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29 Jul 2016 - No comments
The Drum Property Group and Ogilvie have begun marketing a development of 98 homes spread across five new build blocks on the site of a former naval base in Greenock, Inverclyde following...
29 Jul 2016 - No comments
Drum Property Group have prepared an EIA screening request for a significant mixed use development at Tradeston, Glasgow , incorporating office space, retail, restaurants and bars. Facing...
29 Jul 2016 - No comments
West Lothian Council has unveiled a £7m supported housing complex in Bathgate, incorporating a public atrium café, restaurant, garden, multi-purpose rooms and a hairdresser. Council leader...
28 Jul 2016 - No comments
Groves Raines Architects have tabled plans for significant alterations and extensions to the B-listed Aboyne Castle , Aberdeenshire, to accommodate a new generation of the Huntly family. This...
28 Jul 2016 - No comments
A two acre plot of land in the Perthshire town of Aberfeldy has come on the market advertised as a potential residential opportunity. A complex of former industrial buildings off Home Street...
28 Jul 2016 - No comments
Chris Stewart Group have revealed detailed plans to carve out 50 serviced apartments within the former Royal Bank of Scotland headquarters on St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, ahead of its completion by...
27 Jul 2016 - No comments
CALA Homes have prepared detailed designs for 425 homes on brownfield land at Ocean Drive, Leith , comprising a mixture of apartments, colonies-style housing and town homes. Waterfront Plaza...
27 Jul 2016 - No comments
A bid to build a central belt nature park encompassing lochs, parks and woodland around Glasgow and North Lanarkshire has taken a step forward with the award of a £4.5m grant by the Heritage...
27 Jul 2016 - No comments
Allan Murray Architects have submitted a change of use application for 27-31 James Craig Walk from student housing to hotel use as part of the wider St James Centre redevelopment , Edinburgh....
26 Jul 2016 - No comments
Morgan McDonnell Architects have tabled plans for the restoration and conversion of the roofless Stoer Parliamentary Church , Lairg, to form a new home. The C-listed property sits within the...
26 Jul 2016 - No comments
A decade long wait for new council housing in Aberdeen is at an end with the development of 99 properties on the site of a decommissioned school off Smithfield Drive, together with associated...
26 Jul 2016 - No comments
A 150 year old farm steading near Newburgh, Fife, is to be brought up to date through conversion to a brew house, fermenting room, presentation space and storage . Old Parkhill Brewery will...
26 Jul 2016 - No comments
Moxy Hotels have drawn up detailed designs for a 180-bed hotel on Glasgow’s High Street within the Collegelands development as part of a nationwide roll-out for the brand. Fronting a new...
25 Jul 2016 - No comments
Holmes Miller Architects have submitted plans for a new build primary school and nursery at Lothian Crescent on behalf of Dundee City Council. North East Campus will replace the local...
25 Jul 2016 - No comments
North Lanarkshire Council has taken possession of a new community centre in Cumbernauld following handover by Kier Construction and hub South West. The Muirfield Centre has been designed by...
25 Jul 2016 - No comments
Urban Realm is entering the final straight ahead of publication of the Scotland Annual 2016, with a final call for entries ahead of the autumn publication. Final submissions are invited...
25 Jul 2016 - No comments
NHS Grampian has lodged plans for a JM Architects penned multi-storey car park within the grounds of Aberdeen Royal Infirmary to cope with increased visitor numbers. Situated opposite the...
22 Jul 2016 - No comments
GRAS Architects have tabled plans for a £50k extension to the Malt & Hops pub, Leith , which wills see the watering hole expand out over the adjacent Water of Leith. A timber 115sq/m timber...
22 Jul 2016 - No comments
Dumfries & Galloway Council is to press ahead with a £34m schools campus within the next few weeks as part of its learning town initiative. North West Campus will be sandwiched between...
22 Jul 2016 - No comments
North Lanarkshire Council has given its unanimous backing to a £25m retail development in the Westfield area of the town, incorporating several supermarkets, a pub, petrol station and drive...
21 Jul 2016 - No comments
Davide Rizzo Architect has moved on-site with a private nursery on Linthouse Road, Govan, as part of a mixed use master plan for an area of brownfield land opposite the Queen Elizabeth University...
21 Jul 2016 - No comments
A B-listed BHS department store on Edinburgh’s Princes Street has been earmarked for a £50m overhaul which will see the space subdivided to form a 50,000sq/ft retail unit, 140 bed hotel and...
