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9 Feb 2007 - No comments
Architecture and Design Scotland (A+DS) is to work with the Scottish Executive Development Department on a three year framework agreement to drive forward the design agenda with the six Pathfinder...
15 Feb 2007 - No comments
Anderson Bell Christie has won the commission from Glasgow City Council to design three Glasgow primary schools.
The schools are to be built in Ruchill, Tinto and Govan at a cost of £27...
15 Feb 2007 - No comments
The former Royal Bank of Scotland head office building in Edinburgh has gone on the market, sparking interest in converting the site into a five-star hotel.
The St Andrew Square building is up...
15 Feb 2007 - No comments
Ministers have backed plans to build either a new bridge or tunnel across the Firth of Forth.
The exact details of the development have still to be decided, but the project is expected to...
15 Feb 2007 - No comments
A major public consultation has begun concerning the future of the St James Shopping Centre in Edinburgh – once dubbed Scotland’s ugliest building.
Edinburgh City Council and building...
16 Feb 2007 - No comments
Wexford County Council and the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland have announced that Glasgow-based NORD Architecture has won the New Headquarters for Wexford County Council...
22 Feb 2007 - No comments
The Scottish Executive’s aspirations for the future of the nation’s architecture have been unveiled by Culture Minister Patricia Ferguson.
In a document titled Building Our Legacy –...
22 Feb 2007 - No comments
The Scottish Executive has launched a consultation on the implementation of a system of single surveys for house sales.
The compulsory scheme - which could be in effect by 2008 - means that...
22 Feb 2007 - No comments
MSPs have been given a final report on the cost of the Scottish Parliament building which places the final costs at £414.4 million - £16 million cheaper than expected.
Designed by the late...
22 Feb 2007 - No comments
Supermarket giant Asda is to open three new stores in the west of Scotland as part of a £500 million growth programme aimed at narrowing the gap with market leaders Tesco.
The new stores will...
1 Mar 2007 - No comments
WATERFRONT Edinburgh Ltd (WEL), the publicly owned developer charged with leading the development of Edinburgh's waterfront, is looking for a new chief executive following the resignation of former...
1 Mar 2007 - No comments
Neilston in Glasgow has been used as an example of how community groups can radically improve the design of public space in a new guide called It's our space produced by the Commission for...
1 Mar 2007 - No comments
Devanha Ltd, a partnership of North-east housing associations, has submitted a planning application for an environmentally-friendly urban village on the site of the former Donside Paper Mill, in...
1 Mar 2007 - No comments
Keppie Design has been granting of planning permission for a new business park adjacent to the M8 / A8 junction. The Eurocentral Business Park, which is being developed by Tritax Assets, will...
7 Mar 2007 - No comments
Tulloch has bought Aviemore and Highland Developments in an estimated £10 million deal.
The takeover now brings the total landbank under the control of the Inverness-based firm to 3,500....
7 Mar 2007 - No comments
In a partnership between Glasgow City Council and New City Vision, Swedish flatpack houses are to be introduced to Scotland for the first time as part of a £200 million project to regenerate...
7 Mar 2007 - No comments
Miller Construction has announced that the value of orders it has received over recent months has broken the £400 million mark for the first time.
The company has won a series of major...
8 Mar 2007 - No comments
Scottish Borders Council, in a partnership with Eildon and Margaret Blackwood Housing Associations, has announced plans for a £15 million project to build affordable homes in Peebles.
The...
8 Mar 2007 - No comments
Work is about to commence on a new multi-million pound housing and business initiative in Greenlaw, Newton Mearns.
The Greenlaw consortium – comprising Elphinston Land, Stewart Milne Homes,...
12 Mar 2007 - No comments
Glasgow has been tipped as the favourite to host the 2014 Commonwealth games, following the withdrawal of Canadian city Halifax amid budget concerns.
The city's budget went $1 billion over the...
14 Mar 2007 - No comments
Glasgow City Council has allocated £83 million to the building of around 1,500 low cost homes and social housing in the Oatlands area of the city.
The project is part of the Scottish...
14 Mar 2007 - No comments
Nine churches across Scotland have been awarded £1.1 million in lottery funds for repairs and restoration work.
The largest payout of over £650,000 will go to Cromarty Church on the Black...
14 Mar 2007 - No comments
According to parliamentary figures published this week, Glasgow City Council spent considerably less on its pitch for the super-casino than its rivals.
£50,000 was spent by the council on...
20 Mar 2007 - No comments
Scottish Borders Council is to discuss the possibility of a major new development on a soon-to-be-vacant mart site in Newton St Boswells.
As plans currently stand, the site could be used for a...
20 Mar 2007 - No comments
Plans for a £50 million redevelopment of Edinburgh’s Old Town have been submitted for approval by city planners.
If approved, the area – close to the Scottish Parliament – would see...
20 Mar 2007 - No comments
Tiger developments has announced a £200 million plan to build two new hotels, a continental-style boulevard and retail and office space at a derelict site in Edinburgh City Centre....
