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30 Nov 2017 - No comments
Clydeside Regeneration Ltd has appointed civil engineer George Leslie Ltd to begin marine works relating to the £250m Queens Quay regeneration in Clydebank.
This will see a 40m wide esplanade...
30 Nov 2017 - No comments
Keppie Design have taken the decision to close their Edinburgh office, focusing resources on their Glasgow headquarters, in a continuing programme of retrenchment.
The decision to close...
29 Nov 2017 - No comments
Contractor CBC has begun a £10.6m contract to restore Rothesay Pavilion at the behest of Argyle & Bute Council in a long-awaited move to bring the International Modernist building back to its...
29 Nov 2017 - No comments
Barmulloch residents are reaping the benefits of a new community centre following delivery of a flexible activity space suitable for dancing, socializing and delivery of welfare services by...
29 Nov 2017 - No comments
The University of Edinburgh has secured planning approval to convert the A-listed former Royal Infirmary Surgical Hospital at Quartermile into a major new research space focused on resolving...
28 Nov 2017 - No comments
Site investigations have begun at a development of 54 flats and a ground floor commercial unit at 331 Bell Street, Glasgow , with developers poised to unlock funding for the city centre site....
28 Nov 2017 - No comments
A Dundee social club dating from the 1920’s is to be demolished to allow construction of 12 new flats under proposals filed by Mark Walker Architect.
The Raglan Street property is...
27 Nov 2017 - No comments
Westpoint Homes, working in partnership with LDA Design and Coltart Earley Architecture, have prepared plans for a 63 flats at the former Middlefield School in Partickhill, Glasgow .
This...
27 Nov 2017 - No comments
Wilson + Gunn have begun filing specific applications for individual developments at Edinburgh Marina, a 60-acre development along the Firth of Forth comprising 1,800 homes, a 300-berth marina, a...
27 Nov 2017 - No comments
Atkins have handed over a brand-new sports hub in Bishopbriggs on behalf of East Dunbartonshire Council, drawing together a full-size floodlit football pitch, astroturf and grass pitches alongside...
24 Nov 2017 - No comments
LDA Design have submitted a raft of refinements to their Union Terrace Gardens proposals in light of public feedback relating to their initial application .
These include a number of...
24 Nov 2017 - No comments
LMA Architects have shown off a comprehensive refurbishment of an existing Premier Inn hotel at Dundee’s Discovery Quay, refurbishing 40 existing bedrooms while adding a further 108 rooms...
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Mast Architects and Swan Group are spearheading a development of 105 affordable homes in East Kilbride on behalf of Link Group, including a mix of terraced houses, flats and amenity flats for the...
23 Nov 2017 - No comments
Glencairn Properties have filed a bid to transform a B-listed former cinema in Leith into 36 apartments through its conversion and extension.
Situated on Great Junction Street the art-deco...
23 Nov 2017 - No comments
EDI Group have carried out a topping out ceremony at a £20m, 98-room hotel on Edinburgh’s Market Street .
Situated in the heart of the Old Town steelwork for the seven storey hotel is now...
23 Nov 2017 - No comments
Planning permission in principle is being sought for development of Glasgow’s A-listed Graving Docks to accommodate over 700 new homes, a hotel, shops, restaurants and offices on the banks of...
23 Nov 2017 - No comments
The first distillery to produce whisky at Glasgow’s former docks in more than 100 years has opened its doors to the public on the banks of the River Clyde.
Clydeside Distillery is situated...
22 Nov 2017 - No comments
A Glasgow City Council initiative to kick-start regeneration of the Barras is to move up a gear with the identification of future capital initiatives.
Work to deliver the next phase of public...
22 Nov 2017 - No comments
Perth & Kinross Council are moving onto the delivery phase for their City Of Light Action Plan after alighting on engineering services group IKM Consulting to deliver electrical infrastructure for...
22 Nov 2017 - No comments
South Ayrshire Council is progressing plans to build a £25m Queen Margaret Academy within the grounds of the existing school in Ayr, offering space for up to 800 pupils.
Kier Construction and...
22 Nov 2017 - No comments
A landmark mill currently languishing on the buildings at risk register has been saved for future generations to enjoy after a local conservation group secured the necessary funding to save it....
22 Nov 2017 - No comments
Barratt have begun work to transform Scottish Power’s former Cathcart home into a new residential community following relocation of the utilities giant to a purpose-built city centre HQ ....
20 Nov 2017 - No comments
Dem Master have swung into action to clear the way for a £1bn University of Glasgow masterplan , by clearing the former Western Infirmary which stood in its way.
Giant mechanical long reach...
17 Nov 2017 - No comments
RIAS secretary and treasurer Neil Baxter has tendered his sudden resignation from the architect’s body, ending a decade at the helm of the organisation.
In recent days Baxter’s tenure had...
17 Nov 2017 - No comments
Applicant Nixon Blue has revealed its intent to build 31 flats within a the six storey apartment block on Dennistoun’s ‘Drives’ district on a site presently occupied by a disused gospel hall....
16 Nov 2017 - No comments
Wilson + Gunn Architects have pulled out plans for 162 homes from under their hat for Edinburgh Marina, a brownfield regeneration area in Granton with the capacity to deliver as many as 1,800 new...
16 Nov 2017 - No comments
The Glasgow Instuitute of Architects have recognised eight of the best new projects to be delivered in 2017 as part of its annual award programme - with Lily Jencks Studio, in partnership with...
16 Nov 2017 - No comments
Morrison Construction has broken ground on a £15m Highlands distillery at Ardross , transforming a disused 19th century farmhouse and associated steadings in the process.
A sensitive...
