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7 Apr 2010 - No comments
Richard Murphy Architects are working on a revised design for the Haymarket, Edinburgh, after the previous scheme for a 17 storey hotel tower was withdrawn.
That design had been strongly...
7 Apr 2010 - No comments
Edinburgh is a city which trades on its past to great effect as an historic centre of world renown. But now that past is set to inform the present as Dave Anderson, director of city development at...
8 Apr 2010 - No comments
Spectacular new images of a dramatic KPF designed “Pinnacle” tower in London have landed on the Urban Realm desk.
Rising to a lofty 63 storeys the twisting spire of glass has been nick...
8 Apr 2010 - No comments
Keppie have emerged victorious in a four way interview process to develop a masterplan for Glasgow’s Central Quay, an 11 acre business park immediately adjacent to the International Financial...
8 Apr 2010 - No comments
Edinburgh City Council have green lighted the planned £43.6m Royal Victoria Building, part of the city's Western General campus it will provide care for elderly, rheumatology and dermatology...
9 Apr 2010 - No comments
Lomond Homes have been accused of a ‘smash and grab’ after reneging on a deal to partially dismantle a 250 year old sandstone wall in the Fife town of Falkland.
Citing health & safety...
9 Apr 2010 - No comments
With an alarming paucity of construction evident in Glasgow over the past few years one scheme which looks set to assume increased importance is Central Quay. Once largely forgotten about amidst...
9 Apr 2010 - No comments
It’s a strange thing – for the past two years the Wrap has provided a summary of the previous 7-10 days’ events in and around the sensitive world of architecture and urban design in Scotland...
9 Apr 2010 - No comments
New urbanist Andres Duany has sparked protests from architects after alleging Scotland has not built any housing to be proud of since 1945 - after the Scottish government shelled out a reported...
9 Apr 2010 - No comments
Civic leaders in Macclesfield have been left confounded after residents of the Cheshire town came up with some rather unusual suggestions for a “best building” awards scheme.
Throwing...
12 Apr 2010 - No comments
Denny has found itself garnering unwanted headlines of late for an eyesore town centre, so with the sun out and spring in the air Urban Realm took time out to pay a visit to the Stirlingshire town...
12 Apr 2010 - No comments
An ultra high reach demolition machine, the UK’s largest, is being brought to Glasgow to help bring down three blocks of high rise flats at Broomloan Court, Ibrox.
The arm of the machine...
12 Apr 2010 - No comments
A planning application is to be submitted in the next few months for Tesco’s controversial Partick superstore, after a previous application was stymied by Glasgow Harbour’s refusal to sell...
12 Apr 2010 - No comments
North Ayrshire Council has granted planning approval for a £60m waterfront development in Irvine.
The plans, which have been drawn up by Irvine Bay Regeneration Company, Urban Splash and...
12 Apr 2010 - No comments
A giant naked woman, monickered the ‘goddess of the north’ is to be fashioned from 1.5 million tonnes of earth in Northumberland.
At 34m the ‘tips’ of the sculpture will stand 10m...
15 Apr 2010 - No comments
Perusal of this year’s exhibits at the Zona Tortona design festival turned up a heady mix of European talent in the Italian fashion capital of Milan.
With installations ranging from an empty...
15 Apr 2010 - No comments
A big no has been delivered to Sir Iain Wood’s plans for a civic square in Aberdeen on a raised garden after 12,000 solicited respondents delivered a majority negative opinion on the £140m...
15 Apr 2010 - No comments
Architects Campbell and Arnott are the latest practice to fall foul of the downturn having gone bust.
The practice were one of Edinburgh’s largest completing a range of work across the city...
15 Apr 2010 - No comments
Craig Amy architects have completed new gallery space for Autism Ventures Scotland in Edinburgh's New Town.
Providing retail space, artist’s studio and apprenticeships in retail and creative...
15 Apr 2010 - No comments
Charles Rennie Mackintosh is an architect well known for his geometric motifs, now those forms look set to convey new meaning as the Mackintosh Heritage Society adopt the QR barcode system to bring...
15 Apr 2010 - No comments
Hillhead subway station could find itself in the vanguard of a 30 year £300m modernisation drive which will see each station on Glasgow’s subway system a much needed facelift together with the...
16 Apr 2010 - No comments
Glasgow City Council is to conduct a review of conservation areas in the city centre and west end as part of a Draft Conservation Area Appraisal being conducted in all 22 conservation areas of the...
16 Apr 2010 - No comments
RIBA has published an anti terrorism design guide for architects amidst increasing pressure to address security in their designs, from barriers and bollards ( most recently seen at the Scottish...
16 Apr 2010 - No comments
Ever spent a Friday afternoon whiling away the hours to the weekend playing around with assorted junk on your desk? What if you could make a career out of it? Urban Realm looks at how artist peter...
16 Apr 2010 - No comments
Architect Craig Amy has commenced construction work on an extension of Newbattle Gardens, a private residence in Dalkeith.
Occupying a triangular corner plot the home benefits from two private...
