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31 Jan 2017 - No comments
The International Music and Performing Arts Charitable Trust (IMPACT) has whittled down 69 expressions of interest to arrive at a shortlist of six architect-led design teams to build a...
31 Jan 2017 - No comments
Edinburgh’s Erskine House is being marketed for potential office, residential or hotel use by DougraySmith as a buyer is sought for the H-plan structure occupying 0.23 hectares of land in the New...
31 Jan 2017 - No comments
Block 9 Architects have tabled proposals for the creation of three townhouses on land to the south of Bruntsfield Terrace , Edinburgh, separated from an existing office block by an internal...
30 Jan 2017 - No comments
A bid to erect 20 affordable homes within Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park has been defended by Rural Stirling Housing Association amidst claims the development would hit biodiversity....
30 Jan 2017 - No comments
Specialist retirement housing provider McCarthy & Stone and the Planning Bureau have filed plans for 21 sheltered apartments at Cults , Aberdeen, on the site of an existing house. External...
30 Jan 2017 - No comments
Energy supplier SSE has lifted on the Pitlochry Dam Visitor Centre after beavering away on the attraction for two years . Designed by BSP Architects and delivered by CCG the centre has been...
27 Jan 2017 - No comments
LDN Architects are looking to break the mould of bog standard housing design with plans for 11 flats on the site of a 1960s-public convenience . Abutting an existing tenement on Canaan Lane...
27 Jan 2017 - No comments
The Scottish Design Awards , in partnership with Urban Realm, is marking its second decade as arbiter of ground breaking architectural work ahead of a 22 February entry deadline for practices,...
27 Jan 2017 - No comments
Ardent Group and Fourward Architecture have brought forward plans to build a 266-bed student housing development at a former builder’s yard on Russell Road, Edinburgh . Intended to form a...
26 Jan 2017 - No comments
An outline planning application has been filed for the creation of up to 700 homes at Port Dundas, Glasgow, including supporting shops, a pub, restaurant, hotel, leisure, sports facilities and open...
26 Jan 2017 - No comments
Construction group CCG have been selected by Perth & Kinross Council to deliver a new wave of council housing at three sites around Perth and Scone. All the homes are due to get underway in...
26 Jan 2017 - No comments
Perth and Kinross Council has appointed Hoskins Architects to lead design work on a £10m overhaul of Perth Museum & Art Gallery, refurbishing current facilities and creating a new collection...
25 Jan 2017 - No comments
Glasgow City Council has outlined a £9m bid to overhaul the public realm along Byres Road in the heart of the city’s west end to enhance the famous thoroughfare as a destination for shops, bars,...
25 Jan 2017 - No comments
ZM Architecture are proposing to renovate a collection of B-listed former mill buildings in Glasgow’s Gorbals district, as part of a new build residential scheme off Old Rutherglen |Road....
24 Jan 2017 - No comments
The University of Strathclyde has opened tendering for an integrated design team to project manage a teaching learning and social hub spanning the present Colville and B-listed Architecture...
24 Jan 2017 - No comments
East Ayrshire Council have fleshed out their plans to erect a giant 23,000sq/m learning and enterprise campus at Knockroon , bringing a nursery, primary, secondary and special needs pupils...
23 Jan 2017 - No comments
Organic Architects have tabled plans for what would be the largest whisky distillery in Britain outside Scotland at Princetown, Dartmoor . The £4m plant is being backed by Princetown Distillers...
23 Jan 2017 - No comments
The National Theatre of Scotland has formally unveiled its brand new headquarters at Speirs Locks, Glasgow , on the banks of the Forth & Clyde canal. Designed by Hoskins Architects the £6.5m...
23 Jan 2017 - No comments
Quartermile Ventures have submitted proposals for the creation of 102 flats and 302sq/m of ground floor retail space at Quartermile, Edinburgh , on land off Porters Walk. Taking the form of...
20 Jan 2017 - No comments
Austin-Smith:Lord have announced that they are to collaborate with Bell Building Projects and Will Rudd Davidson on a new horticulture teaching block at Glasgow Clyde College’s Langside Campus....
20 Jan 2017 - No comments
Holmes Miller Architects have submitted designs for their second Glasgow primary in as many weeks with proposal for a replacement Blairdardie Primary . Following on from Carntyne Primary ,...
20 Jan 2017 - No comments
Anderson Bell + Christie and McTaggart Construction have prepared plans for 48 homes for social rent on behalf of Hawthorn Housing Co-operative at a former ironworks on Ashfield Street, north...