15 Nov 2017 - No comments
Completion of Kelso High School has been marked at a formal handover ceremony following the arrival of pupils within the £22.5m facility.
A direct replacement for the historic Kelso High...
15 Nov 2017 - No comments
A £30m High School in Elgin has thrown open its doors to pupils and staff offering occupants and the wider community access to a fitness suite, auditorium and library.
The 600-pupil...
15 Nov 2017 - No comments
Huxli Homes have notified Fife Council of their intent to erect 19 flats and three houses of between one and three bedrooms on vacant land off Burntisland Road, Fife.
Conceived by Fouin +...
14 Nov 2017 - No comments
Brown + Brown Architects have confirmed they intend to start work in the Spring on an innovative 159sq/m home on stilts near Maybole in Ayrshire.
Martin & Cherry Gough have commissioned a...
14 Nov 2017 - No comments
Proposals to build a community centre within the Menzieshill area of Dundee have cleared their first major hurdle after planning permission was obtained.
Holmes Miller Architects and Robertson...
14 Nov 2017 - No comments
Work to deliver an Olympic standard BMX track on former playing fields in Knightswood Park has got underway as Glasgow City Council gears up for the 2018 European Championships.
Sister...
13 Nov 2017 - No comments
Candleriggs Ltd are seeking a number of design revisions for their recently consented Candleriggs Quarter following approval for the original scheme by Glasgow City Council.
Amendments...
13 Nov 2017 - No comments
Page\Park Architects and CCG have unwrapped a day centre for veterans with sight loss at the junction of Hawkhead and Barrhead Road’s, Paisley.
Conceived by Scottish War Blinded, the...
13 Nov 2017 - No comments
Civic Engineers, working in tandem with Urban Movement, TGP landscape architects and the Social Value Consultancy, have been appointed as lead designer on a £1.8m contract to deliver Glasgow’s...
10 Nov 2017 - No comments
A delayed bid to convert a disused office block at 249 West George Street has sprung back to life with the resubmission of plans to create the UK’s first Adina Apartment Hotel .
This ups...
10 Nov 2017 - No comments
Over 150 architects are pressing for change in the profession by going public with their demands for greater transparency and accountability from the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland...
10 Nov 2017 - No comments
East Ayrshire Council has taken possession of its newest school following delivery of Whatriggs Primary and Early Education Centre in Kilmarnock by Morrison Construction and Keppie Design....
9 Nov 2017 - No comments
Keppie Design have unveiled proposals to build a new learning campus at the heart of the Thamesmead regeneration area on behalf of the London Borough of Bexley, Peabody and Lonson South East...
9 Nov 2017 - No comments
Plans for a craft distillery at Polphail, near Portavadie, are taking shape with plans prepared for a new production plant, visitor centre, cafe and staff accommodation overlooking Loch Fyne....
9 Nov 2017 - No comments
Govanhill Baths Community Trust have launched a £300k fundraising drive as a condition of funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund to demonstrate the strength of local support for their Govanhill...
8 Nov 2017 - No comments
Richard Murphy Architects have been recognised with the RIAS Andrew Doolan prize for their work on Dunfermlines Carnegie Library and Galleries after emerging as a ‘clear winner’ among a dozen...
7 Nov 2017 - No comments
Keppie and Whiteburn Projects have drawn up plans to convert the former Dundee College to form 111 rental flats and 24 serviced apartments together with a café, laundry, cinema, gym and...
7 Nov 2017 - No comments
CCG have completed a £12m over-cladding of the University of Edinburgh’s Appleton Tower together with a new top floor, entrance and landscaping.
Designed by LDN to respect the modernist...
6 Nov 2017 - No comments
Keppie Design have undertaken a masterplan study on behalf of East Ayrshire Council for the creation of a new ‘ cultural quarter ’ to the east of the town’s historic centre.
Devised in...
6 Nov 2017 - No comments
Owners of the Kings House Hotel have expressed ‘disappointment’ at a slew of negative criticism directed at their plan to significantly expand the property , warning that opposition risks...
6 Nov 2017 - No comments
CALA Homes and 7N Architects have provided one last glimpse of the neo-classical interiors of its B-listed David Stow building within the heart of the University of Strathclyde’s former...
3 Nov 2017 - No comments
Former industrial land in East Ayrshire has been earmarked for £2.56m of National lottery funding which aims to reconnect local communities with their own backyard.
The cash will be used to...
3 Nov 2017 - No comments
Pupils and parents have been given their first taste of a newly extended Troon Primary School after South Ayrshire Council took possession of the newly enlarged facility.
The £2m project saw...
2 Nov 2017 - No comments
ICA Architects are seeking planning consent from South Lanarkshire Council to build a 118-bed Hampton by Hilton branded hotel within the grounds of Hamilton Park Racecourse.
Augmenting...
2 Nov 2017 - No comments
Revised plans have been brought forward by Bennetts Associates for an overdue remodel of Glasgow’s Citizen’s Theatre to in order to remedy the ‘dilapidation and disfunction’ of the venue...
2 Nov 2017 - No comments
Aberdeen’s Marischal Square development has taken shape with the unveiling of a new Andy Scott sculpture depicting a balancing leopard.
Inspired by the city’s coat of arms, which...
1 Nov 2017 - No comments
A development of 94 Colony-style homes at Leith Fort has been completed by CCG on behalf of Port of Leith Housing Association and City of Edinburgh Council.
Adopting a modern twist on the...
1 Nov 2017 - No comments
Dumfries & Galloway Council has taken possession of the latest addition to its school’s estate with completion of the £24m Dalbeattie Learning Campus ahead of its opening next week....
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