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28 Nov 2014 - No comments
Heriot Watt University and the British Geological Survey have unveiled plans to create an engineering annex to an approved research building , for the storage of industrial equipment....
28 Nov 2014 - No comments
A £24m office block in Glasgow’s east end, future home of Police Scotland, has been unveiled by Clyde Gateway, the regeneration agencies largest single project to date. The Cooper Cromar...
28 Nov 2014 - No comments
CCG have broken ground on a development of 53 new homes for affordable let on Goosecroft Road, Stirling, designed by Michael Laird Architects to help reconnect the town centre with its railway...
28 Nov 2014 - No comments
Page\Park architects have submitted plans for a second phase of a New Gorbals Housing Association led regeneration of Laurieston, following completion of the award winning first phase ....
27 Nov 2014 - No comments
Cruden Homes has commenced delivery of 55 homes at Toryglen on Glasgow’s south side, a £6m development being delivered in tandem with 100 properties for Glasgow Housing Association....
27 Nov 2014 - No comments
Residents have begun moving into a £5m affordable and shared equity housing development in Shawlands, Glasgow, overlooking the River Cart. Offering a range of 39 flats the property was built...
27 Nov 2014 - No comments
A student’s degree project has been identified as the source of a devastating fire which swept through the Glasgow School of Art after forensic investigators painstakingly combed debris for...
26 Nov 2014 - No comments
A home on stilts at Morar Sands, near Mallaig, has been recognised by the Dundee Institute of Architects as the best building designed by a local architect to be delivered outwith the region....
26 Nov 2014 - No comments
West Dunbartonshire Council is to stage a public consultation on their £19.3m plan to relocate staff to a new office building within a revamped Old Academy building, Dumbarton . The A-listed...
25 Nov 2014 - No comments
BPA Architects have submitted plans for a 60 bed care home including a café, library and activity spaces at Inchview Terrace, Edinburgh. Designed on behalf of Care UK the Portobello...
24 Nov 2014 - No comments
Napier University is to over-clad and refurbish the primary elevation of its Colinton Road entrance as part of an ongoing programme of campus improvements. Proposals submitted by Smith Scott...
24 Nov 2014 - No comments
Highlands and Islands Enterprise has officially unveiled the first phase of a new centre for marine science at Dunstaffnage, Oban. Malin House provides 20,000sq/ft of office and laboratory...
24 Nov 2014 - No comments
Edinburgh Airport is in line for its third passenger hotel with plans being drawn up for a 175 room Hampton by Hilton close to the newly expanded terminal . The £16m scheme has been drawn up...
21 Nov 2014 - No comments
Salaries in the Scottish construction sector are bucking a wider stagnation in incomes to post inflation busting increases across the board thanks to renewed confidence within the industry,...
21 Nov 2014 - No comments
Edinburgh University has lifted the wraps from its latest student housing build, a conversion and extension of the historic Deaconess House to form 318 flats. Built by Graham Construction to...
21 Nov 2014 - No comments
The Glasgow Institute of Architects has named James Hand and Nik Klahre as winners of a design competition for a new gathering space and history resource at Springburn Winter Garden ....
20 Nov 2014 - No comments
Accountancy firm Anderson Anderson & Brown has signed a 15 year lease in a new headquarters building at Aberdeen’s Prime Four business park, Kingswells, following submission of a detailed...
20 Nov 2014 - No comments
East Dunbartonshire Council has given the all clear to a £5m community hub in Lennoxtown which will entail the demolition of two tenements and a parade of shops on the town’s Main Street to...
19 Nov 2014 - No comments
A redundant C listed Glasgow primary school is in line to be converted into student apartments after London Commercial Property Partners lodged plans by Susan Stephen Architects for the west end...
19 Nov 2014 - No comments
The University of Edinburgh has submitted postgraduate accommodation plans for 138 students on the site of an existing row of garages and workshops on Meadow Lane off Buccleugh Street in the...
19 Nov 2014 - No comments
De Vere hotels have completed their first Urban Resort in Scotland as part of an expansion drive with a 148 bed hotel in Aberdeen’s Prime four Business Park . The Halliday Fraser Munro...
19 Nov 2014 - No comments
Plans to erect a glass rotunda at the head of Buchanan Street have fermented a backlash amongst local campaigners who have hit out at the planned replacement of a prominent cascade of steps with...
18 Nov 2014 - No comments
Midlothian Council has revealed plans drawn up by Cooper Cromar architects for a £30m replacement Newbattle Community High School . Located opposite the current building at Mayfield Complex,...
18 Nov 2014 - No comments
Urban Realm is re-instigating its annual hunt for the best architecture practices at work in Scotland, ahead of a New Year showcase of those who’ve done most to wow us over the past 12 months....
18 Nov 2014 - No comments
Construction work has begun on the third and final phase of a £38m University of Stirling scheme to upgrade student accommodation following demolition of AK Davidson Hall . The 251 bed Lewis...
17 Nov 2014 - No comments
Graham Construction has begun work on a £7.5m student housing project for Glasgow School of Art which will see the Blythswood House converted to provide 218 bedrooms. Designed by Cooper...
17 Nov 2014 - No comments
Kirkmichael Primary School, South Ayrshire, has won an education design award by the Glasgow Institute of Architects in recognition of its contemporary interpretation of the village’s rural...
14 Nov 2014 - No comments
With public tours of Glasgow’s Central proving to be a runaway hit Atkins have unveiled the most recent intervention to the 135 year old station. This has seen the entrance to low level...
14 Nov 2014 - No comments
A £1m refurbishment of Glasgow Women’s Library on Landressy Street, Bridgeton, is to get underway in just ten days’ time. The Clyde Gateway facilitated project is being delivered by Hub...
