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31 Jul 2015 - No comments
Arbroath based architectural practice The Voigt Partnership has won a national design competition to create a garden room within the grounds of Ninewells Hospital, Dundee. The practices design...
31 Jul 2015 - No comments
Michael Laird Architects, in collaboration with Rankin Fraser, have drawn up plans for a trio of bespoke detached villas overlooking Ravelston Quarry for AMA (New Town) Ltd. Standing in the...
31 Jul 2015 - No comments
An architectural design competition has been launched inviting young architects within five years of completing RIBA Part II or landscape architects within five years of attaining graduate status...
30 Jul 2015 - No comments
Social housing specialists Mast Architects have renewed an application to demolish the B-listed Castlemilk Parish Church on Carmunnock Road, Glasgow, following expiry of an earlier 2012...
30 Jul 2015 - No comments
An Archial Norr designed leisure centre has gone in for planning at South Ayrshire Council , an important step on the road to delivering the first new leisure facility in the local authority area...
29 Jul 2015 - No comments
A disused Dundee church is to be converted and extended to form 16 new flats and terraced homes under plans submitted by Edinburgh MI . ARC Architects have been brought on board to oversee...
29 Jul 2015 - No comments
Page\Park Architects have emerged victorious in an Edible Architecture event for Glasgow’s Merchant City Festival, after baking up a sponge and icing treat modelled on their recently completed...
28 Jul 2015 - No comments
Horsecross Arts, the charitable trust behind plans for a new Perth Theatre , have submitted revised plans for a 200-seat auditorium and foyer to serve the existing B-listed Edwardian venue after...
28 Jul 2015 - No comments
A wooden pavilion that is part work space, part blackboard, has been given its first public airing at Glasgow’s Merchant City Festival - where it has been tempting passers-by to doodle on its...
27 Jul 2015 - No comments
David Wilson Homes, a division of the Barratt Group, has begun marketing a collection of 94 apartments and townhouses at The Botanics following the commencement of groundworks. Occupying the...
27 Jul 2015 - No comments
Anderson Bell + Christie have submitted plans for the creation of 184 affordable homes at North Sighthill , Edinburgh, on behalf of 21st Century Homes. Located on the edge of Sighthill Park,...
27 Jul 2015 - No comments
West Dunbartonshire Council has begun work on co-located primary schools at Bellsmyre, Dumbarton, offering space for pupils of Aitkenbar and St Peter’s Primaries on one site next to a newly...
24 Jul 2015 - No comments
Concept images detailing the potential for a new hotel opposite Ocean Terminal in Leith have been released, showcasing a 10-storey angular block on vacant ground adjacent to...
24 Jul 2015 - No comments
A set of Victorian C-listed arches in Edinburgh are to become the newest venue for the Edinburgh Fringe festival after developers announced plans to host Freestival within the space. Up to 40...
23 Jul 2015 - No comments
Glasgow Caledonian University have submitted plans for over-cladding works to the Hamish Wood Building on its Cowcaddens Road campus; including replacement windows, enhanced insulation and...
23 Jul 2015 - No comments
An Edwardian home in Aberdeenshire has been given a minimalist new look with the addition of a Scandinavian flavoured timber extension, contrasting with the traditional granite of the main house....
23 Jul 2015 - No comments
Highlands and Islands Enterprise has opened the doors to a £2.2m BREEAM Excellent rated life sciences facility at the 215 acre Inverness Campus , designed to encourage collaboration between...
22 Jul 2015 - No comments
Urban Union, developer behind the award-winning Laurieston development in Glasgow, are seeking to replicate their success in the west with completion of the first new homes within the Pennywell...
22 Jul 2015 - No comments
SSE is to construct a £4m visitor centre overlooking Pitlochry Dam, utilising new technology to showcase the engineering which makes hydro power possible as well as the secrets of Salmon as they...
22 Jul 2015 - No comments
IVG is pressing ahead with a £5.5m refurbishment of 40 Torpichen Street, Edinburgh, a 54,369sq/ft office block in the city’s Exchange office district. Work to the ground and six upper...
21 Jul 2015 - No comments
Fife Council is to press ahead with delivery of the BDP designed Waid Academy after planning approval was granted for the 800-pupil Anstruther secondary. BAM Construction has been awarded...