20 Jan 2017 - No comments
A landmark distillery tower which dominates Dumbarton town centre is to be felled to make way for a waterfront housing development for Dunbritton Housing Association. Developer Cullross has...
20 Jan 2017 - No comments
A brownfield site in Springburn town centre is being targeted by AS Homes for delivery of a £5m development of 40 flats for social rent. Located on Springburn Way the George Buchanan...
20 Jan 2017 - No comments
Stirling Developments have put forward plans for a mixed-use and walkable urban expansion of Dunfermline, Fife , providing 2,150 homes, commercial premises, parks, schools, surgeries and community...
19 Jan 2017 - No comments
Cameron House Hotel has been given permission by Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park Authority to erect an external terrace extension to the five star 18th century baronial mansion....
19 Jan 2017 - No comments
South Ayrshire Council have formally opened the first phase of work at Marr College , a new technical wing, ahead of its full opening by the end of the year. The £37m project is being...
19 Jan 2017 - No comments
Watkin Jones have obtained planning consent for two separate student housing builds in Aberdeen, offering 817 beds of student accommodation between them. The larger of the two is situated on...
19 Jan 2017 - No comments
The communities of Dunbeg and Ganavan could be merged to form one continuous urban area following submission of proposals by Link Group and Elder & Cannon Architects to build 600 conjoining homes...
19 Jan 2017 - No comments
Sanctuary Group have confirmed that only the Nightingale wings, gatehouse and a listed administration block at Glasgow’s former Victoria Infirmary will be retained, (with the rest of the...
18 Jan 2017 - No comments
Proposals by Hillcrest Housing Association and Dundee City Council to build 163 homes at Dundee’s Hilltown have won the backing of councilors, clearing the way for a start to be made at the...
18 Jan 2017 - No comments
The University of St Andrews have previewed an £8m music centre designed by Flanagan Lawrence architects ahead of a public exhibition of the plans. Outline proposals for the Queens Terrace...
18 Jan 2017 - No comments
Watkin Jones have unveiled a 504-bedroom student housing development in Glasgow spanning five individual blocks of accommodation by the River Kelvin. Occupying the site of a former bakery the...
17 Jan 2017 - No comments
USP and USI, ground and upper floor owners of Glasgow’s at-risk Egyptian Halls, have brought forward proposals for a façade retention scheme at the A-listed landmark after deciding that...
17 Jan 2017 - No comments
East Dunbartonshire Council is on track to deliver a garden pavilion within the grounds of Kilmardinny House, Bearsden , by the spring providing for the arts, conferences and weddings. Overseen...
16 Jan 2017 - No comments
Glasgow’s student housing sector remains in rude health with the submission of plans for 100 studio apartments on the site of a former playground at Kelvinhaugh Primary, Gilbert Street, by...
16 Jan 2017 - No comments
Aberdeen FC have lodged a formal planning application for the construction of a £40m stadium, training ground and community facilities at Kingsford, Aberdeen , to allow the club to realise...
16 Jan 2017 - No comments
A disused 1930s harbourmaster’s office at the port of Stranraer is to be brought up to date by way of a sympathetic extension and refurbishment of the art deco landmark to form a gateway...
13 Jan 2017 - No comments
The Udny Arms Hotel in Newburgh, Aberdeenshire , is set for significant redevelopment following submission of plans to reduce the main hotel building to 12 en-suite rooms and the development of...
13 Jan 2017 - No comments
JM Architects have filed proposals to erect a new primary school in Wallyford, East Lothian , to complement a significant planned extension of the commuter village. Wallyford Primary will...
12 Jan 2017 - No comments
Barton Willmore have put forward plans for delivery of 49 homes on behalf of Robertson Partnership Homes at Dumbryden Drive , in the latest installment of Edinburgh's small sites programme....
12 Jan 2017 - No comments
AS Homes have unveiled proposals for a residential development at the former Maxwell Road gasworks in East Pollokshields to deliver 140 affordable flats and houses. George Buchanan...
12 Jan 2017 - No comments
M&G Real Estate are gearing up to redevelop a vacant office block on Glasgow’s Cadogan Street , raising a dated 1980s structure with inefficient floorplates to make way for 275,000 sq/ft of net...
11 Jan 2017 - No comments
ADF Architects have brought forward plans to erect a significant student housing development in Glasgow’s Merchant City on behalf of Structured House, complementing ongoing regeneration at...
11 Jan 2017 - No comments
Comprehensive Design Architects have joined Richard Murphy Architects in the delivery of a significant urban regeneration project in Glasgow’s Merchant City to bring forward delivery of a new...
