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31 Mar 2017 - No comments
Network Rail have been granted permission to press ahead with a major facelift of Queen Street Station to accommodate projected growth in passenger numbers.
The scheme, drawn up by BDP, will...
31 Mar 2017 - No comments
Carrick Properties are to take on a disused former nightclub in Glasgow’s Queen Street for conversion to provide speculative office space, while retaining the existing ground floor units....
30 Mar 2017 - No comments
Burd Haward Architects are to helm an overhaul of the Palace of Holyroodhouse , Edinburgh, on behalf of the Royal Household to transform the visitor experience, rationalise layouts and improve...
30 Mar 2017 - No comments
East Lothian Council have lent their support to a 1,600-home settlement at Blindwells, near Prestonpans, as part of a landscape-led masterplan which also makes provision for business units, a...
30 Mar 2017 - No comments
The Scottish Prisons Service has produced fresh visualisations for the planned HMP Highland, which aims to foster a ‘less oppressive’ environments for inmates.
Situated behind Inverness...
29 Mar 2017 - No comments
Lewis & Hickey Architects are to lead the conversion of 7 Rutland Square, Edinburgh, back to residential use after applying for listed building consent to discontinue use of the A-listed townhouse...
29 Mar 2017 - No comments
The Royal Incorporation of Architects has revealed a shortlist of 27 projects for this year’s RIAS/RIBA Awards following a first round of judging.
This year’s panel includes Karen...
29 Mar 2017 - No comments
Ardenglen housing association have drafted plans for 22 new homes at Ardencraig Road in the Cathkin Braes , Glasgow, on the site of a demolished school.
Designed by Arm Architects the...
28 Mar 2017 - No comments
Glasgow’s St Enoch shopping centre has revealed plans to invest £1.5m in a new look food court in an effort to provide a more modern environment for shoppers while providing additional seating....
28 Mar 2017 - No comments
Seven finalists have been shortlisted in a £25m design competition to overhaul Edinburgh’s Ross Bandstand following expressions of interest from 125 architect-led teams – half of whom...
28 Mar 2017 - No comments
The University of Glasgow has taken possession of a £32m medical imaging centre at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Govan.
The Imaging Centre of Excellence (ICE) was built in...
27 Mar 2017 - No comments
Perthshire Caravans have won planning consent to build a leisure park on the banks of Loch Earn within Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park.
Overseen by Andrew Black Design and Algo...
27 Mar 2017 - No comments
The Glasgow Institute of Architects has teamed up with community arts body the Stove Network to launch an ideas contest for Dumfries’s Midsteeple Quarter - a bid to elicit potential solutions to...
27 Mar 2017 - No comments
New Gorbals Housing Association have submitted proposals to erect a new head office on Crown Street, Glasgow , on the site of two demolished Sandiefield Road tower blocks.
Designed by...
24 Mar 2017 - No comments
McLean Architects have brought forward proposals for internal and external alterations to the Wolfson Centre at the University of Strathclyde , including the addition of an external stair and lift...
24 Mar 2017 - No comments
Edinburgh’s largest office building, the 64,000sq/ft One Lochrin Square , has been re-opened following an extensive overhaul to make it more appealing to tech occupiers.
Overseen by Michael...
24 Mar 2017 - No comments
Pupils at Sidlaw View Primary and Jessie Porter Nursery in Dundee have settled down to lessons in a new £8.1m school delivered by Robertson Tayside.
Forming part of a wider campus...
24 Mar 2017 - No comments
The Royal Collection Trust have revealed plans to create a new herb garden at the palace of Holyroodhouse, inspired by the long-gone 17th century medicinal garden which once grew there.
As...
23 Mar 2017 - No comments
Bard Ailteir are celebrating after securing planning consent for their first major project, a new vehicle garage within the grounds of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Windyhill villa in Kilmacolm....
23 Mar 2017 - No comments
A £20m petrochemical HQ in Grangemouth has been unveiled by INEOS to serve as its UK base for its Olefins and Polymers business, taking the place of surplus industrial buildings....
23 Mar 2017 - No comments
Queensberry Properties and Gilberts Architects are proposing to meet continued residential demand at Edinburgh’s Bonnington district , with plans for the delivery of 52 flats on the former...
23 Mar 2017 - No comments
Wilson + Gunn Architects have come forward with proposals to build a new retirement community at Edinburgh Marina , comprising 104 individual flats alongside a gym and spa and communal lounge,...
