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30 Apr 2015 - No comments
Edinburgh City Council has given its approval to a £120m masterplan for the Fountainbridge area of the city; comprising 78 flats, 180 bed hotel, shops, 17,000sq/m of retail/commercial space and...
30 Apr 2015 - No comments
The University of the Highlands and Islands has secured planning permission for a Clague Architects designed academy of sport and wellbeing within its Perth campus. Stretching to 5,000sq/m...
30 Apr 2015 - No comments
The University of Stirling has published a new planning resource offering planners and the public the chance to browse data on each of Scotland’s 479 towns and cities. Understanding...
29 Apr 2015 - No comments
Michael Laird Architects have submitted plans on behalf of KR Developments to erect a two storey extension to the existing Alexander Turnbull Building , transforming it from office space to...
29 Apr 2015 - No comments
Drum Property Group has submitted plans for a 210 bed hotel on Aberdeen’s Poynernook Road as the second phase of The Grande . The eight storey scheme is being designed by Cooper Cromar on...
29 Apr 2015 - No comments
Innis & Gunn has announced a £3m initiative to build an all-in-one brewery bottling line and barrel store, producing up to 7,000 bottles of beer an hour, financed by the sale of beer bonds....
28 Apr 2015 - No comments
Environmental engineering consultancy Atelier Ten has opened a new Edinburgh base to cater for growing demand amongst clients and architects within the city and beyond. Led by Angus Roberts...
28 Apr 2015 - No comments
Alumno Developments and Kier Construction have broken ground on a 196 bed student housing development close to the University of Aberdeen. The £11m Powis Place project has been designed by...
28 Apr 2015 - No comments
Bennetts Associates are to press ahead with the final phase of their Potterrow development for the University of Edinburgh, having first began design work on the project back in 2003 in...
28 Apr 2015 - No comments
Highland Council are set to give the green light to controversial plans to build an RSPB field centre near the Forsinard Flows peatbog for the second time, following inclusion of an underground...
27 Apr 2015 - No comments
The first patients have begun arriving at a giant new hospital complex in Glasgow’s south side, the £842m South Glasgow University Hospital . Incorporating an adult hospital and adjacent...
27 Apr 2015 - No comments
The second Sikh temple to be built in Glasgow in as many years is taking shape on Berkeley Street with completion of its polished limestone facade and a striking gold glass reinforced plastic dome....
27 Apr 2015 - No comments
Holmes Miller Architects, in collaboration with landscape architects Horner + Maclennan, have drawn up proposals for a new sports hall and 25m pool within the grounds of Merchiston castle School,...
24 Apr 2015 - No comments
Titan Investors are reportedly seeking to offload a 95,000sq/ft office scheme on Glasgow’s Cadogan Street following approval of designs for an office block on the site in the second quarter of...
24 Apr 2015 - No comments
Work to build a speculative 170,000sq/ft office block on Glasgow’s St Vincent Street has reached practical completion, two years after construction commenced. Designed by Keppie on behalf of...
24 Apr 2015 - No comments
Peveril Securities and Campus Development Management have submitted a proposal of application notice for the creation of a mixed use development including flats, student accommodation, café, hotel...
23 Apr 2015 - No comments
Safedem have moved on-site of their latest job, sealing off a 10 storey slab block on Glasgow’s St Vincent Street in readiness for its demolition. The fourth phase of the ongoing...
23 Apr 2015 - No comments
The Royal High School preservation Trust, a newly formed charitable body, has submitted a proposal of application notice to the City of Edinburgh Council for restoration of the former Royal High to...
23 Apr 2015 - No comments
Construction group Interserve has been appointed to deliver a £19.1m renovation of Edinburgh’s A-listed McEwan Hall drawn up by LDN Architects . The University of Edinburgh venue is to be...
22 Apr 2015 - No comments
Jestico + Whiles have submitted a formal planning application for the construction of a signature hotel at the heart of Edinburgh’s St James Centre redevelopment, after being appointed by TIAA...
22 Apr 2015 - No comments
Artist Sara barker has been commissioned by BAM Construct UK  to design a public sculpture for the foyer area of CONNECT110NS, the developers 143,000 sq/ft office block on Glasgow’s Queen...
21 Apr 2015 - No comments
Amended plans by property developer Dandara to build 348 flats for private rental in the final phase of its gh2o development have been recommended for approval by planners despite sparking a...
21 Apr 2015 - No comments
AOC Group has received planning consent from Fife Council to erect a 75,000sq/ft data centre and associated office accommodation in Glenrothes, the largest such facility in Britain outside the...
21 Apr 2015 - No comments
Historic Scotland has begun work on an £8.9m building conservation centre in Stirling , housed within a former engine shed, following the appointment of Esh Border Construction. The disused...
20 Apr 2015 - No comments
Dunecht Estates have unveiled concept images of a planned of a £1.5m visitor centre for Dunottar Castle, Aberdeenshire, as part of work to improve access to the historic fortification amidst a...
20 Apr 2015 - No comments
The University of Edinburgh is to press ahead with the redevelopment of its School of Biological Sciences to create a new research hub with the submission of plans for the first phase of...
20 Apr 2015 - No comments
Work has got underway on the delivery of a new headquarters for the Thistle Foundation at Craigmillar, Edinburgh , creating a purpose built health and wellbeing facility on the site of the disused...
17 Apr 2015 - No comments
William lippe Architects have begun delivery of a mixed use scheme on behalf of Culter Properties on North Deeside Road, Peterculter, comprising 12 flats and a retail unit. Occupying a...
17 Apr 2015 - No comments
Lucy Fisher, a second-year architecture student at Robert Gordon University has seen off competition 10 other shortlisted classmates to win a design competition for a hub and information point...