21 Jul 2016 - No comments
After a belated start work has finally got underway at an infill residential scheme at Bath Street, Edinburgh, three years after planning was first put forward for the build. The Portobello...
20 Jul 2016 - No comments
The University of Edinburgh is progressing plans to build a £60m campus for its School of Geosciences after appointing John McAslan + Partners to undertake design work following an international...
20 Jul 2016 - No comments
Construction giant The Dunne Group has shocked the industry by announcing that it has ceased trading with ‘immediate effect’ after appointing administrators in the wake of ‘severe cashflow...
20 Jul 2016 - No comments
US presidential candidate Donald Trump has won planning permission from Aberdeenshire Council to extend the B-listed MacLeod House, Menie, with the addition of a new banqueting hall and ballroom...
19 Jul 2016 - No comments
7N Architects have completed an 86 bedroom student build comprising a mix of studio and cluster flats on the site of an A-listed cinema in Edinburgh’s south side. The Buccleuch property...
19 Jul 2016 - No comments
Fife Council planners have begun deliberations on regeneration proposals for a 7N conceived masterplan for the Fraser Avenue area of Inverkeithing , an area which is currently ranked in the lowest...
19 Jul 2016 - No comments
BAM Construction has handed over a £21.5m secondary school in Kirkcaldy, the final project to be delivered under the Building Fife’s Future Framework which seeks to consolidate public services....
19 Jul 2016 - No comments
The Thistle Foundation have unwrapped a health and wellbeing centre geared toward assisting those with disabilities in leading independent lives at Craigmillar, Edinburgh. Designed by 3DReid...
18 Jul 2016 - No comments
Denizen Works has obtained planning permission for a four bedroom home on the Isle of Tiree, consolidating a number of ruins and an existing boat house in the process. Mannal House will see...
18 Jul 2016 - No comments
Taylor Architecture Practice has unveiled a £105k refurbishment and extension of the National Waterski Centre at Townhill Loch, Dunfermline, on behalf of Sport Scotland. Designed to enhance...
15 Jul 2016 - No comments
Cube Housing Association and Mast Architects have moved on site with a development of 52 homes for social rent within the west end of Glasgow at Kelvindale Place . Broken down into three...
15 Jul 2016 - No comments
The RIAS and A&DS have named this year’s Scottish Student Awards for Architecture winners with the top awards handed out to Daniel Cardno of Aberdeen’s Scott Sutherland School and Maelys...
15 Jul 2016 - No comments
Denizen Works have obtained planning permission for a 135sq/m extension of a cottage at Loch Earn within Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park. Edinample Picture House sits to the north...
15 Jul 2016 - No comments
Plans to deliver 203 homes in the Muirton district of Perth have been given the thumbs up by planners, clearing the way for Caledonia Housing Association to deliver its final phase of work....
14 Jul 2016 - No comments
Preparatory work has begun for a new Regional Performance Centre for Sport within Dundee's Caird Park, to designs by the city council's design and property department, ahead of its opening by...
14 Jul 2016 - No comments
Moxon Architects and conservation specialist Alan Marshall have obtained permission to press ahead with the reconfiguration of two civic buildings in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, as part of a wider...
14 Jul 2016 - No comments
Anderson Bell + Christie Architects have drawn up plans for 75 new homes on 9.5 hectares of land at Greendykes Road, Edinburgh . Taking the form of a series of perimeter blocks to define the...
14 Jul 2016 - No comments
City of Glasgow College Riverside Campus by Michael Laird and Reiach & Hall Architects has been named in a shortlist of six entries for this year’s Stirling Prize. The UK’s premier...
13 Jul 2016 - No comments
Plans to build a £10m marine research laboratory housing the UK’s most technologically advanced aquarium have taken a step forward with receipt of a £500k grant from the Wolfson Foundation....
13 Jul 2016 - No comments
CBC has commenced excavation work for a Michael Laird Architects designed extension to Kirkintilloch Town Hall, as part of a full refurbishment of the decaying landmark. This work will see the...
13 Jul 2016 - No comments
A new look Trump Turnberry has been shown off by contractors ISG following completion of refurbishment works at the Ayrshire golf resort. These works entailed the refurbishment, remodelling...
12 Jul 2016 - No comments
An £11m bid by MNM Developments to build 52 flats on Dalgety Road, Edinburgh, is being progressed with a view to complete by early next year. The scheme is being targeted at buyers seeking...
