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11 Oct 2012 - No comments
The Carbon Trust Scotland, in association with media partner Urban Realm, is now inviting entries for the Low Carbon Building Awards 2013. Established in order to recognise the successful...
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....
12 Oct 2012 - No comments
Aberdeen Aquatics Centre is beginning to take shape with erection of a 500 tonne steel frame which will form the skeleton of the new building. The facility is the latest addition to Aberdeen...
12 Oct 2012 - No comments
Glasgow based designers Surface-ID have completed work on a £2m visitor centre for Tullamore D.E.W, the Irish whiskey brand, after winning a five way pitch for William Grant & Sons. Located...
15 Oct 2012 - No comments
The proposed V&A at Dundee could be moved out of the Tay and onto dry land in a bid to cut costs and maintain the quality of the project. The relocation will leave the rest of Kengo Kuma’s...
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...
16 Oct 2012 - No comments
The Queen has given her backing to the construction of self-build homes on her Balmoral Estate to give local young people a foot on the housing ladder. Fields near the Prince of Wales’s...
16 Oct 2012 - No comments
New City Vision, have filed a planning application to demolish Gartloch Hospital’s Great Hall , the derelict centrepiece of the former asylum. £95k will be spent demolishing the...
18 Oct 2012 - No comments
Ayrshire Housing has submitted a planning application to build 8 houses in the former mining village of Dailly designed by Austin-Smith:Lord. Located on vacant land in the former SSHA estate,...
19 Oct 2012 - No comments
The historic Dundee Royal Exchange building on Panmure Street, formerly home to Dundee Chamber of Commerce and the city’s Stock Exchange, has undergone a £500,000 refurbishment to form a new...
22 Oct 2012 - No comments
Construction Scotland, the umbrella group for the construction industry, and BRE Scotland have launched a new strategy document for the period 2013-2016 at their annual conference. Building...
22 Oct 2012 - No comments
Historic Scotland have documented the origins of Gretna for a new book, unearthing its forgotten history as a munitions town manufacturing artillery shells for the First World War. Gretna - A...
23 Oct 2012 - No comments
Fortis Developments Ltd has submitted plans for the conversion of an empty office block on Glasgow’s Jamaica Street to form new student accommodation, signalling the final demise of plans to...
23 Oct 2012 - No comments
Holmes Miller have showcased their newly completed £31m Park Mains High School, Erskine, a three storey structure accommodating 1400 pupils and 136 staff designed for Renfrewshire Council....
23 Oct 2012 - No comments
Edinburgh’s perennially delayed tram system is said to be still on track for its revised completion date of summer 2014 for a total of £776m, despite just £107m being left in the kitty,...
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...
24 Oct 2012 - No comments
An application has been made to Marine Scotland, the government body responsible for offshore planning, for the development of two offshore windfarms in the Firth of Forth, some 27km from the Angus...
24 Oct 2012 - No comments
An exhibition showcasing aerial photography from around Scotland is to open to the public from this Friday at the Lighthouse, Glasgow. Above Scotland has been created by Architecture and...
25 Oct 2012 - No comments
Combative tycoon Donald Trump has ramped up his efforts to halt development of an offshore windfarm off the Aberdeenshire coast with an attack on ‘ugly, inefficient, bird-killing, Chinese...
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....
25 Oct 2012 - No comments
A £3.6m refurbishment of Airdrie Town Hall has been completed by Austin Smith Lord, just in time for the civic seats centenary. The comprehensive upgrade has allowed creation of a new café,...
25 Oct 2012 - No comments
Work to remodel and extend a £300k family home in Bearsden has been completed by its owners, Drs Alastair and Lesley Ireland. Conceived by Das Design Ltd the project entailed the...
26 Oct 2012 - No comments
RMJM has announced that its British businesses, encompassing RMJM Scotland, RMJM London and RMJM, have all been placed into receivership with KPMG. The move is said to be part of a strategic...
26 Oct 2012 - No comments
Glasgow Building Preservation Trust has submitted plans to conserve and repair an abandoned bandstand in Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow. Designed by Page\Park Architects the £1.5m scheme will...
26 Oct 2012 - No comments
Glasgow City Council has given the green light to the latest stage of a £90m redevelopment of Laurieston, a bid to build 600 homes for sale. Tabled by Urban Union, a joint venture...
29 Oct 2012 - No comments
Plans to construct the Aberdeen bypass, recently approved by the Supreme Court, has hit a fresh stumbling block with news that the projected bill for the 28 mile route has nearly doubled from...
29 Oct 2012 - No comments
The Enchanted Forest has celebrated its tenth anniversary by bathing Faskally Wood, near Pitlochry, in its now customary blanket of light and sound. The 2012 event was titled ‘Flow’ and...
