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16 Nov 2012 - No comments
A competition to redesign Glasgow’s George Square has got off to a faltering start following confusion as to whether to name six shortlisted schemes, or keep them under wraps.
Initially...
13 Nov 2012 - No comments
An innovative space geared towards those operating in the creative sector has opened its doors to tenants in Edinburgh’s New Town.
NEXUS Creative Space incorporates a range of working...
25 Oct 2012 - No comments
The Scottish Government has approved a controversial £80m Tax Incremental Financing scheme in a bid to leverage as much as £310m of private sector investment in and around the Buchanan Galleries....
24 Oct 2012 - No comments
Urban Realm and Restore George Square's unofficial George Square survey has generated a welter of responses from people concerned about Glasgow City Council’s competition plans are slanted toward...
15 Oct 2012 - No comments
With the launch of Glasgow City Council’s official survey into the future of George Square for business interests Urban Realm is launching an alternative hunt for ideas, one that isn’t...
11 Oct 2012 - No comments
Tributes have been paid to Dundonian architectural assistant Euan Wright who died whilst photographing the George Wood Anderson Observation Shelter , near Stonehaven, which he designed....
28 Sep 2012 - No comments
Planned alterations to Glasgow’s A-listed Egyptian Halls have been given a boost after previously unseen period details were discovered, hidden behind a suspended ceiling.
George Morrison of...
21 Sep 2012 - No comments
Property company Redevco has officially launched its George House office refurbishment, introducing 90,000sq/ft of Grade A space overlooking George Square, Glasgow.
Undertaken by Reiach &...
13 Sep 2012 - No comments
A £15m design competition to revamp George Square has been launched - a project which could see all of monuments, bar the cenotaph, dug up and transferred for an indeterminate period, according...
13 Sep 2012 - No comments
A £9m development of 65 new affordable homes has been officially opened in Kincardine by Kingdom Housing Association – supplanting twin tower blocks which were demolished in 2010.
Developed...
5 Sep 2012 - No comments
Plans to convert a disused classical villa in Glasgow’s west end into a guest house have been submitted by its owners.
Designed by Elder & Cannon Architects the scheme will entail...
31 Aug 2012 - No comments
Work to complete the last of five flood alleviation schemes in Moray is to commence next week after Morrison Construction were awarded the £45m contract.
The scheme will entail construction...
2 Aug 2012 - No comments
Prince Charles, president of the Prince’s Foundation, has been named as chair of a panel of judges tasked with selecting an affordable, low energy, comfortable and modern eco-home to serve as the...
9 Jul 2012 - No comments
Glasgow City Council, keen to atone for past slights, have launched a public consultation for George Square in a bid to transform the central meeting space into something more befitting of its...
5 Jul 2012 - No comments
Peel Environmental has submitted plans for the construction of a new waste recovery centre adjacent to the M8, Glasgow.
The South Clyde Energy Centre would produce around 20MW of...
21 Jun 2012 - No comments
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland has named 18 buildings as representing the best in contemporary Scottish architecture at an inaugural dinner for the RIAS Awards.
These ranged...
2 Jul 2012 - No comments
The tenth edition of Urban Realm, marking two and a half tears since our transition from Prospect, is out now and contains a bumper crop of features and analysis to mark the occasion.
This...
22 May 2012 - No comments
Architecture + Design Scotland have revealed the five finalists in their Larbert Loch design competition , an initiative to create a new timber viewing platform within the grounds of Larbert’s...
18 May 2012 - No comments
Historic Scotland has awarded a grant of £130k toward a £2.9m appeal to build a new Highland Military Heritage Centre.
The new Highlanders’ Museum is now just £150k short of this total as...
13 Apr 2012 - No comments
Broadcaster Channel 4 is on the hunt for examples of recently built micro designs to feature in a new six part documentary.
The prime time series will be fronted by George Clarke, presenter of...
27 Feb 2012 - No comments
Approval of BDPs Technology and Innovation Centre (TIC) and Industry Engagement Building (IEB) marks one of the most ambitious city centre regeneration projects Glasgow has seen this side of the...
25 Jan 2012 - No comments
A £6.5m refurbishment of Glasgow’s George House is now nearing completion, although George Square regulars may be hard pushed to spot the difference.
Architects Reiach and Hall have been...
6 Dec 2011 - No comments
Peter Murray, a former BD and RIBA Journal editor, has put pen to paper for an altogether saucier tome – ‘A passion to Build’.
Murray’s debut novel follows “the tangled love lives of...
28 Nov 2011 - No comments
Chancellor George Osbourne has announced that the Treasury is to commit to a £30bn scheme to invest in British infrastructure over the next decade– including £5bn to be spent by 2014.
The...
6 Nov 2011 - No comments
A tent city which had sprung up on Glasgow’s civic heart, George Square, has been relocated to the greener pastures of Kelvingrove Park.
