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Architect Gokay Deveci, professor at the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture, has designed Scotland’s first certified Passivhaus in Dunoon. ‘Tigh-Na-Cladach’ or ‘house by the...
13 Jan 2010 - No comments
Groundworks have commenced on the site of Birmingham’s on a £193m Library of Birmingham designed by Mecanoo. The library is designed to be flexible to accommodate evolving digital...
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Scottish energy minister Jim Mather has responded to criticism from campaigners of the recent approval of the Beauly to Denny power line by claiming that portions of the line “could” still be...
13 Jan 2010 - No comments
Lightbulbs everywhere could be switched off with the introduction of light emitting wallpaper, according to the Carbon Trust. A chemical coating applied to walls would bask rooms in an even...
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Things are looking up for Brighton’s waterfront with two very different observation platforms set to go head to head in a race to the top. Turner Associates have devised a 60m spokeless...
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Researchers at the University of Minnesota have come up with a simple and cheap process for the manufacture of solar cells which may boost their competitiveness and increase adoption. Working...
14 Jan 2010 - No comments
JM Architects have completed the Lowe House Health Centre in St Helens, Merseyside.  The primary care health centre brings together four individual GP practices with community services and an...
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Thawing ice is exacerbating a growing pothole problem on the nation’s roads as the current cold snap takes its toll on the nations roads. Freezing conditions have taken their toll turning...
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The remote island community of Eigg has scooped joint honours with an energy and transport project in the Brecon Beacons in a national challenge to boost local efforts to tackle climate change....
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Plans have been unveiled by the Liberal Democrats to bring a quarter of a million empty homes back into use. Under the plans grants would be made available to owners willing to convert their...
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The Scottish government is to end tenants right to buy in a move aimed at boosting the nations stock of council housing.  In East Lothian, an area emblematic of the challenges facing affordable...
14 Jan 2010 - No comments
The shrinking nature of new build British housing will be apparent to any purchaser wishing to relocate their antique furniture but comparison with our Australian cousins shows just how...
15 Jan 2010 - No comments
Kevin McCloud, Channel four’s omnipresent architecture presenter has ditched the fields of middle England for an altogether more exotic venture. A jaunt to the sub continent to discover if there...
15 Jan 2010 - No comments
So, the gloves are now off, although not that you’d know it from the craven reporting of the opening of the eight week public consultation on Sir Ian Wood’s megalomaniac scheme for Union...
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Keppie Design and Gareth Hoskins Architects have paired up to submit proposals to submit a £14m health and care centre for planning approval in Ballymena. Primary, intermediary, diagnostic...
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Steven Holl, architect of the Glasgow School of Art, has delivered a lecture at the Glasgow Film Theatre outlining his most recent work and influences though not, unfortunately, any detail on the...
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Up to four locations for the permanent storage of nuclear waste are needed according to the Scottish government in a consultation exercise on the issue. The Scottish government believes that...
18 Jan 2010 - No comments
In a surprise move Sir Fred Goodwin has been appointed as a senior adviser to RMJM in support of the firms international expansion, months after Will Alsop made a similar switch. In a...
18 Jan 2010 - No comments
An economic divide between Britain’s cities is widening to a chasm according to a report from Independent think-tank, Centre for Cities . Areas able to draw upon a highly educated workforce...
18 Jan 2010 - No comments
Planning approval has been granted for Allies & Morrison’s £1.5bn redevelopment of Coventry City Centre. Friargate will occupy land opposite the city’s train station providing a physical...
18 Jan 2010 - No comments
Five Scottish projects have been shortlisted for the annual Civic Trust Awards, an event aiming to acknowledge projects which are culturally, socially or economically successful and which make an...
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First Glasgow is touting a system of dedicated city centre bus lanes in a bid to tackle congestion. Under the plans these routes would be available for the exclusive use of buses for either 24...
18 Jan 2010 - No comments
Living Architecture has commenced construction of five villas which they hope will raise awareness amongst homebuyers of the possibilities presented by contemporary architecture. New build...
19 Jan 2010 - No comments
Holmes architects have completed the remodelling of a string of mid-Victorian buildings on St Giles Street off Edinburgh’s Royal Mile for Fraser Suites. The conversion transforms the David...
19 Jan 2010 - No comments
A fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of a 21-month old boy has heard recriminations fly from builder Kvaerner that the supplied balcony designs were “imprecise”.  Toddler Ben McCreath...
19 Jan 2010 - No comments
Austin-Smith:Lord have received planning permission to construct a library and learning hub for the University of Edinburgh. Providing flexible study environments for students the centre is...
