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17 May 2012 - 0 comments
Richard Murphy architects are poised to submit their competition winning designs for the £8m Dunfermline Museum and Arts Centre, which have languished on the back burner since 2006.
The...
17 May 2012 - 0 comments
A free online publication documenting Glasgow’s post war listed buildings has been published by Historic Scotland and Glasgow City Council in a bid to raise public appreciation of a maligned...
16 May 2012 - 2 comments
Falkirk has been awarded £2m by the Heritage Lottery Fund toward regenerating, repairing and giving new uses to buildings in its historic core.
The Townscape Heritage Initiative has...
16 May 2012 - 1 comment
Cumbernauld has surprised many after the recurring Carbuncle town secured a place in the Civic Pride Awards shortlist – an initiative to find Scotland’s best town and neighbourhood.
Seven...
15 May 2012 - 0 comments
Construction union UCATT has claimed that an average of one construction firm is being forced to close down every month in the wake of the most recent collapse, that of UBC Group.
The dire...
15 May 2012 - 10 comments
Wayne Hemingway, co-founder of the Red or Dead fashion label, has officially opened the £3.3m Housing Innovation Showcase in Fife this morning.
Hemingway was on hand to tour 27 new homes...
14 May 2012 - 0 comments
First Minister Alex Salmond has announced the launch of a ‘digital partnership’ between Scotland and Norway to celebrate the pioneering role both countries have played in the development of...
14 May 2012 - 0 comments
Glasgow Housing Association has outlined plans to demolish a further four tower blocks including three at Royston and one in Drumchapel, as well as a refurbishment programme for three 18 storey ...
11 May 2012 - 5 comments
Simpson & Brown Architects have welcomed a decision by Historic Scotland to block moves to raze the B listed Perth City Hall – and dusted off their own proposals to secure the long term future...
11 May 2012 - 0 comments
BMJ Architects are celebrating completion of the Materials and Analytical Sciences Building (MASB) and Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology (CMCB), both of which have been completed for the...
10 May 2012 - 35 comments
Plans to redevelop Aberdeen’s Union Terrace Gardens could be scuppered after the incoming Labour administration, who campaigned against the plan, indicated they were to press ahead with a free...
10 May 2012 - 2 comments
Collective Architecture have taken their first steps into the social housing market in northern England with completion of new build homes at Bowflatts, Great Clifton and a flatted development at...
10 May 2012 - 4 comments
Michael Laird Architects have submitted revised plans for the redevelopment of Edinburgh Academical Football Club, proposing a 2,500 seater stadium with the option for an additional standing room...
9 May 2012 - 2 comments
Outspoken architect Malcolm Fraser has contributed to a BBC Radio series titled Scotland Inspired to explore the status of the arts in Scotland and the artists who have inspired them.
This...
9 May 2012 - 8 comments
Historic Scotland has announced that it has refused to grant permission to Perth and Kinross Council to demolish the B listed Perth City Hall.
In a statement the heritage organisation said:...
9 May 2012 - 13 comments
Urban Realm, in association with Woodhouse , has launched a hunt for the top landscape architects that work in the UK today, seeking to recognise those practices which have moved the earth for...
8 May 2012 - 0 comments
Building and civil engineering firm UBC Group has entered administration following an announcement by administrators Zolfo Cooper.
The firm, founded in the Western Isles, had gone on to...
8 May 2012 - 0 comments
Putative plans to construct an open cast quarry next a Lanarkshire beauty spot have stirred the wrath of campaigners fearful of the possible adverse impact on the Falls of Clyde.
Cemex, a...
7 May 2012 - 0 comments
Construction work has begun on an in-patient specialist palliative care unit at Borders General Hospital, designed by Aitken Turnbull Architects.
The Margaret Kerr Unit will offer eight...
4 May 2012 - 1 comment
Edinburgh based architectural practices a+j burridge and Sinclair Hay Sutherland have formally announced their merger to form SHS Burridge Architects.
SHS has been operating from the same...
3 May 2012 - 32 comments
GRAHAM Construction have completed work on the core and shell of the £82m Scottish Crime Campus at Gartcosh, clearing the way for an internal fit out to begin.
This takes the form of a four...
2 May 2012 - 13 comments
Paul Stallan and Alistair Brand have launched Glasgow’s newest architectural practice, Stallan-Brand, here Paul Stallan outlines what the future holds for the studio.
Alistair and I have...
1 May 2012 - 12 comments
Collective Architecture in collaboration with visual artist Alex Frost have unveiled The New Easterhouse Mosaic, a 25m long artwork adorning the Platform Arts Centre.
Commissioned by the...
30 Apr 2012 - 0 comments
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TENMAT, the composite materials manufacturer, is celebrating after receiving a Queens Award for Enterprise – Innovation 2012 for its fire protection range.
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30 Apr 2012 - 3 comments
New Gorbals Housing Association has submitted plans to demolish the twin Sandiefield Road tower blocks to make way for new homes and offices.
The plans, drawn up in collaboration with...
30 Apr 2012 - 12 comments
GRAHAM Construction has handed over the keys to £10m school and community centre in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire.
Designed by CRGP Calderbridge Primary School Centre provides 4,140m2 of open...
30 Apr 2012 - 0 comments
The City of Edinburgh Council are advertising an £80m contract to build 800 mixed tenure homes for sale and rent in the Pennywell & Muirhouse area of Edinburgh .
Constituting phase two of...
27 Apr 2012 - 10 comments
Govan Housing Association has held an open day at their Golspie Street residential development, a colourful insert into the local streetscape designed by Do Architecture.
Built by Cruden...
27 Apr 2012 - 0 comments
A project to build a neurology research centre alongside the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh has moved on site after receiving a £10m donation from Harry Potter author J K Rowling.
The £10m...
26 Apr 2012 - 13 comments
Alan Dunlop has published a series of sketches which aim to visualise the core design qualities for which Scottish schools are currently striving.
These serve as an introduction to the Family...
