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Ambitious plans to significantly extend the footprint of the Kings House Hotel at Glencoe have secured the backing of Highland Council following a gathering of its planning committee....
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Highland Council have granted the go-ahead to a £130m aluminum wheel manufacturing plant at Fort William , championed by the GFG Alliance – owners of an existing aluminium smelter and 100,000...
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Work to deliver a £3.5m retail park in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, has begun following demolition of an historic shoelace mill in the town.
Paton’s Mill was destroyed in a 2009 fire and is...
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Lippe Architects have come forward with proposals to alter and extend Inverurie’s Garioch Sports Centre ; including an all-weather stadium, enlarged gym, youth hub and daycare centre....
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Collective Architecture and Glasgow Housing Association have brought forward plans for 49 flats for mid-market rent on vacant land bounded by Watson Street and Gallowgate.
Located on the...
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Groves-Raines Architects have been appointed to lead the restoration of a remote north coast church on behalf of conservation, land management and tourism specialists Wildland Ltd.
Eriboll...
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Scottish Borders Council has unveiled its vision to transform Galashiels town centre and significantly expand the village of Tweedbank via twin masterplan proposals sparked by the new Borders...
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Threesixty Architecture and developer Cityheart have gone back to the drawing board to pen revised proposals for a student accommodation project at Fassifern Road, Fort William .
Initial...
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Angus Council has marked the start of construction of twin primary schools in Arbroath as Robertson Construction move on-site with the twin Holmes Miller designed schools.
Procured through Hub...
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West of Scotland Housing Association in partnership with Anderson Bell + Christie Architects and ERZ landscape architects have brought forth plans to erect 52 new homes in the...
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A New Chapter, the umbrella grouping of architects seeking reform of the RIAS, has called for the resignation of president Stewart Henderson in order to expedite wholesale reform .
The call...
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City of Edinburgh Council has filed its plans for a long-awaited overhaul of Meadowbank Sports Centre with Holmes Miller Architects with a ‘bold, contemporary, ordered and rational design’...
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City of Edinburgh Council has granted planning consent for the construction of a £40m Queensferry High School - to be delivered by Hub South East, Morrison Construction and Ryder Architecture....
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The University of St Andrews has confirmed plans are afoot to relocate 400 staff from its historic home in the centre of St Andrews to the satellite Eden Campus at Guardbridge .
To facilitate...
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Urban Union have been awarded planning consent by City of Edinburgh Council for the third phase of their £42m Pennywell Living development , which will see 315 mixed tenure homes built....
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The YMCA has resurrected plans to demolish the 130-year old St Andrew’s and St Stephen’s Church on Atholl Street , together with an adjoining tenement on North William Street, to build a...
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Ian Springford Architects are behind plans to redevelop a former mill to create 11 apartments and ground floor commercial space on Edinburgh’s Canon Street on behalf of Thistle Property Group....
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Picardy Residents Association, backed by Zone Architects, Edinburgh World Heritage and the Cockburn Association, have penned an open letter to the City of Edinburgh Council urging a re-think of...
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Housing demand in Glasgow’s fashionable Finnieston district has led to plans for 34 flats on a disused industrial unit at the corner of Yorkerhill Street and Gilbert Street .
Located over...
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Aberdeen’s newest hotel has begun to rise from the ground after Robertson Construction moved on site of a 150-bedroom venue at the site of the new Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre ,...
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ICA have won approval from Newham Council to erect an 18-storey hotel within the Olympic Park at Stratford, London, which will operate under Hilton’s Curio Collection brand, together with a...
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As 2018 dawns we mark the New Year with the return of our definitive study of the top architectural practices currently at work. Cumulation of months of research it highlights the present state of...
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A mixed-use masterplan for a seven acre site to the west of Glasgow city centre has been given the go-ahead by planners, clearing the way for delivery of 400 homes, 300,000sq/ft of office space, a...
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Denizen Works have obtained planning permission for a 650sq/m new build house on an elevated plot overlooking Loch Awe in Dalmally, Argyll, in what is described as am ‘exciting new take’ on the...
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CCG have partnered with Abertay Housing Association to propose bringing 43 affordable homes to the former Charleston Primary School site in Dundee.
The energy efficient homes have been...
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Architect Alan Dunlop is seeking to improve connections between Scotland and Ireland by proposing an audacious £15-20bn combined road and rail bridge spanning The North Channel of the Irish Sea....
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Artisan Real Estate Investors have brought forward a £90m plan to transform Glasgow’s crumbling Custom House , opening up new links between Buchanan Street and the River Clyde in the process....
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A group of disaffected architects have compiled a five-point action plan with which they hope to realise real reform of the RIAS.
A New Chapter went public with their proposals following an...
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Plans for the UK’s highest restaurant have been published by Natural Retreats who have commissioned Trail Architects to overhaul the visitor experience.
This seeks to enhance the appeal of...