19 Jan 2010 - No comments
The European local authorities environmental organisation is extending their “Fishing for Litter” campaign to Argyll and Bute. Special bins have been installed at the ports of Rothesay and...
19 Jan 2010 - No comments
Newby Management has reaffirmed their commitment to Glasgow’s Custom House Quay development by establishing a new consortium with Moorfield Real Estate.  This follows the bankruptcy of their...
19 Jan 2010 - No comments
Architect Edgar Gonzalez of Brisac Gonzalez has traveled to Aberdeen in a bid to find potential middle ground in the ongoing struggle between Peacock Visual Arts and Aberdeen City and Shire...
20 Jan 2010 - No comments
An Australian delegation is to meet Scottish Culture Minister Fiona Hyslop in an attempt to secure the future of HMS Adelaide as a museum in its Aussie namesake. Originally known as The City...
20 Jan 2010 - No comments
Inverness Airport has received clearance from Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey planning committee to construct a new business park. A site covering 250 hectares will be developed by a...
20 Jan 2010 - No comments
With construction work underway on the Chris Hoy Velodrome at Parkhead, Glasgow, Scotland’s largest Urban Regeneration Company, Clyde Gateway , is finding itself increasingly in the public...
21 Jan 2010 - No comments
Rubislaw Quarry, reputedly Europe’s deepest man made excavation, has been put up for sale by owners Bixen Ltd as they seek to find owners willing to get themselves in a hole. A snip at...
21 Jan 2010 - No comments
A report commissioned by the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills has identified the space architect as one of 20 new jobs that could be created in 20 years time. Identifying promising...
21 Jan 2010 - No comments
Plans for Keppie's new midwife-led facility at Simpson’s Centre for Reproductive Health at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh have been released by NHS Lothian.   Sporting curved walls,...
21 Jan 2010 - No comments
A peace initiative chaired by Scottish Enterprise, acting as a mediator between the competing parties of Sir Ian Wood and Peacock Visual Arts, has floundered after Wood refused to countenance any...
22 Jan 2010 - No comments
Over the years the Carbuncles process has opened the eyes of citizens, leaders, visitors and businesses over the years, most recently in Glenrothes to the raw potential our town’s possess but...
22 Jan 2010 - No comments
The clock is counting down the final hours of opportunity for submitting your grand designs to this years Scottish Design Awards.  A window which closes at 5pm today.  Fret not if...
22 Jan 2010 - No comments
We shouldn’t knock it or mock it, for it’s a rare, rare thing to see a story from the world of Scottish architecture occupying the front pages of the nation’s press. Yes, of course I’m...
22 Jan 2010 - No comments
Glasgow School of Art is inviting a range of leading design experts to Glasgow’s George Square to discuss the importance of the urban public spaces to the health of a city.  The...
22 Jan 2010 - No comments
First year students from Strathclyde University’s Architecture Department are to showcase their work at the Old Templeton carpet Factory on the weekend of January 23-24 from 10am – 4pm....
22 Jan 2010 - No comments
The housing crash might have been expected to bring about a rethink on the part of developers as to future business models.  But this is not necessarily the case at one of the UK’s leading house...
25 Jan 2010 - No comments
Sir Ian Wood, mastermind behind the ambitious (and controversial) proposal to cover over Union Terrace Gardens, has warned of a bleak future facing Scotland’s energy capital unless improvements...
25 Jan 2010 - No comments
Work has started on site of the Craigshill Learning Disability Centre in Livingston, designed by macmon architects. The occasion was marked by SNP Councillor Isabel Hutton who took part in a...
25 Jan 2010 - No comments
England’s planning minister John Healy has issued updated guidance to local councils in an effort to protect back gardens from housing development. Referred to as “garden grabbing” the...
25 Jan 2010 - No comments
Artist Patricia Cain has won acclaim recently for an alternative approach to beauty, one that "catches places in the moment." It was the demolition of granary buildings at Glasgow Harbour,...
25 Jan 2010 - No comments
A £180m air traffic control centre in Prestwick has moved to full operation today, culmination of a decades work to centralise control of UK airspace to two locations from four. Designed by...
25 Jan 2010 - No comments
Gleniffer Estates has been awarded planning permission for a new office and retail complex in Kinning Park, Glasgow. The developer was given the green light to convert a 1950’s brick built...
26 Jan 2010 - No comments
Archial Architects have been appointed to deliver a new entrance building and office at the Liverpool Innovation Park. Space North West commissioned the £3.8 million project , part of a joint...
26 Jan 2010 - No comments
West Harris Trust has acquired 16,000 acres of government owned land in the Western isles after raising £70k from public bodies. The purchase will see the Trust promote Harris as a place to...

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