Protesters had been camped outside the city...
1 Nov 2011 - No comments
Following on from the recent “Raincoated Modernism” seminar hosted by Page\Park, the practice has prepared a synopsis of some of the challenges facing architects engaged in the upgrade of post...
28 Oct 2011 - No comments
BMJ Architects are this year celebrating their centenary year with a look back at some of the key projects which have seen the practice expand from cinema design specialists to encompass health,...
30 Sep 2011 - No comments
Fresh from Network Rails publication of its preferred solution for the redevelopment of Queen Street Station, a glazed extension penned by architects BDP , Paul Stallan Studio RMJM have released...
20 Sep 2011 - No comments
Cooper Cromar Architects and BAM Properties have submitted a planning application for the £28.5m redevelopment of 110 Queen Street .
Providing 143,000sq/ft of accommodation over nine levels...
14 Sep 2011 - No comments
A fire ravaged site in Edinburgh’s Cowgate which has lain derelict for nine years could finally be given a fresh lease of life with news that the developer behind 2009 redevelopment proposals is...
5 Sep 2011 - No comments
Strathclyde University have submitted plans for a new £89m Technology and Innovation Centre in Glasgow’s Merchant City.
Rising on brownfield land on George Street, adjacent to a separate...
17 Aug 2011 - No comments
The buildings may be shorter but with the addition of a few strategic hot dog stands, yellow cabs and ‘Walk/Don’t Walk” signs Glasgow has assumed a distinctly American flavour as filming gets...
5 Aug 2011 - No comments
Brad Pitt is to ditch the glamour of Hollywood for the clamor of Glasgow as the Tinsel Town star heads into the city for a fortnight of filming.
Pitt, who has been holidaying in Cornwall with...
17 Jun 2011 - No comments
Glasgow has been selected as the perfect battleground within which to stage a zombie apocalypse by film producers working on a film adaptation of Max Brooks’ hit zombie novel, World War Z....
15 Jun 2011 - No comments
Bell Ingram Design has completed a cutting edge bird shelter for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire.
Constructed from locally quarried stone the...
14 Jun 2011 - No comments
Simon Walsh of Cooper Cromar discusses his practices work on the G1 building, George Square, a prominent facade retention opposite the city chambers which now counts Jamie Oliver no less, as...
8 Jun 2011 - No comments
Page\Park have outlined their plans for the refurbishment of Edinburgh Universities David Hume tower and William Robertson Building to an invited audience of clients, historians and architects....
23 May 2011 - No comments
Plans to redevelop the 1970s George House on the northern edge of Glasgow’s George Square have been shelved be its owners, Redevco, following the surprise rejection of a Reiach & Hall designed...
3 Dec 2010 - No comments
In a full page article for The Times today a wintry looking Malcolm Fraser has spoken out on the thorny topic of construction procurement.
In the architect’s sights is “The Hub”, a new...
11 May 2011 - No comments
Work to establish Edinburgh’s new tram system is to restart on July 2 after stalling following a breakdown in relations between the parties involved.
That impasse has now been resolved with...
28 Apr 2011 - No comments
The Cooperative Insurance Society Ltd has submitted a planning application to Manchester City Council for the redevelopment of Peterloo House to form a 12 storey, grade A office block....
12 Oct 2010 - No comments
Austin Smith Lord’s Roseisle Distillery, the first such major facility to be built in Scotland for 30 years, has been officially opened by Diageo’s chief executive, Paul Walsh.
The malt...
20 May 2010 - No comments
In advance of their “Power to the People” conference, celebrating the built heritage of hydroelectric power, Historic Scotland has launched a preview of key buildings and infrastructure from...
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 Dec 2009 - No comments
Glasgow’s winter time activities in George Square, currently dubbed with the catch all moniker of Winterfest, are to be renamed with the word Christmas featuring prominently.
The move will...
17 Dec 2009 - No comments
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland has held their annual Fellows reception in the Clydeport Building, Glasgow.
The bash was an opportunity for organisation trustees to sample at...
4 Nov 2009 - No comments
Lord McCluskey has waded into the aftermath of the fracas surrounding Richard Murphy’s haymarket development, recently blocked by the Scottish Government over concerns the 17 storey tower would...
22 Oct 2009 - No comments
Reiach and Hall have been dealt a blow after their £65m plans to transform George House on Glasgow’s George Square were thrown out by councillors.
Voting eight to six against the plans, the...
14 Oct 2009 - No comments
Architecture Scotland can today unveil its nominations for architecture practice of the year, the winner of which is set to be announced at the Roses Design Awards to be held on Oct 23 in November....
13 Oct 2009 - No comments
Disney World is seeking nominations from UK towns, cities and villages to be twinned with the famous Florida resort.
Winner of the competition will be flown Stateside for an official twinning...
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