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Glasgow City Council has named Kier Construction as preferred contractor for an ambitious £66m refurbishment of the A-listed Burrell Collection for which they will move on-site this summer....
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Glasgow Academy has taken possession of a new nursery and kindergarten following conversion of a former bowling club by Mosaic Architecture + Design.
Newlands Bowling Club has been turned into...
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Denham / Benn have tabled proposals to convert Ayr’s B-listed Strathdoon House off Racecourse Road into 14 homes under plans being driven by Maramac Ltd.
Situated within a conservation...
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Haus have fleshed out their Glasgow build to rent vision courtesy of an application for full planning permission to build a £105m residential complex on the site of the former Strathclyde Police...
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Full planning permission is being sought to build a dedicated retirement village in Newton Mearns including 252 flats and houses, an 80-bed care home, a ‘multi-purpose village centre’ and...
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BAM Construction have been appointed to deliver a £10m interior fit-out at a new terminal extension for Edinburgh Airport.
A three-storey extension is already under construction to provide...
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McLean Architects have devised alternative proposals for a full refurbishment and extension of the B listed Wolfson Building as part of the University of Strathclyde’s ongoing overhaul of its...
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Do Architecture have revisited plans to build 46 homes on a brownfield site to the north of Govanhill , on a site bounded by Inglefield Street, Larkfield Street and Cathcart Road to accommodate an...
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Corryard Developments have launched their latest project, conversion of a Victorian school dating from to form 20 flats, with the opening of a marketing suite within the former boy’s cloakroom....
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Squires and Brown have partnered with private education provider Erskine Stewart’s Melville Schools to propose construction of a classroom block off Queensferry Road to the west of Edinburgh...
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Queensberry Properties have come forward with plans to build 32 houses and four flats on four hectares of land on the outskirts of Dirleton, East Lothian .
Occupying a conservation area the...
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The dramatic collapse of construction giant Carillion, which has today entered compulsory liquidation, has sparked concerns over a number of live projects the business has been involved with, led...
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Michael Laird Architects have tabled an eleventh hour amendment to a speculative Edinburgh office build , already under construction, to allow an extra floor to be added to accommodate surging...
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Rangers Football Club have kicked off plans to erect a memorial garden on a section of surplus car park outside Ibrox Stadium in honour of the club’s players and to remember victims of the...
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Page\Park are leading efforts to bring an historic Glasgow engineering works back to life with detailed plans for the restoration of surviving industrial buildings, including the demolition of one...
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The University of Aberdeen has lodged plans to build a Reiach & Hall designed Science Teaching Hub to unify lab-based education within the campus following a public consultation .
Offering...
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Mast Architects are proposing to build 186 affordable homes , including tenements and terrace houses, spread across four blocks of flats situated off Butterbiggins Road in Glasgow’s Govanhill on...
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Off-site manufacturing specialists CCG have commenced delivery of 42 affordable homes at Shawbridge Street, Pollokshaws , in the south-side of Glasgow.
Delivered on behalf of Loretto Housing...
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MCL Estates have brought to light plans for seven flats to replace an existing 1970s home on Wellknowe Avenue, Thorntonhall.
Formed from blond facing stone, render and grey cladding the...
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Architecture Fringe are rekindling their alternative events programme with a call for submissions to its 2018 open programme , which will explore architecture and its social impact under the...
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Urban Union and Anderson Bell + Christie Architects are pressing ahead with the latest wave of residential building in Glasgow’s Laurieston .
A joint venture between McTaggart Construction...
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The University of Glasgow has applied for planning in principle to erect a HOK designed research hub as the ‘centrepiece’ of its Gilmorehill campus masterplan .
Occupying the site of...
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The Voigt Partnership has announced that Heinz Voigt, its owner and managing director, passed away on 30 December following a two-year fight against prostate cancer.
Voigt dedicated 35 years...
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North Glasgow Homes and Chameleon have brought forward a design for 49 homes above twin ground floor commercial units on the corner of Keppochill Road and Millarbank Street in Springburn ....
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Roof window specialists Velux are inviting architects to step into the light with the launch of a new design award in tandem with the Rias.
The Velux Roof Window Award is open to anyone who...
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Glasgow’s build to rent market has sprung into life with the submission of a £105m plan to build 433 homes on the site of the former Strathclyde Police headquarters by Moda – which is acting...
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Page\Park have shown themselves to be in tune with the aspirations of Birmingham’s Symphony Hall after the practice were appointed as multi-disciplinary design team to lead a £12m foyer...
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Edinburgh Marina Holdings has won approval from Edinburgh City Council to build their waterside retirement living concept as part of a £500m investment for 28 hectares of former docks ....
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Plans for a £200m neighbourhood spanning 7.5 acres of land off Glasgow's High Street have been submitted to Glasgow City Council by residential investor Get Living.
This will see 727 build...
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Sheppard Robson Architects have brought forward plans to build 24 flats at Sutherland Avenue in Pollokshields on land currently occupied by Mount Carmel House.
Spread across two separate...
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