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31 Oct 2019 - No comments
CALA Homes are progressing the transformation of the former Boroughmuir High School to apartments with the award of a £900k preservation contract to refurbish all 430 windows. Richardson &...
31 Oct 2019 - No comments
Glasgow is to receive 18 new serviced apartments under plans drawn up by Mosaic Architecture + Design for an unlisted former city centre pub. A planning application has been filed by Big Top...
31 Oct 2019 - No comments
NHS Lothian and East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership have taken possession of East Lothian Community Hospital in Haddington ahead of a full migration of patients over the next few...
31 Oct 2019 - No comments
Hypostyle Architects have drawn up plans for 254 homes on brownfield land off the Gallowgate in the heart of Glasgow’s east end. Spearheaded by the Wheatley Group Calton Village will...
30 Oct 2019 - No comments
Aberdeen Art Gallery is set for its eagerly awaited grand unveil this weekend following an extensive £34.6m redevelopment of the A-listed building at the hands of Hoskins Architects. Billed...
30 Oct 2019 - No comments
FM Group has commenced work on the second phase of a major residential development in Glasgow’s south side with the conversion of the B-listed Cathcart House to form 73 apartments. The...
30 Oct 2019 - No comments
Inverness is to play host to a new 210-bed hotel after councillors voted to approve the venture for the site of a decked car park off Rose Street. Designed by CRGP the development will...
29 Oct 2019 - No comments
Dem-Master have completed demolition work at Glasgow’s Jordanhill Campus as work to deliver a CALA Homes development on the west end site steps up a gear. Painstaking site clearance has seen...
29 Oct 2019 - No comments
BAM Construction and Hoskins Architects are to build Scotland’s largest health centre at Parkhead , Glasgow, following their appointment by Hub West Scotland. North east Health Centre will...
29 Oct 2019 - No comments
A flurry of annopuncements at Edinburgh Marina has continued with the unveil of plans for a waterfront Technology Hub providing office and co-working space for related occupiers. Intended...
28 Oct 2019 - No comments
Historic Environment Scotland have lodged plans for the reinstatement of a pedestrian connection to Mill of Doune via a new footbridge spanning the Ardoch Burn. Part of a broader upgrade of...
28 Oct 2019 - No comments
A landmark Coatbridge church tower could be saved under new plans brought forward by Entasis Architecture to erect a new flatted development within the grounds of the fire damaged Dundyvan Parish...
28 Oct 2019 - No comments
Atkins has posted updated designs for the University of Glasgow’s flagship Institute of Health & Wellbeing , in response to post-submission feedback from their initial application. These...
25 Oct 2019 - No comments
An Aberdeen cinema is set for expansion under plans filed by the owners to expand over the existing car park. Designs drawn up by WCP Architects on behalf of X Leisure would deliver a new Imax...
25 Oct 2019 - No comments
A £20m transport upgrade for Edinburgh Airport has been confirmed to provide improved interchange experience for passengers as part of an ongoing expansion plan . Work is expected to start on...
25 Oct 2019 - No comments
Historic Environment Scotland has awarded B-listed status to a brutalist car park at the foot of Edinburgh Castle in recognition of its innovative construction. Dating from 1966 Castle Terrace...
24 Oct 2019 - No comments
Renfrewshire Council has lifted the lid on the latest element of its cultural masterplan for Paisley with the release of the first images of a £2.8m arts centre. The Paisley Arts Centre has...
24 Oct 2019 - No comments
The University of Edinburgh has filed plans to expand an architectural lighting scheme for the A-listed Old College Building at South Bridge. Proposals prepared by Consarc Design Group and...
23 Oct 2019 - No comments
CALA Homes are to bring 118 homes to Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, with the launch of a mixture of flats, homes and townhouses collectively named Beatrice Meadows. The homes have been...
23 Oct 2019 - No comments
An former Arnold Clark garage in Glasgow’s Govanhill is to make way for 50 car-free homes after planners gave the nod to a cycle-friendly development that contains just 19 unallocated visitor...
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Organic Architects have brought forward plans for a craft distillery and visitor centre at Old Carlisle Road, Moffat, on behalf of Dark Sky Spirits. Incorporating a small shop and tasting room...
22 Oct 2019 - No comments
Bigg Regeneration has completed the fourth phase of its Maryhill Locks masterplan with the release of 33 townhouses on Lochgilp Street. The mix of three and four-bedroom terraced homes have...
22 Oct 2019 - No comments
Urban Realm has opened nominations for the UR100, an annual ranking of Scotland’s top architecture practices, by inviting everyone with a stake in the quality of our built environment to...
22 Oct 2019 - No comments
A historic building on Glasgow’s St Enoch Square is to be repurposed as a whisky themed bar/ restaurant below 25 serviced apartments in a new planning application drawn up by Mosaic Architecture...
21 Oct 2019 - No comments
The Borders town of Peebles is to benefit from the addition of 22 new affordable homes in the form of two separate blocks of flats on land off Dukehaugh. Tweedbridge Court is the brainchild...
