part of an existing sheltered housing...
5 May 2016 - No comments
Morgan McDonnell Architects have tabled proposals to convert and extend a former hotel on Ettrick Road, Merchiston , to form ten flats.
This work will entail the demolition of later...
5 May 2016 - No comments
A £26m development of 189 affordable homes centred on Fraser Avenue, Inverkeithing , has secured planning permission in principle – including the demolition of 236 existing properties....
4 May 2016 - No comments
Tiger Developments and Interserve have begun above ground works to deliver a £200m office-led commercial scheme on a derelict site in Edinburgh’s west end with the removal of tunnel earthworks...
4 May 2016 - No comments
Richard Murphy Architects have submitted plans on behalf of AMA to build 16 flats on the site of an existing villa at Kinnear Road, Edinburgh, by developing a substantial garden plot....
4 May 2016 - No comments
A £1.5m clubhouse has opened its doors to golfers in Ayr, South Lanarkshire, as the centrepiece of the Belleisle Championship course.
Belleisle Clubhouse was delivered by 3B Construction and...
4 May 2016 - No comments
Dundee’s waterfront regeneration has received a further boost with progression of a new creative hub intended to serve as a hot bed for creativity and entrepreneurship.
Offering desk...
3 May 2016 - No comments
Glasgow City Council has appointed MVRDV and Austin-Smith:Lord to lead a multidisciplinary team to begin design work for the regeneration of the Broomielaw, Blythswood, St Enoch and Central areas...
3 May 2016 - No comments
Zone Architects have secured planning permission on appeal to the Scottish government for the construction of five terraced houses within Edinburgh’s Trinity conservation area.
Replacing a...
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