21 Jul 2015 - No comments
AJC Homes, Stephen and ZeroC have been chosen by Elsick Development Company to deliver an additional 100 homes at Chapelton, Aberdeenshire, following completion of the first phase of works at the...
20 Jul 2015 - No comments
Reiach & Hall Architects have expressed shock after their Maggie’s Centre in Lanarkshire emerged as a front-runner in this year’s Stirling Prize, the premier award of the architectural...
20 Jul 2015 - No comments
Contractor McLaughlin and Harvey has moved on-site of a £30m overhaul of Aberdeen Art Gallery to create new educational facilities, performance space and galleries as well as a refurbishment of...
17 Jul 2015 - No comments
Page\Park Architects have drawn up plans for a £10m visual arts hub within the C-listed Castle Mill Works, Fountainbridge, creating artists’ studios, galleries, teaching space and a wine bar...
17 Jul 2015 - No comments
Michael Laird Architects have redrawn their plans for a 150,000sq/ft office block at 122 Waterloo Street , Glasgow, by setting the prior glazed cliff face within a grid of dark grey metal panels...
17 Jul 2015 - No comments
Students at the University of Strathclyde and ESALA have won top honours at the Scottish Student Awards for Architecture with respective designs for a sustainable brick making company in Mumbai and...
16 Jul 2015 - No comments
Plans have been submitted by Bosunstone for a large mixed-use development in Tradeston, Glasgow , replacing existing warehousing with 398 flats and a landscaped amenity space. Rising up to 11...
16 Jul 2015 - No comments
Village Urban Resorts has thrown open the doors to a new 120-room hotel at Glasgow’s Pacific Quay , following on from the launch of a similar destination in Aberdeen . Clad in blue tinted...
16 Jul 2015 - No comments
Titan Investors are seeking to complete a city centre office campus in Glasgow after drawing up revised plans for Broadway Two having purchased the scheme from IVG and Ediston Properties last year....
15 Jul 2015 - No comments
BAM and Taylor Clark Properties have secured planning consent for a £100m office and residential project at Atlantic Square , Glasgow. Dominated by a 10 storey office block behind the...
15 Jul 2015 - No comments
Plans have emerged for the reconstruction of fire damaged retail premises on Dundee’s Murraygate , within the city's Central Conservation Area, including a rear extension to one of the area’s...
14 Jul 2015 - No comments
A pair of landmark chimneys which have stood tall at Cockenzie Power Station , East Lothian, for 48 years are to be laid low this 26 September after Scottish Power obtained permission to level the...
14 Jul 2015 - No comments
AHR has enjoyed a fruitful year of independence since demerging from Aedas last summer after increasing its turnover by 16 per cent to £32m in the year ended 31 December 2014. Turnover was...
14 Jul 2015 - No comments
Holmes Miller Architects have submitted plans for the phased redevelopment and modernisation of Dunblane’s Queen Victoria School , an historic teaching campus funded by the Ministry of Defence....
14 Jul 2015 - No comments
Halliday Fraser Munro have drawn up plans for a on behalf of SHC Developments to demolish a detached dwelling house on Aberdeen’s Holburn Street to make way for 46 student flats. Clad in...
13 Jul 2015 - No comments
A 292 home private rental project is to get underway Stoneywood, Dyce, after global investment firm LaSalle invested £60m in the Dandara led scheme. Clad predominantly in brick a series of...
13 Jul 2015 - No comments
West Dunbartonshire Council is to invest £15.62m for infrastructure improvements around the former John Brown’s shipyard, Clydebank, opening up potential for delivery of a £250m mixed use...
10 Jul 2015 - No comments
Collective Architecture has submitted plans on behalf of Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association for the erection of 206 flats to complete the current master plan. Comprising a mix of...
10 Jul 2015 - No comments
HUB North Scotland is progressing plans for a new high school to replace Torry and Kincorth Academies at Calder Park following submission of a planning application . Aberdeen South of the...
10 Jul 2015 - No comments
The Royal Incorporation of Architecture has been awarded a £400k funding grant by the Scottish Government to aid delivery of a programme of exhibitions, performances, talks, tours, competitions,...
9 Jul 2015 - No comments
CDA have pressed ahead with a planning application to replace a parade of shops on St John’s Road, Corstorphine, with a new build 33,800sq/ft store and rooftop car park following conclusion of...
9 Jul 2015 - No comments
Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association and Mast Architects have submitted plans to build 12 cottage flats and 131 houses on the site of the former Craigbank housing estate, Nitshill, Glasgow....