11 Jan 2017 - No comments
Studio DuB Architects have brought forward plans to build a trio of duplex and single level flats on vacant ground at Inglis Green Gait, Edinburgh . Located adjacent to a railway embankment...
10 Jan 2017 - No comments
Plans have been prepared for the creation of an 18-bed dementia care home in the outskirts of Kelso by Aitken Turnbull Architects, delivering the first specialist unit of its type for the...
10 Jan 2017 - No comments
Reiach & Hall Architects are to take the lead on the refurbishment of Murchison House at the University of Edinburgh’s Kings Buildings Campus by rejigging floorplace to provide improved office...
10 Jan 2017 - No comments
Perth College, part of the University of the Highlands and Islands, has taken possession of a £7m Academy of Sport and Wellbeing housing a range of facilities from a sports hall and fitness...
10 Jan 2017 - No comments
Graeme Nicholls Architects are looking to clean up with the preparation of plans for 24 flats on behalf of Merchant Homes Partnerships on the site of the former Pollokshaws Baths, Glasgow....
10 Jan 2017 - No comments
The Construction Scotland Innovation Centre has commenced work on an innovation and collaboration facility at Hamilton International Technology Park, Lanarkshire, for completion by the spring and a...
10 Jan 2017 - No comments
Barton Willmore, acting on behalf of Robertson Partnership Homes and City of Edinburgh Council 21st Century Homes, have drawn up plans for up to 46 flats on a brownfield site at Royston, Edinburgh...
9 Jan 2017 - No comments
Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Orkney Islands Council have formalized their support for a £6.5m research and innovation hub in Stromness, Orkney, to facilitate growth of the islands’...
9 Jan 2017 - No comments
The University of Glasgow has elected to support a £1bn campus masterplan which will see the institution expand over the site of the existing Western Infirmary at a pre-determination hearing....
6 Jan 2017 - No comments
ICA have put together plans for conversion of the A-listed Anchor Line Building on Glasgow’s St Vincent Place to form an apart-hotel consisting of 64 bedrooms and associated facilities....
6 Jan 2017 - No comments
CCG and Mast have come together to deliver 22 infill homes on behalf of Govanhill Housing Association on the site of a modernist church, Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, which was demolished in...
6 Jan 2017 - No comments
Andy Murray, the world’s number one tennis player, is doubling down on his investment at Cromlix House Hotel, Perthshire, with plans to build an additional 30 rooms, a spa, conference hall and...
6 Jan 2017 - No comments
Urban Realm starts the New Year with publication of our winter edition , bookended by two complementary tales of riverfront rejuvenation. Opening with an ambitious Ayr masterplan, which seeks to...
6 Jan 2017 - No comments
Union Property Group have brought forward plans to erect 13 flats on the last remaining gap-site on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, echoing the façade of the Old Town tenement which once stood on the...
6 Jan 2017 - No comments
Page\Park Architects have unveiled a second phase of refurbishment work at St. Columbkilles Parish Church, Rutherglen, on behalf of the Diocese of Motherwell. An underfloor heating system has...
5 Jan 2017 - No comments
South Ayrshire Council’s £25m Ayr Academy project is starting to take shape ahead of its anticipated opening this August, providing capacity for 1,000 pupils as well as community sport...
5 Jan 2017 - No comments
Reiach & Hall Architects have returned to the site of an existing office block on Edinburgh’s George Street, first completed by the practice back in 1993, to propose the replacement of current...
5 Jan 2017 - No comments
Fitzgerald + Associates have drawn up plans for four apartments on the site of a detached property off Aberdeen’s North Deeside Road . The contemporary clay brick solution will present...
5 Jan 2017 - No comments
Glasgow City Council is proposing to build a new Carntyne Primary within the grounds of the existing school at Redford Street within the city’s east end. Designs drawn up by Holmes Miller...
4 Jan 2017 - No comments
Holmes Miller have hit the ground running in 2017 with planning approval for the creation of a 17-classroom primary school building in Bearsden , East Dunbartonshire. Located within the...
4 Jan 2017 - No comments
Plans have been submitted for the creation of 11 flats on the site of Gorgie’s Horseshoe Inn , entailing complete demolition of the converted Victorian workshop by the pub’s owner....
4 Jan 2017 - No comments
Hackland + Dore Architects have whipped up plans for an affordable housing development of 32 houses and cottage flats for Home Group on 1.2ha of brownfield land at Pitkerro Road, Dundee ....
4 Jan 2017 - No comments
James Paul Associates have prepared plans on behalf of Seagate Ltd for the creation of 28 flats and a ground floor retail unit on the corner of Trades lane and Seagate, Dundee . The...

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