20 Mar 2007 - No comments
A delegation of North Lanarkshire councillors toured the soon-to-be-completed Antonine Shopping Centre in Cumbernauld this week, ahead of its completion in May.
Deputy Council Leader Jim Smith...
22 Mar 2007 - No comments
The Scottish Executive has approved plans for the Edinburgh Airport Rail Link (EARL) that will provide direct rail services between the airport and stations across Scotland.
The £610 million...
22 Mar 2007 - No comments
Rosslyn Chapel in Midlothian has been awarded just over £7 million in restoration grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund and Historic Scotland.
The money will go towards a five-year...
23 Mar 2007 - No comments
First Minister Jack McConnell announced yesterday that all planning applications must set out how they will cut carbon emissions by 15%, with immediate effect.
The plans relate to any...
29 Mar 2007 - No comments
The Government suffered a shock defeat in the House of Lords yesterday as Peers rejected proposals for 17 new casinos by 123 votes to 120.
The motion passed in the Commons with a majority of...
3 Apr 2007 - No comments
Strathclyde University has announced that Gordon Murray of gm+ad architects and Alan Pert of NORD are the newly appointed Professors to the School of Architecture. Gordon Murray is appointed Head...
3 Apr 2007 - No comments
The Egyptian Halls, designed by the legendary Alexander 'Greek' Thomson in 1853, will now begin its long overdue return to commercial sustainability.
The first stage of the £6million...
3 Apr 2007 - No comments
Stephen Tucker will be leaving the Glasgow Housing Association to join the Glasgow office of Turley Associates, a leading independent planning and urban design consultancy, as director of Urban...
6 Apr 2007 - No comments
Nominations for the Scottish Design Awards 2007 were announced yesterday at the launch of an exhibition showcasing the nominations, held at The Arches.
The exhibition runs from 5th-10th April....
10 Apr 2007 - No comments
Sheffield’s iconic cooling towers at Tinsley, one of the contenders in Channel 4’s Big Art Programme, are the subject of a new RIBA open ideas competition for Groundworks. Architects, landscape...
10 Apr 2007 - No comments
The Glasgow Institute of Architects (GIA) has launched its new website at www.glasgowinstituteofarchitects.com. The new site contains details of events and activities planned for 2007and includes...
10 Apr 2007 - No comments
A new £4.5million enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo, designed by Cooper Cromar, has just gone on site. The new facility, which will house fifty chimpanzees, consists of three pods or houses links by...
10 Apr 2007 - No comments
Six leading practices have been short-listed for the RIAS competition for Dunfermline Museum and Library. Malcolm Fraser, Gareth Hoskins, Make,
Richard Murphy, Reiach & Hall and Page\Park have...
25 Apr 2007 - No comments
According to Jones Lan LaSalle Edinburgh and Glasgow office markets will benefit as the City of London experiences its lowest level of office supply since 2001.In the opening three months of 2007,...
25 Apr 2007 - No comments
The 5th World Congress on Design and Health will take place at the Hilton Hotel in Glasgow from 27 June-1 July 2007. The biennial event normally swaps venues between North America and Europe, but...
26 Apr 2007 - No comments
Gordon Murray and Alan Dunlop Architects have now received planning permission for their alterations and extension to SP5 Skypark.
They were commissioned by The Skypark Trust which includes...
25 Apr 2007 - No comments
RMJM's website has been recognised in the inaugural Drum Awards for Digital Industries (Dadi Awards). Designed by Glasgow-based Third Eye Design the website has been nominated in the hotly...
8 May 2007 - No comments
Collective Architecture has won Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership’s urban design competitions for Stranraer and Dumfries.
The practice, previously known as Chris Stewart Architects,...
8 May 2007 - No comments
AMA, Grosvenor and RBS have unveiled their plans for the Springside quarter, the new £200 million development at Fountainbridge.
The eight-acre site will provide 650 new homes and 140,000...
8 May 2007 - No comments
Thursday 24 May 5.45pm The Lighthouse, Glasgow.
As part of the Six Cities Festival, Prospect and The Lighthouse are organising a debate on the future of the city. The purpose of the event is...
9 May 2007 - No comments
Owners of the former Scottish Television site, IVG Immobilien AG, have submitted plans for a £100 million redevelopment which would see the Cowcaddens site demolished and replaced with 270,000 sq...
9 May 2007 - No comments
Work is due to begin later this month on the £30 million expansion at Glasgow Airport, dubbed the "skyhub" project.
In a move that will see the largest single investment in the airport for...
14 May 2007 - No comments
Steven Purcell, the Leader of Glasgow City Council, has launched the first version of the Glasgow Urban Model – an interactive online 3-D map of the city centre and Clyde Corridor.
The...
14 May 2007 - No comments
Ronnie Jacobs, the new chair of Homes for Scotland, the residential development industry body, has strongly criticised the Scottish Executive for failing to address the issue of housing shortages,...
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