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23 Dec 2022 - No comments
It's that time of year again which means architecture news will take a back seat to turkey and brandy for the next few weeks. Urban Realm will take advantage of the pause in the news cycle to...
21 Dec 2022 - No comments
An industrial gas holding plant on the fringe of Glasgow city centre is to welcome a new prison facility as a neighbour in a new masterplan filed by the Scottish Prison Service. 54 acres of...
20 Dec 2022 - No comments
A social housing development billed as the first to be Passivhaus certified in Scotland, has been completed in Drymen, Stirlingshire. Cruden Building with ECD Architects, acting on behalf of...
20 Dec 2022 - No comments
Historic Environment Scotland is proposing to grant statutory protection to a Victorian sawmill in Port Dundas to thwart its threatened demolition . The former City Sawmills office building at...
19 Dec 2022 - No comments
The ongoing retail-to-leisure transition of Edinburgh's Princes Street has taken another step forward with the redevelopment of the former Zara, Russell & Bromley and Next stores. Ruby Hotels...
16 Dec 2022 - No comments
John Meunier, one of the architects behind Glasgow’s A-listed Burrell Museum, has shared his perspective on the recent renovation and interventions carried out by John McAslan & Partners....
15 Dec 2022 - No comments
A bid to build student accommodation on a former 19th-century gasworks in Edinburgh has been approved on appeal. Planners had initially thrown out the scheme in August prompting developers...
14 Dec 2022 - No comments
Distiller John Dewar & Sons have revealed their intent to build a 636 sq/m creative hub to showcase the Scotch Whisky brand to invited guests. Set within the grounds of their Glasgow plant...
14 Dec 2022 - No comments
Rundown canalside workshops at 12-18 Lower Gilmore Place in Edinburgh are to be demolished in favour of 80 student apartments . Rising opposite Vastint's under-development Fountainbridge...
14 Dec 2022 - No comments
Glasgow's A-listed Custom House has begun a new life at the foot of a new hotel following the completion of an £80m development. Given top billing in a new 'hotel quarter', the Greek revival...
13 Dec 2022 - No comments
Work to reimagine a tired office block in Edinburgh's Exchange District as the city's 'greenest' has begun on site. Michael Laird Architects (MLA), acting on behalf of CBRE Investment...
13 Dec 2022 - No comments
S Harrison Developments has shared early plans for a residential-led mixed-use development at Ocean Point , Leith. The first of two pre-application consultations for 0.58 hectares of...
13 Dec 2022 - No comments
Dundee city centre is set for expansion with the unveiling of a three-pronged development comprising a restaurant/hotel; church conversion and new build apartments. Blackscroft Property with...
12 Dec 2022 - No comments
A historic Perthshire estate dating from 1664 has put forward a diversification strategy to cater for the leisure and outdoor pursuits market. Murrayshall House near Scone currently operates...
9 Dec 2022 - No comments
Work by Jacobs to erect a feature cable-stayed swing bridge connecting Govan to Partick is taking shape with the completion of piling works. Images show the completion of piling on the...
9 Dec 2022 - No comments
Moves to return trams to the city of Glasgow have taken a step forward after the Scottish Government named the Clyde Metro a priority for investment through 2042. Early plans for a hybrid...
8 Dec 2022 - No comments
An inaccessible section of the south bank of the River Clyde at Windmillcroft Quay is to be reinstated for public use, improving riverside access west of Tradeston. Glasgow City Council has...
8 Dec 2022 - No comments
A former primary school in Jedburgh is to play host to 76 homes for social rent following the sale of the site to Cruden Homes. Aitken Turnbull Architects are to oversee the design of the...
7 Dec 2022 - No comments
Planning consent has been granted for a new primary school in Blindwells , East Lothian, to cater for the burgeoning planned settlement. A 4.2-hectare former open-cast coal mine is in the...
6 Dec 2022 - No comments
High Street Architects have returned to Glasgow's Gallowgate with downsized plans for 22 apartments built around a parking pend. The proposed redevelopment of a run of retail units at 419...
6 Dec 2022 - No comments
Prestwick International Aerospace Park has been chosen to host a Norr designed satellite manufacturing facility by Mangata Networks, specialists in the burgeoning field of cloud services. The...
5 Dec 2022 - No comments
3DReid has opened the doors to a new Birmingham studio after relocating to the central business district from the Jewellery Quarter to accommodate its growing team. Setting up shop within the...
5 Dec 2022 - No comments
Norr has tabled plans for a new learning campus in Monifieth, Angus, to replace the town's existing High School. Offering space for around 1,200 pupils the campus will combine childcare,...
2 Dec 2022 - No comments
Work to build 89 homes within the grounds of Killearn Hospital is to get underway after Cala Homes completed the purchase of the brownfield site. Pencilling in autumn 2023 for major site...
1 Dec 2022 - No comments
Dormant plans to erect a Clydeside hotel tower have been rekindled with confirmation that hotel operator Motto by Hilton has agreed to operate the venue in a franchise agreement with Silk...
1 Dec 2022 - No comments
Glasgow City Council has approved a transport plan which will guide the delivery of a People First Zone across the city centre over the next decade. An area bounded by Hope Street, Cowcaddens...

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