8 Jul 2015 - No comments
LDA Design have pulled the wraps off the newest addition to Glasgow city centre’s public realm, a short pedestrian route connecting St Vincent Street to William Street at the base of Abstract’s...
8 Jul 2015 - No comments
Architect Alan Dunlop has revealed plans for a covered pool beside his home studio ahead of a formal planning application expected over the next few months. In a series of trademark sketches...
8 Jul 2015 - No comments
Plans have been submitted for the erection of a new health and care centre in the New Gorbals district of Glasgow by JM Architects. Situated on Crown Street Gorbals Health Centre will...
7 Jul 2015 - No comments
Anderson Bell Christie has been appointed by developer Urban Union Ltd to design the next phase of 210 homes at the award winning Laurieston development, Glasgow. Following in the footsteps of...
7 Jul 2015 - No comments
The latest expansion of the Glasgow Fort retail complex on the outskirts of Glasgow is set to get underway after Mclaughlin & Harvey were appointed to deliver a multi-story car park to complete the...
7 Jul 2015 - No comments
BAM Properties has handed over a 143,000sq/ft office block on Glasgow’s Queen Street ahead of its move on site with a 260,000sq/ft project at Atlantic Square . Built for £50.4m and sold to...
6 Jul 2015 - No comments
A development of over 1,000 homes in the Loirston area of Aberdeen is a step closer to fruition after Hermiston Securities agreed to pay £11.5m in developer contributions to Aberdeen City Council....
6 Jul 2015 - No comments
Richard Murphy Architects have lifted the wraps from their British Golf Museum extension , just in time for The Open to get underway in St Andrews on 16 July. Offering expansive views across...
3 Jul 2015 - No comments
The start of July brings with it the second issue of Urban Realm magazine with it for the year as we take an in-depth at the past, present and future of the architectural profession. Urban...
3 Jul 2015 - No comments
Raphael Property Investment has tabled proposals for a 420 bed student housing development at the junction of St Mungo Avenue and St James Road, Townhead. Designed by ICA Architects the...
3 Jul 2015 - No comments
A £400m extension of Glasgow’s Buchanan  Galleries has been thrown into doubt, just as construction was about to get underway on the giant scheme,  after mall owner Land Securities announced...
3 Jul 2015 - No comments
Work to refurbish and extend Monklands Hospital, Airdrie, has got underway with Graham Construction moving on-site to upgrade the existing operating theatres and intensive care unit (ICU) on behalf...
3 Jul 2015 - No comments
NFU Mutual and Salmon Harvester Properties have submitted plans for the demolition of a B-listed building on the corner of Miller and Argyle Street after claiming that a façade retention as...
3 Jul 2015 - No comments
Hackland + Dore have submitted plans to erect 157 mixed tenure houses and flats neighbouring Saughton Prison, Edinburgh, on behalf of Castle Rock Edinvar Housing Association. Working to...
3 Jul 2015 - No comments
Plans have been submitted for the creation of a 75 bed Holiday Inn Express hotel within the Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, on land currently used as car parking for the adjacent Quality Hotel...
2 Jul 2015 - No comments
HFD Property Group has submitted plans for a 150,000sq/ft office development at 122 Waterloo Street as part of their wider Bothwell Exchange masterplan to capitalise on burgeoning demand for...
2 Jul 2015 - No comments
Construction work on a £36m Ellon Academy Community Campus is entering the final furlong in time to welcome its first intake of students on 20 August. The 1,200 capacity school will include a...
1 Jul 2015 - No comments
Ryder Architecture is to lead the development of architectural proposals for an A-listed Art Deco cinema on Glasgow’s Renfield Street following its sale by Duddingston House to Carrick...
1 Jul 2015 - No comments
A Malcolm Fraser initiated project to re-open an historic flight of stairs in Edinburgh’s Old Town has been marked with a new art installation by Callum Innes. The High School Yard Steps...
1 Jul 2015 - No comments
Dundee High School has kicked off a lengthy fundraising drive to create a performing and visual arts centre within the city’s former Head Post Office. Scheduled to run through to 2020 the...
1 Jul 2015 - No comments
Aberdeenshire Council have opened the doors to Buchan House, a £5m area headquarters in Peterhead offering access to public services. The brownfield build brings together a range if...

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