29 Oct 2012 - No comments
A revised 77 acre masterplan for a site adjacent to the M77 at Darnley has been submitted for outline planning approval following a six year hiatus brought on by the economic downturn. ADF...
30 Oct 2012 - No comments
Abstract Securities Ltd has commenced marketing of its 170,000sq/ft St Vincent Plaza office development at Charing Cross, Glasgow, with the appointment of Ryden as joint agent with CBRE. Both...
30 Oct 2012 - No comments
Plans to erect the UK’s largest ever hydroelectric power station at Coire Glas, Lochaber, are set to go before Highland councillors today. Scottish & Southern Energy’s £ 800m scheme...
30 Oct 2012 - No comments
McLean Architects recently completed £13.5m Airdrie Health Centre marries a challenging site with a challenging brief, incorporating a diverse array of services and functions within a singular...
31 Oct 2012 - No comments
Linwood Community Development Trust has launched a Community Action Plan for the town, product of consultation and interviews with over 2,200 residents. This seeks to address issues...
31 Oct 2012 - No comments
Clune Park, an area of traditional tenement housing in Port Glasgow scheduled for demolition has clearance is heralded as an opportunity for a fresh start but are we repeating the mistakes of the...
1 Nov 2012 - No comments
Artisan Real Estate Investors, owners of a swathe of land in Edinburgh’s Old Town, have launched a public consultation into the future of five key plots in the New Street/East Market Street area....
1 Nov 2012 - No comments
Bannockburn Heritage Centre has closed its doors for the final time in order to prepare the way for its demolition ahead of completion of Reiach & Hall’s new build which is scheduled to open...
1 Nov 2012 - No comments
Construction work has begun on a £9.2m integrated policing facility for Grampian Police on the site of a former Scottish Water depot at Kittybrewster, 2km north of Aberdeen city centre....
2 Nov 2012 - No comments
The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service is to progress plans to build a new £50m national HQ in Edinburgh. To be built at the Heriot-Watt University Research Park at Riccarton the...
2 Nov 2012 - No comments
Upmarket supermarket chain Waitrose has submitted plans to build a new 37,000sq/ft outlet, service yard and 225 space car park in Milngavie Designed by 3D Reid the store is said to employ a...
2 Nov 2012 - No comments
G1 Group have submitted plans for the conversion of a former anatomy building at Queen Margaret College (latterly the former broadcasting studios of BBC Scotland) to form new office space and a...
5 Nov 2012 - No comments
The European Union has launched a consultation over moves to harmonise the VAT rate applied to the construction of new homes across Europe , ending the current zero VAT rating applied to new build...
5 Nov 2012 - No comments
Plans to fashion 26 apartments from within one of the most prominent buildings in St Andrews, the former Grand Hotel, have commenced in a £2.2m development overlooking the Old Course....
6 Nov 2012 - No comments
A £44m schools campus encompassing Buchannan High and St Ambrose High along with the Townhead community centre, have opened their doors to pupils. Designed by JM Architects and built by...
6 Nov 2012 - No comments
EDO Architecture has staged a Guy Fawkes Night art and history event in Govan to celebrate the pre-Christian and industrial heritage of the area. Centred on Water Row, the historical heart of...
7 Nov 2012 - No comments
Johnstone’s new £6.8m sports hub has opened its doors to residents, housing a range of facilities including a 25m pool, all-weather football pitches, sports courts and a fitness suite....
7 Nov 2012 - No comments
Scotland’s construction industry is being urged to take advantage of the most pre-eminent sustainability awards in the business - and get 2013 off to the best start possible, by entering the Low...
7 Nov 2012 - No comments
ellson | buchanan architects have announced the completion of a contemporary domestic extension at Hertford Avenue, Kelvindale. Conceived by the clients as a means to better connect social...
8 Nov 2012 - No comments
Construction work has completed on one of the largest emergency care centres in Europe, a £110m facility at Forresterhill for NHS Grampian which will brings emergency and unscheduled care services...
8 Nov 2012 - No comments
Orkidstudio, a non-profit humanitarian design studio, are seeking volunteers to participate in the organisations latest construction project, a new school hall which can be subdivided into...
8 Nov 2012 - No comments
Workplace interiors specialists Steelcase Solutions have today opened their new headquarters on West Regent Street, Glasgow, as part of a major expansion of the business. The new office has...
9 Nov 2012 - No comments
Dutch architects OMA have been awarded the Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award 2012, seeing off 14 shortlisted projects to claim the prize at a special ceremony held in the Scottish...

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