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11 Feb 2013 - No comments
Glasgow has been transmogrified into the capital of the UK for a few fleeting seconds, albeit only in Hollywood, after the streets of the city were used as a stand-in for London. Fast &...
11 Feb 2013 - No comments
A revised planning application to construct a major new housing development at West Linton, Scottish Borders, has been approved at the second time of asking - after an initial proposal by...
11 Feb 2013 - No comments
The final death knell has been sounded on controversial plans to erect a £140m garden and event space in Aberdeen with news that Union Terrace Gardens will receive a modest upgrade instead....
11 Feb 2013 - No comments
A derelict former hostel in the centre of Aberdeen is being demolished to make way for a new homelessness prevention facility. Victoria House is expected to be cleared by Hunter Demolition at...
12 Feb 2013 - No comments
Speirs + Major have completed a new lighting design for one of the world’s oldest shopping arcades, the Burlington Arcade on London’s Piccadilly. The project sought to strip back an...
12 Feb 2013 - No comments
With the entry deadline for the Scottish Design Awards 2013 this Friday 15 February rapidy flying through the calendar the week ahead represents the last gasp opportunity to stake your claim to...
12 Feb 2013 - No comments
Construction and design firm Morgan Sindall has been appointed to build an £8m headquarters for Highland Council in Wick. The scheme, drawn will see the existing listed council building,...
13 Feb 2013 - No comments
Plans to drain a Fife loch in order to accommodate an expansion of an existing open cast coal mine have been approved by the Scottish Environmental protection Agency. The decision  clears the...
13 Feb 2013 - No comments
An open review of the ongoing transformation of Balornock, north Glasgow, has taken place with an independent panel descending on the community to appraise progress thus far and inform the...
13 Feb 2013 - No comments
Work to build a new purpose built recording and rehearsal space for the Royal Scottish National Orchestra has begun on Killermont Street, Glasgow, provising the organisation with a 600 seat...
14 Feb 2013 - No comments
Work to redevelop Edinburgh’s Deaconess House into 315 student bedrooms has begun with main contractor Graham Construction moving on site of the £14.5m build. Mace Real Estate are...
14 Feb 2013 - No comments
Proposals to build 96 wind turbines on land straddling the border between Dumfries and Galloway and South Ayrshire have been given the seal of approval from the Scottish Government. Scottish...
15 Feb 2013 - No comments
The University of Strathclyde has completed work on a £14m remodeling of its Lord Hope and Curran buildings for the newly formed faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Designed by...
15 Feb 2013 - No comments
SPT has submitted plans for an extensive overhaul of Buchanan Street Station following the successful refresh of Hillhead, and ongoing works at Ibrox, part of an ongoing £100m station...
15 Feb 2013 - No comments
Barr Construction, owners of the London 2012 Olympic Basketball Arena, have put the facility on the market for £2.5m. Designed by Wilkinson Eyre the Arena is the largest temporary structure...
18 Feb 2013 - No comments
A programme of public realm enhancements in Maryhill designed to complement recently completed work to the areas leisure centre and burgh hall . The work creates a new public space on...
18 Feb 2013 - No comments
Bennetts Associates have been appointed by Glasgow’s Citizen’s Theatre to undertake initial design work for a £10m overhaul of their historic Gorbals venue, owned by Glasgow City Council....
18 Feb 2013 - No comments
Plans to fashion a 239 bed, four star hotel from three A-listed Georgian townhouses at Baxters Place, Edinburgh, are to be considered by planners on Wednesday. Trendy Celt Limited and Chris...
18 Feb 2013 - No comments
A University of Edinburgh professor has raised hackles in his adopted city after airing some embarrassing home truths in US based Foreign Policy magazine . Professor Richard Williams used the...
19 Feb 2013 - No comments
Work to build a new boathouse on the isle of Tiree is to begin in earnest this June when Tog Studio gather together a group of architects, students, engineers and anyone interested in design to...
19 Feb 2013 - No comments
A last gasp scramble to get entries in on time for this year’s Scottish Design Awards has prompted the granting of a short deadline extension for participants. Anyone despondent at having...
19 Feb 2013 - No comments
The Scottish Government has given the go-ahead to the construction of 99 affordable homes on the site of the former Wallace Craigie Works, Dundee. Housing and welfare minister Margaret Burgess...
20 Feb 2013 - No comments
A £43m training centre for Strathclyde Fire & Rescue has been officially opened in Glasgow. Uaill Training Centre forms the hub of a 40 acre site and contains lecture rooms, an auditorium...
20 Feb 2013 - No comments
Nord Architecture has submitted plans on behalf of Lynnet Leisure Group for the redevelopment of 5-19 Royal Exchange Square, 1-3 Royal Exchange Court and Springfield Court to form a £25m...
21 Feb 2013 - No comments
Sutherland Hussey has submitted plans to Fife Council for the delivery of a St Andrews housing project on behalf of Eastacre Investments. The submission comes after the appointment of the...