23 Mar 2017 - No comments
Noah developments and construction firm CCG have unwrapped a terrace of six contemporary townhouses in Glasgow’s West End, including a renovated clubhouse for Partickhill Bowling Club....
22 Mar 2017 - No comments
Inverclyde Council has lent its approval to construction of a new Early Years Centre in Greenock designed by Holmes Miller and CCG.
The West End Early Years Centre on Madeira Street will...
22 Mar 2017 - No comments
Lippe Architects have lodged plans for 24 holiday apartments and four semi-detached cottages within the grounds of Dornoch’s Royal Golf Hotel.
Kirkwood Homes and Dornoch Developments...
22 Mar 2017 - No comments
Travelodge is continuing an ambitious expansion drive with the delivery of two new hotels in Inverness and Stirling respectively.
The first of these will entail conversion of an existing...
21 Mar 2017 - No comments
German utility group MVV Energie has obtained planning permission for construction of a £100m replacement energy-from-waste incinerator at Baldovie, Dundee.
Sporting a 90m tall chimney the...
21 Mar 2017 - No comments
McCarthy & Stone, working in partnership with Highland Council, are to press ahead with the demolition of non-listed buildings at the former Midmills campus of Inverness College, clearing the way...
21 Mar 2017 - No comments
A detailed planning application has been submitted by FM Homes to convert the B-listed former Scottish Power headquarters on Spean Street, Cathcart , into 80 apartments.
The £40m project...
20 Mar 2017 - No comments
Aim, acting on behalf of outdoor activity firm Foxlake Adventures, have drawn up plans for a wakeboarding centre at Dundee’s Victoria Docks .
The phased development will begin with a...
20 Mar 2017 - No comments
Mike Galloway, director for city development at Dundee City Council, has stepped in following a poor critical reception to the latest elements of the city’s waterfront masterplan by defending...
20 Mar 2017 - No comments
Gokay Deveci, professor in architecture at the Scott Sutherland School, has released the first indicative visual of a proposed dolphin centre at Greyhope Bay, close to Torry, incorporating a...
17 Mar 2017 - No comments
Researchers at the University of St Andrews have built a digital recreation of 16th century Edinburgh to help enhance understanding of the city’s early history.
Based on the earliest...
17 Mar 2017 - No comments
The Royal Yacht Britannia have put forward proposals to permanently moor the ship MV Fingal at Edinburgh’s B-listed Prince of Wales dock to serve as a floating boutique hotel.
First...
16 Mar 2017 - No comments
Glasgow City Council has approved the next step in a regeneration strategy for 90 under-utilised lanes crisscrossing the city centre as part of a wider strategy to enhance backcourts and alleys....
16 Mar 2017 - No comments
George Buchanan Architects and AS Homes have brought forward revised plans to construct 40 affordable flats at Springburn Way , two miles north of Glasgow city centre.
The brownfield site was...
15 Mar 2017 - No comments
The Peel Group have travelled to MIPIM, Cannes, to unveil a £5bn masterplan for Liverpool’s Central Docks inviting investor interest in eight key plots on 150 acres of former docklands.
In...
15 Mar 2017 - No comments
BMO Real Estate partners have pledged to lodge a formal planning application to extend Aberdeen’s Bon Accord & St Nicholas shopping centre by the end of the month following conclusion of a...
15 Mar 2017 - No comments
7N Architects acting on behalf of CALA Homes have tabled plans to build a pair of ‘pavilion villa’ apartment blocks and three detached houses in Thorntonhall, South Lanarkshire, as part of a...
14 Mar 2017 - No comments
Peter Inglis Architects have drawn up proposals for the conversion and extension of a former farm steading at Mains of Balgay, Dundee , to form five family homes.
This work will see most of...
14 Mar 2017 - No comments
Dandara have brought forward plans to build 116 homes spread across two apartment blocks and a retirement block, as well as 35 houses, at pinewood and Hazledene, Aberdeen.
Incorporating...
13 Mar 2017 - No comments
A Robert Gordon University architecture student has emerged victorious in a public competition to design a wedding and corporate venue at Elsick House, Aberdeeenshire.
Year two architecture...
13 Mar 2017 - No comments
Graham Construction have staged a topping out ceremony for a £20.2m student housing development in Glasgow city centre.
Located on a prominent junction the Bath Street build rises to 14...
13 Mar 2017 - No comments
Mott MacDonald have been named as lead designer for a £6m redevelopment of Inverness railway station, ahead of its planned completion in 2018.