14 Nov 2014 - No comments
A long mooted hotel conversion of Aberdeen’s former Esslemont and Macintosh department store is back on the cards following submission of fresh proposals for a 98 bedroom hotel by local...
14 Nov 2014 - No comments
Students have begun moving into a 248 bed postgraduate housing complex on Holyrood Road, Edinburgh, following completion of works on behalf of the University of Edinburgh. Arranged around a...
13 Nov 2014 - No comments
Work to build a new health centre in Maryhill is to get underway in December following a slight delay in reaching financial close for the project – pushing back its expected completion date to...
13 Nov 2014 - No comments
Miller Cromdale have completed work on Pilgrim House , the latest addition to Aberdeen’s North Dee Business Quarter, delivering 27,000sq/ft of additional grade A floorspace to market – half of...
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An abandoned Aberdeenshire croft has been given a new lease of life courtesy of its transformation into a modern family home by Annie Kenyon Architects. The modest stone built dwelling has...
13 Nov 2014 - No comments
Mast Architects have drawn up plans for an 82 home development on the site of the former Hills trust Primary School, Govan, on behalf of Elderpark Housing Association. Arranged around a...
12 Nov 2014 - No comments
BDP have submitted long-awaited plans for the redevelopment of Glasgow’s Buchanan Galleries shopping centre to Glasgow City Council on behalf of Land Securities. Dubbed Buchanan Quarter...
12 Nov 2014 - No comments
Credential Holdings have resubmitted plans to build a residential tower on the corner of Elmbank Gardens at 349 Bath Street, Glasgow, after staging a pre-application consultation event – which...
12 Nov 2014 - No comments
St Aloysius’ College has submitted plans for a Burnet Bell designed sports complex at Dalhousie Street, Glasgow, containing internal sports courts, first floor cafe and an external games area....
12 Nov 2014 - No comments
Richard Murphy Architects have revealed plans to replace two existing teaching blocks at Anglia Ruskin University with a single Science Centre, bringing together postgraduates working in the fields...
12 Nov 2014 - No comments
A row of historic sail-making cottages in Portsoy, Aberdeenshire, are to be converted into bunkhouse accommodation by LDN Architects following the award of an £873,500 grant by the Heritage...
11 Nov 2014 - No comments
Realis Estates are to stage a public consultation into plans to build a CDA Architects designed Waitrose store in the Corstorphine conservation area, Edinburgh. To be held on on Wednesday 10...
11 Nov 2014 - No comments
A planning application has been submitted by Scott Brownrigg for the erection of a two storey classroom extension within the grounds of James Gillespie’s Primary, part of a wider investment by...
10 Nov 2014 - No comments
Whiteburn Projects have revealed their intent behind the former Dundee College, Campus, Constitution Road, proposing a change in use from education to residential, since being bought...
10 Nov 2014 - No comments
Cooper Cromar Architects have gone back to the drawing board on their 2008 proposals for new student housing at 35-47 Kyle Street, Glasgow , beefing up their plans for the fringe site to include...
10 Nov 2014 - No comments
Loader Creative Design, founded by former Elder & Cannon architect Matt Loader, has submitted plans for a family home at Sidehead Farm, near Strathaven, South Lanarkshire – the practice’s first...
7 Nov 2014 - No comments
Dandara has submitted plans for the third and final phase of its long-stalled gh2o development at Glasgow Harbour , moving into the private rental market with 348 flats on the waterfront plot....
7 Nov 2014 - No comments
Glasgow Housing Association has submitted plans to build 105 homes at the former Govan tram depot , Glasgow. Overseen by Collective Architecture the project will see the former tram offices...
7 Nov 2014 - No comments
Planners have given their consent to a three storey research and office building for Heriot Watt University and the British Geological Survey on the institution’s Riccarton campus, Edinburgh....
6 Nov 2014 - No comments
Construction work has got underway at New Waverley, a £150m mixed use development in Edinburgh’s Old Town , with McAleer & Rushe commencing delivery of two Premier Inn hotels, earmarked for...
6 Nov 2014 - No comments
Hotel chain Premier Inn has extended its bid to saturate the Edinburgh market with plans to open a fourth new destination in the city , replacing an obsolete office block on Torpichen Street....
6 Nov 2014 - No comments
Barr Construction, main contractor for the first phase of renovation work at Glasgow’s Kelvin Hall , is inviting subcontractors to get on board for a range of internal fit out, exterior and...
6 Nov 2014 - No comments
Architects, urban planners, transport bosses and environmental experts are being asked to consider the implications of so-called smart cities, as part of a series of films and events produced by...
5 Nov 2014 - No comments
A significant expansion of the Fife town of Kirkcaldy has been approved, paving the way for delivery of over 1,000 homes, a primary school, shops and community centre....
5 Nov 2014 - No comments
A conversion of a late 18th century cottage in Comrie, Perthshire, has been completed by Smith Scott Mullan Associates. This has seen a contrasting two storey extension abut the Georgian...
5 Nov 2014 - No comments
Morgan McDonnell Architecture has seen off competition from 13 shortlisted practices to secure the Andrew Doolan award for best building in Scotland for its Advocate’s Close development ,...
4 Nov 2014 - No comments
Revised plans for a replacement Murieston Medical practice, Livingston, have been submitted for approval to West Lothian Council by Aitken Turnbull Architects. Located at Hamilton Square the...
4 Nov 2014 - No comments
A £2.7m community centre in the Hillhead area of Kirkintilloch has been officially opened following a handover to East Dunbartonshire Council. Designed by macmon architects on behalf of hub...
4 Nov 2014 - No comments
Work to remodel a pair of entrance canopies to Glasgow's St Enoch Subway station has begun today following completion of below ground refurbishment work. A £5.3m upgrade of the transport...

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