19 Apr 2010 - No comments
Architecture + Design Scotland Chair Karen Anderson has announced the full membership of the organisation’s design review panel following last years governance review of the organisation....
19 Apr 2010 - No comments
The Scottish Civic Trust has launched a new awards scheme judged, uniquely, by the people as stated by with Elder & Cannon adding to their long list of Castlemilk plaudits with first place win....
19 Apr 2010 - No comments
A 12 year partnership between Alan Dunlop and Gordon Murray of gm+ad architects is at an end.
In a shock departure from the firm the practice stated that Dunlop is no longer a partner of the...
19 Apr 2010 - No comments
The European Commission is to investigate whether Edinburgh City Council broke procurement rules over its sale of a £5m parcel of land to Caltongate developer Mountgrange.
In a letter to...
20 Apr 2010 - No comments
NHS Lothian is to put on show Nightingale’s designs for a new £150m Children’s Hospital over the coming weeks.
Due to open in 2013 the hospital will provide care for children, young...
20 Apr 2010 - No comments
Malcolm Fraser, fresh from scooping a commendation for Edinburgh’s Infirmary Street Baths at the Scottish Civic Trust Awards, has criticised the Kickstart housebuilding programme for restarting...
20 Apr 2010 - No comments
2009’s Highland Housing Fair, like much else in the country that year, found itself a victim of economic circumstance as developers who’d signed up to deliver individual plots found themselves...
20 Apr 2010 - No comments
Planning approval has been granted to Aedas for a £2.6m crematorium in Dewsbury, replacing an existing 1960’s facility.
Commissioned by Kirklees Metropolitan Council the building occupies...
21 Apr 2010 - No comments
Three redundant multi’s at Broomloan Court, Govan, are proving no match for Britain’s tallest demolition crane.
The 213ft crane towers above the 21 storey blocks and is slowly eating away...
21 Apr 2010 - No comments
Work has commenced on a new civic centre for Bathgate , bringing council and community services together under one roof.
Replacing the former Lindsay House building on the towns South Bridge...
21 Apr 2010 - No comments
Fort William Waterfront Ltd has withdrawn from £80m plans to redevelop the Highland town’s waterfront after failing to secure funding.
Blaming the economic downturn the developer has walked...
21 Apr 2010 - No comments
Plans have been unveiled to restore Duthie Park, Aberdeen, to full Victorian vigour.
The 44 acre garden attracts more than half a million visitors annually but has become increasingly down at...
21 Apr 2010 - No comments
Hotel operator Principal Hayley have published fresh details of their £20m transformation of Glasgow’s Central Station Hotel , now dubbed “ Grand Central .”
The historic railway...
22 Apr 2010 - No comments
Hypostyle Architects have submitted a planning application have submitted a planning application for the development of 125 new homes on behalf of Maryhill Housing Association.
Located on a...
22 Apr 2010 - No comments
Aurora Hotels are set to bring some northern light to Larbert after Falkirk Council approved plans for the 212 room hotel and spa complex.
The Stirling based hotelier operates the existing...
22 Apr 2010 - No comments
Scottish secretary Jim Murphy has pledged to pursue a ‘green revolution’ in Scotland, part of a plan which Labour believe will create ‘tens of thousands’ of skilled jobs.
The plan...
23 Apr 2010 - No comments
Deyan Sudjic, Director of Glasgow UK City of Architecture and Design 1999, is to return to the city to chair a Lighthouse seminar looking at Milan.
“Milan Design City” will build on...
23 Apr 2010 - No comments
So, the voting’s over and it didn’t go Sir Ian’s way. Almost 12000 people bothered to make formal submissions in the ‘no other option allowed on the table but mine’ consultation for Union...
23 Apr 2010 - No comments
Underwear entrepreneur Michelle Mone is thinking big for her latest venture a sprawling mansion in the Lanarkshire village of Thorntonhall.
Finding their current six bedroom residence a tad...
23 Apr 2010 - No comments
Fresh from a split with Gordon Murray and the gm+ad pairing Alan Dunlop has set up an independent practice known simply as Alan Dunlop Architect .
In addition Dunlop has recently been invited...
23 Apr 2010 - No comments
BDP have found themselves recipient of three awards, from a total of five, at a ceremony yesterday marking the British Council for Offices Scotland region awards.
The wins came in the...
26 Apr 2010 - No comments
The Scottish Government has issued a tender notice for an upgrade of the A9 north of Crubenmore, officially the most dangerous road in the country.
It will see two miles of the key north/south...
26 Apr 2010 - No comments
With electioneering in full swing what are the likely ramifications of a potential Conservative, Labour or Lib Dem win on our built environment? Urban Realm has a look.
The greatest unknown...
26 Apr 2010 - No comments
Birmingham City Council has given their unanimous approval to the UK’s tallest tower outwith the capital.
Developed by Regal Property Group the £125m tower, dubbed Regal Tower, has been...
27 Apr 2010 - No comments
The demise of Chard Construction last year, which hit a number of Glasgow properties including the Blythswood Square Hotel and Copenhagen building, hasn’t stopped the company from trading it...
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