Design work can now begin in earnest to overhaul...
10 Mar 2017 - No comments
ICA Architects have followed up a change of use application to convert the disused Douglas House office block on Glasgow’s Waterloo Street into a hotel by filing plans to replace the failed...
9 Mar 2017 - No comments
ICA have obtained planning consent for conversion of the A-listed Anchor Line building on St Vincent Place, Glasgow, to form a 64-bed aparthotel.
The Di Maggio restaurant group are leading...
9 Mar 2017 - No comments
Stallan-Brand Architects have brought forward makeover proposals for Hanover House on the junction of Cadogan Street and Douglas Street, Glasgow , to improve the block’s relationship with the...
9 Mar 2017 - No comments
Buile Developments have tabled updated proposals for removal of a single storey warehouse fronting Calton Road within the Old Town conservation area for replacement by a mixed-use structure...
8 Mar 2017 - No comments
McAslan + Partners have lodged long awaited proposals for a major overhaul of the Burrell Gallery in Pollok Country Park, Glasgow, to safeguard its long-term future.
Refurbishment of the...
8 Mar 2017 - No comments
Aberdeen planners have granted consent to a 374-bed student housing development on the city’s John Street , eliminating a prominent brownfield plot.
Fletcher Joseph Architects have led...
7 Mar 2017 - No comments
ZM Architecture and New City Vision have reheated credit-crunched plans to erect a housing-led regeneration of Glasgow’s Graving Docks, potentially bringing the site back into use after 40 years...
7 Mar 2017 - No comments
Elsick Development Company have commenced excavation work on the latest phase of development at Chapelton , the largest planned New Town in Scotland at 4,000 homes.
JCB’s have moved in to...
7 Mar 2017 - No comments
Moda Living, developer behind a £105m vision to deliver 450 homes for private rent in Glasgow , have staged an initial consultation outlining their indicative plans.
To be delivered in...
7 Mar 2017 - No comments
Moxon Architects have revitalized a derelict farmhouse in the Cairngorms National Park through a sensitive restoration of the 18-century farmhouse to form contemporary family home.
Coldrach,...
6 Mar 2017 - No comments
A controversial bid to erect a student housing development to the immediate south of the Glasgow School of Art looks set to go-ahead after Haus Architects lopped a floor off to placate the...
6 Mar 2017 - No comments
A museum, archive and hospitality venue housed within Stornoway’s A-listed Lews Castle has today been formally opened following completion of an extensive restoration led by Comhairle nan...
6 Mar 2017 - No comments
South Ayrshire Council are to press ahead with a new Invergarven School later this month within the grounds of Girvan Academy, in a boost to the education of children and young people with...
6 Mar 2017 - No comments
Get Living London has alighted on Glasgow for its first development outside the capital after completing the purchase of 7.5 acres of brownfield land to the east of Glasgow’s High Street from...
3 Mar 2017 - No comments
Moda Living has followed up its acquisition of the former headquarters of Strathclyde Police in Glasgow by purchasing Grosvenor’s Springside development at the opposite end of the central...
3 Mar 2017 - No comments
Housebuilder CALA is spearheading a housing-led masterplan for Strathclyde University’s former Jordanhill Campus with the submission of plans to convert historic buildings on the 31-acre site...
3 Mar 2017 - No comments
Kirkwood Homes have advanced plans to build 49 two-bedroom flats in Dundee following demolition of the 1920’s St Joseph’s Primary.
Occupying a prominent gusset junction between Bellfield...
2 Mar 2017 - No comments
Inverclyde councilors have given the nod to a £12m distillery, shop, microbrewery, restaurant and visitor centre on the site of an old sawmill near Inverkip, clearing the way for production to...
2 Mar 2017 - No comments
South Ayrshire Council has marked the commencement of classes at the regions newest primary school, replacing three separate structures with a single building.
Dailly Primary has capacity...
1 Mar 2017 - No comments
Dundee City Council has marked a key milestone in the delivery of a new V&A museum for the city by conducting a topping out ceremony for the facility.
The occasion marks the near two-year...
1 Mar 2017 - No comments
Retirement home provider McCarthy & Stone has cast one eye to the future as it marks 40 years in business by outlining how an intelligent home might look for tomorrow’s retirees.
Gone are...
1 Mar 2017 - No comments
A £23m justice centre in the Highland capital of Inverness has been given the all-clear by planners, handing Reiach & Hall Architects and the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service the green light...
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