21 Oct 2019 - No comments
The University of St Andrews and Campus Living Villages have formally applied for planning consent to build a revised student campus at Albany Park . Overseen by Hadfield Cawkwell Davidson the...
21 Oct 2019 - No comments
GDL Architecture has come forward with plans for further student accommodation on Edinburgh’s Mayfield Road with proposals to erect 126 studio rooms on behalf of Lanark Student Living....
18 Oct 2019 - No comments
Aberdeenshire Council has formalised a streetscape improvement plan for Banff which would see a key link between the Old Market Place and the town centre remodelled. Under the plans Bridge...
18 Oct 2019 - No comments
Dundas Estates and Hypostyle Architects have won consent for a revised apartment block in Pollokshields Glasgow after standing their ground. The tweaked approach reflects planners concerns over...
18 Oct 2019 - No comments
Architecture & Design Scotland have firmed up a schedule for a planned travelling exhibition designed to convey the views of local communities on housing to government. Present Voices –...
17 Oct 2019 - No comments
Scotsbridge Holdings have confirmed their determination to press ahead with a £60m retirement village in Newton Mearns early next year following the award of full planning consent. The Hills...
17 Oct 2019 - No comments
Scottish Borders Council has welcomed over 10,000 visitors to a newly reopened £1.6m museum in Duns dedicated to the achievements of British Formula 1 champion Jim Clark. Opened over the...
16 Oct 2019 - No comments
Mosaic Architecture + Design has unveiled Glasgow’s newest purpose-built student residences following completion of a 301-bed block sandwiched between the B-listed Piping Centre and A-listed...
16 Oct 2019 - No comments
A historic school on the Isle of Lewis has begun a new life as a centre of local history following an £810k transformation at the hands of Bard Architects and Neil Mackay & Co. Comunn...
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Architectural historian Charles Jencks has passed away at the age of 80 at his home in London. A renowned landscape designer, theorist and co-founder of the cancer charity Maggie’s Jencks is...
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Kelvinside Academy, an independent school in Glasgow, has unveiled a new expressive arts extension which seeks to marry creativity, innovation and enterprise within a refurbished and extended...
14 Oct 2019 - No comments
The City of Edinburgh Council has approved plans by S Harrison to build new student accommodation near Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium. The development will offer 394 bedrooms, including...
10 Oct 2019 - No comments
Holmes Miller has submitted a planning application for the creation of a new educational campus for West Dunbartonshire Council, on behalf of Morgan Sindall. To be built on the current Renton...
9 Oct 2019 - No comments
The changing of the seasons affords an opportune moment for Urban Realm to assess the growing importance of the leisure economy in our latest issue , as cities scramble to capitalise on...
8 Oct 2019 - No comments
Sutherland Hussey Harris have filed plans for four townhouses in St Andrews with some of the best views of the Old Course following their work at West Burn Lane . Each 210sq/m property will be...
7 Oct 2019 - No comments
Proposals to build a marine manufacturing park on the banks of the River Clyde at Old Kilpatrick have cleared a major planning hurdle after West Dunbartonshire Council gave its consent to phase...
7 Oct 2019 - No comments
Mast Architects are taking the design lead on a development of 128 flats on the site of a former Scottish Power depot at Hawick Street, Yoker, on behalf of CCG. Comprising four separate...
5 Oct 2019 - No comments
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners have won the 2019 RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award for The Macallan Distillery and Visitor Experience, Aberlour. The Speyside distillery saw...
4 Oct 2019 - No comments
Girvan’s Sacred Heart Primary School has been earmarked for demolition to enable construction of a 125-place replacement school valued at £3.6m. The 143- year old building has been...
4 Oct 2019 - No comments
Marshall Construction has been named as principle contractor for a major £11.25m development in Dunfermline town centre on the site of the former Pilmuir Works. The Linen Quarter obtained...
3 Oct 2019 - No comments
Dundee City Council has published its latest plans to continue a programme of waterfront regeneration with plans to create a new public space. Waterfront Place is being spearheaded by...
3 Oct 2019 - No comments
Glasgow City Council has opened another consultation into the future of George Square one year on from a similar initiative inviting opinion on whether the public space should be pedestrianised...
3 Oct 2019 - No comments
St Andrew’s Cathedral could stand as the focal point of a new public square in Glasgow as depicted in the latest visualisation illustrating a planned transformation of the city’s waterfront....
2 Oct 2019 - No comments
Morrison Construction has commenced work on a combined £30m Additional Support Needs School and a Respite and Residential facility in Stevenston, North Ayrshire, described as being the first of...
2 Oct 2019 - No comments
Drum Property Group and Halliday Fraser Munro have extended their relationship at Leith Walk with plans to develop a major mixed student and regular residential project on the site of an...
1 Oct 2019 - No comments
Aberdeen Art Gallery has opened the doors on a new approach to the display of its permanent collection ahead of the buildings formal reopening on 2 November. Described as a dynamic new...
1 Oct 2019 - No comments
Eildon Housing Association and Collective Architecture have won an appeal to the Scottish Government to build 69 affordable homes at Coopersknowe, Galashiels, overturning an earlier refusal by...

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