21 Feb 2013 - No comments
Michael Laird Architects have submitted a revised detailed planning application to redevelop Edinburgh Academicals’ Raeburn Place sports ground, Edinburgh. The oldest rugby club in...
22 Feb 2013 - No comments
Carbon Trust Scotland in association with Urban Realm has announced the winners of the Low Carbon Building Awards 2013 at an awards dinner in Glasgow. The annual award recognises those...
22 Feb 2013 - No comments
Glasgow is mounting a rear guard action to prevent Braehead being designated with ‘town centre’ status, a move which could further weaken the position of Glasgow City Centre and Paisley....
25 Feb 2013 - No comments
Selfridge’s long-promised plans to erect a 200,000sq/ft department store on Glasgow’s Trongate have finally been taken off life support with news that the retailer is in discussion with...
25 Feb 2013 - No comments
Tennis champ Andy Murray is set to become a hotelier following his decision to purchase Cromlix House Hotel, Kinbuck, for £1.8m. The four-star Perthshire retreat is familiar to Murray as the...
25 Feb 2013 - No comments
Miller Construction has begun work on a new £30m emergency care centre at Gateshead’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The 9,500sq/m centre will act as a new entrance for the hospital and is...
25 Feb 2013 - No comments
A long standing gap site in the heart of Edinburgh could be transformed into an urban information centre, if tentative plans from Urban Design Solutions are realised. Urban designer Leslie...
26 Feb 2013 - No comments
Safedem have begun a soft strip out of a defunct tower block in Anderston, Glasgow, ahead of its impending demolition. The work is being carried out by Sanctuary Housing Association as part of...
26 Feb 2013 - No comments
Dundee is on course to net its first five-star hotel with the submission of plans drawn up by JM Architects for the conversion of the former Customs House and Harbour Chambers into a 38 bedroom...
27 Feb 2013 - No comments
West Highland College has appointed Morgan Sindall to deliver a £2m extension and refurbishment of their premises at Portree, Skye. The 7,000 sq/ft extension has been designed by Wittets...
27 Feb 2013 - No comments
Croydon Hotels Ltd has submitted proposals for the demolition of a vacant office block at Gardner’s Crescent, Edinburgh, to erect a 102 bedroom hotel development . Conceived by...
27 Feb 2013 - No comments
A £30k programme of repairs to Glasgow Cathedral has been completed by Historic Scotland following corrosive damage to the spike and the weathercock’s tail being blown off during last year’s...
28 Feb 2013 - No comments
Dumfries & Galloway Council have granted planning permission to the Gretna Landmark Trust to erect the ‘ Star of Caledonia ’, a sculptural landmark conceived by designer Cecil Balmond and...
28 Feb 2013 - No comments
Spurned architect John McAslan, whose competition winning scheme for the redesign of George Square was unceremoniously dumped by Glasgow City Council, has ventured north one last time to pick over...
1 Mar 2013 - No comments
Norwegian investment firm Aker is to team up with developer Mark Glatman, driving force behind Glasgow’s St Vincent Plaza , have announced plans to bring forward a new 40 acre business park...
1 Mar 2013 - No comments
Buro Happold and Gross Max are celebrating after their Straume City Centre urban design competition entry was selected by the client, Sartor Holding. The team led by Haptic Architects and...
1 Mar 2013 - No comments
Stallan-Brand Architects have submitted phase one plans for the development of a student campus at Speirs Locks , Glasgow, on behalf of Charter Properties. This outlines intent to build a...
1 Mar 2013 - No comments
Glasgow City Council have been hit by that sinking feeling after a section of quay wall beneath the Kingston Bridge slumped into the river Clyde following reports of subsidence. The...
4 Mar 2013 - No comments
Nord Architects have submitted plans to build an £18m palliative care centre at Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, following a period of extensive public consultation . The Prince & Princess of...
4 Mar 2013 - No comments
Donald Trump has released the first visuals of a gigantic 140 bedroom hotel planned for the Menie estate, Aberdeenshire, which its architects claim ‘references the great history of Victorian...
4 Mar 2013 - No comments
Developers behind long-running proposals to transform Glasgow’s Egyptian Halls into a new hotel have named M Gallery as franchise operator of a 4 star hotel - for which heads of terms have been...
5 Mar 2013 - No comments
The wraps will be taken off the first Maggie’s Centre built outside the UK this Thursday with the official unveiling of Maggie’s Hong Kong. Incorporating a series of pavilions arranged to...
5 Mar 2013 - No comments
Gareth Hoskins Architects have seen off an array of top international architects to be announced as the unanimous winner of a competition to design a new single campus for Bird College, Kent....
6 Mar 2013 - No comments
Traditional Aberdeen/Dundee rivalries are to pick up a gear after both cities threw themselves into contention for the title of UK City of Culture 2017. In addition to competing against each...
6 Mar 2013 - No comments
Urban Realm has kicked off a hunt for the best new buildings to be completed in Scotland over the past year with a call for entries to the Architecture Scotland Annual 2013. Any scheme...

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