17 Apr 2015 - No comments
Adams & Sutherland have commenced detailed design work on a £1.64m youth and family centre at Kyle of Sutherland after netting a £1.4m grant from the Big Lottery Fund. Four years in the...
16 Apr 2015 - No comments
The finishing touches are being made to Glasgow’s latest office development, a 143,000 sq/ft scheme on the junction of Bath Street and West Regent Street. Designed by Ryder Architecture and...
16 Apr 2015 - No comments
TIAA Henderson Real Estate has secured permission to proceed with the conversion of Edinburgh’s St Andrew’s Hall into a management office and restaurant serving a revamped St James Centre ....
15 Apr 2015 - No comments
Keppie Design has been appointed as delivery architect for the £333m Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre after the project was given the go-ahead by councilors. A joint venture...
15 Apr 2015 - No comments
Cancer care charity Maggie’s is to begin work on its 19th Maggie’s Centre at the Christie next week to provide additional support for people with cancer, as well as their friends and families,...
15 Apr 2015 - No comments
Visual art organisation Collective has unveiled its vision for the redevelopment of the City Observatory complex atop Calton Hill, Edinburgh, transforming the former seat of science into a £3.5m...
15 Apr 2015 - No comments
Oil and gas services provider Aker Solutions has moved into new custom built premises within the first phase of Aberdeen International Business Park, a development of up to 335,000sq/ft of office...
15 Apr 2015 - No comments
Reiach & Hall Architects have moved on-site at Edinburgh’s National Performance Centre for Sport , a £33m facility for both professional athletes and the wider public. Oriam (Gaelic for...
14 Apr 2015 - No comments
High Street fashion chain H&M has been confirmed as anchor tenant of a £6m extension to Edinburgh’s Ocean Terminal shopping complex. Resolution Property is undertaking a refurbishment and...
14 Apr 2015 - No comments
Hub East Central has been given the nod by the Scottish Government to progress a new JM Architects designed ‘care village’ within the grounds of Stirling Community Hospital, offering an...
13 Apr 2015 - No comments
Plans have been unveiled to construct a £300m cruise ship terminal on the site of the former Cockenzie Power Station , East Lothian, including an eco-village, visitor centre and retail park....
13 Apr 2015 - No comments
Crucible Developments have revealed their intent to file a planning application later this month for a Michael Laird Architects designed student housing scheme comprising 221 student rooms on the...
13 Apr 2015 - No comments
BDP have submitted plans for an 800 place secondary school within the Fife Town of Anstruther, which will see the majority of the existing Waid Academy demolished and replaced (with the exception...
10 Apr 2015 - No comments
Mast Architects and Cube Housing Association have submitted plans for the construction of 27 new build apartments contained within two separate blocks on Marne and Meadowpark Street, Dennistoun....
10 Apr 2015 - No comments
The spring edition of Urban Realm magazine is now available to subscribers, showcasing a range of high-profile schemes from Gareth Hoskins’ The Royal High School in Edinburgh, at once a model for...
10 Apr 2015 - No comments
Leading designer and architect Moira Gemmill has been killed after being struck by an HGV whilst cycling to work in London. The 55-year old had only recently been appointed as director of...
9 Apr 2015 - No comments
The National Grid has built a test network of five variants of the RIBA competition winning T-Pylon design , designed for use in the next generation of UK power transmission lines, to develop the...
9 Apr 2015 - No comments
Work to build an extension to the Carbon Trust Award winning Windygoul Primary School in Tranent, East Lothian, is on track for completion this August – the latest in a series of extensions to...
9 Apr 2015 - No comments
Students at the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment are displaying a range of designs for a temporary festival hub on Aberdeen’s Castlegate as part of a planned visual...
8 Apr 2015 - No comments
The Glasgow Institute of Architects, in partnership with the Rosemount Development Trust, has launched a lighting design competition for the refurbishment of the Royston Spire .  Architects...
8 Apr 2015 - No comments
Vehicle dealership Arnold Clark has begun work on its new Renfrewshire base with the demolition of an existing warehouse on the Hillington Industrial Estate. The new facility will draw...
8 Apr 2015 - No comments
Collective Architecture has been appointed to extend Glasgow’s Briggait Centre with a new build entrance overlooking the River Clyde on undeveloped land to the south of the existing Wasp’s...
8 Apr 2015 - No comments
Glasgow City Council has committed itself to provide up to 50 per cent of the estimated £60-£66m funding required to deliver a full refurbishment of the city’s Burrell Collection, the roof of...
7 Apr 2015 - No comments
BAM Construction is nearing completion of a 143,000sq/ft office block at 110 Queen Street , Glasgow, the latest addition to the city’s grade A office stock. Designed by Cooper Cromar the...
2 Apr 2015 - No comments
The Ayrshire village of Dailly is to receive four new homes after Ayrshire Housing submitted plans to build a modest residential scheme on the site of the former King’s Arms...
1 Apr 2015 - No comments
Long-awaited plans to regenerate Denny town centre , recipient of a 2010 Carbuncle Award, are to get underway later this month after Clark Contracts were appointed by Falkirk Council to...
1 Apr 2015 - No comments
A con artist has been sentenced to five years in prison for defrauding the late Jonathan Speirs of £500k in a fake investment scam. Keith Cameron was sentenced at Edinburgh Sheriff Court for the...
1 Apr 2015 - No comments
Edinburgh City Council has begun delivery of the latest wave of primary school extensions across the city to cater for its growing school-age population. Additional classrooms are being...
1 Apr 2015 - No comments
A £5m mental health care facility for children and adolescents has been handed over in Dundee by Hub East Central Scotland. Designed by Gauldie Wright & Partners and built by BAM the facility...

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