12 Jul 2016 - No comments
Collective Architecture have unveiled plans to overhaul a B-listed Glasgow stable block in order to accommodate 52 flats for mid-market rent on behalf of the Wheatley Group. Built to house the...
11 Jul 2016 - No comments
Halliday Fraser Munro Architects acting on behalf of Atholl Square Developments have drawn up plans for a ‘landmark’ student housing development and public square outside Aberdeen railway...
11 Jul 2016 - No comments
Anderson Bell Christie Architects have amended a previous consent to erect a 458 bed student housing block within Glasgow’s Collegelands on behalf of developer Vastint, being progressed in...
11 Jul 2016 - No comments
The Teague Group have launched a new apartment scheme in Edinburgh’s Leith district intended to honour the industrial heritage of the former docklands. Occupying the site of the former...
11 Jul 2016 - No comments
NHS Grampian’s bid to erect 110 key worker homes within the grounds of Aberdeen Royal Infirmary has hit a snag after the plans were recommended for refusal by Aberdeen City Council planners....
8 Jul 2016 - No comments
3DReid Architects have lifted the lid on an £8.5m Glasgow hotel conversion , offering 83 bedrooms on behalf of Evans Dakota Hotels on the corner of West Regent and Pitt Street’s. The first...
7 Jul 2016 - No comments
Cruden Homes has filed plans with East Lothian Council to build 107 houses in Aberlady off Kirk Road on land owned by Wemyss and March Estates. Incorporating a range of two to five bedroom...
7 Jul 2016 - No comments
An extensive refurbishment of Glasgow’s Highlander House is to move ahead with a full internal strip out and recladding overseen by Cooper Cromar on behalf of Sandy Holdings. This will see...
7 Jul 2016 - No comments
A C-listed school on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile is to be transformed into a 21 room aparthotel and restaurant by Staran Architects in the latest phase of Artisan Real Estate’s New Waverley...
6 Jul 2016 - No comments
As the dust settles on the UK’s surprise exit preference toward the European Union many are questioning just how the institution has come to be so alien to a majority of Britons. Amongst...
6 Jul 2016 - No comments
A 201 home residential development and two shops off Bonnington Road Lane, Edinburgh, has won unanimous support from planners following a wave of developer interest in the district....
6 Jul 2016 - No comments
Work has begun in earnest to construct an exhibition and conference centre in Bucksburn, Aberdeen, following a sod cutting ceremony on site. Henry Boot Developments and Keppie Design are...
5 Jul 2016 - No comments
A B-listed Glasgow banking hall dating from the 1920’s has been reborn as a contemporary ‘brewpub’ following interior refurbishment works carried out by Jestico + Whiles on behalf of Glendola...
5 Jul 2016 - No comments
Efforts to revitalise Lochgelly town centre have been recognised at the Planning and Placemaking awards with two category wins. Collaboration between Ore Valley Group and ECD Architects has...
5 Jul 2016 - No comments
The latest edition of Urban Realm is now available to subscribers , once again distilling all the latest industry news and gossip, albeit couched by the potential fallout from Brexit....
5 Jul 2016 - No comments
A detailed planning application has been submitted to erect 122 homes at South Fort Street, Edinburgh, by Barratt Homes and the Blake Group . Designed by EMA Architects the project will...
4 Jul 2016 - No comments
HRI Architects have acquired Thomas Munro & Co, one of the oldest practices in Scotland, for an undisclosed sum, making the newly enlarged business the largest indigenous practice in the Highlands...
4 Jul 2016 - No comments
Edinburgh City Council’s planning committee has given its approval to a mixed use development on King’s Stables Road, Edinburgh , prepared by Fletcher Joseph Architects on behalf of Peveril...
4 Jul 2016 - No comments
Anyone interested in passing comment on a new build home in the heart of Glasgow’s west end, have just one day left to register their views before a public consultation period concludes ....
4 Jul 2016 - No comments
Austin-Smith:Lord have completed a clean, restoration and reinstatement of a 189 year old clock tower at Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art, Queen Street, on behalf of Glasgow Life and Historic...
4 Jul 2016 - No comments
Central Demolition have taken down a prominent cooling tower at the former BASF chemical works on Hawkhead Road, Paisley, as part of site clearance for 500 homes. The 63 acre site has been...

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