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29 May 2015 - No comments
A preferred design for a memorial garden commemorating babies cremated without their parents’ consent at Mortonhall Cremtorium has been chosen by families affected by the scandal. This will...
29 May 2015 - No comments
CCG have begun construction work on a 234 bed student apartment build at Orwell Terrace, Dalry, designed by Allan Murray Architects on behalf of Develop Cityheart. Utilising off-site...
29 May 2015 - No comments
Dandara have resuscitated plans for a huge mixed use scheme at Glasgow’s Cheapside Street ; incorporating 603 flats, 1,616sq/m of commercial space and associated public realm. Designed by...
29 May 2015 - No comments
A Kirkintilloch primary school is being heralded as a cost-effective and flexible solution for other council’s to follow by the Scottish Futures Trust, the body responsible for overseeing...
28 May 2015 - No comments
A public meeting to inform local residents of progress being made on the delivery of the Third Don Crossing is to be held on 1 June after the project was delayed from late 2015 to January 2016...
28 May 2015 - No comments
Plans to convert a former Dundee College of Commerce building into 110 flats, workspace and a café have been submitted by Whiteburn Properties with the aim of creating a mixed use community on...
27 May 2015 - No comments
Sanctuary Cumbernauld and Safedem have begun demolition of the first three of twelve tower blocks in the town as part of a modernisation drive that will see 111 new homes built on the land....
27 May 2015 - No comments
NHS Lanarkshire has thrown open the doors to the Hunter Community Health Centre , East Kilbride, following handover of the £19.6m facility by Graham Construction. Designed by Reiach & Hall...
26 May 2015 - No comments
CCG have begun delivery of a new Libberton Primary School on behalf of South Lanarkshire Council as part of the authorities primary school modernisation programme. Replacing the existing...
26 May 2015 - No comments
Glasgow City Council looks set to continue with its policy of disposal with unused assets with the sale of land at George Street and John Street to make way for 59 serviced apartments, 375 student...
26 May 2015 - No comments
Work to deliver 21 affordable homes in Dundee is set to get underway in earnest next month after Hillcrest Housing Association obtained planning consent for their Dens Road scheme . Situated...
26 May 2015 - No comments
Plans to build a distillery on the island of Raasay off the coast of Skye have progressed ahead of submission of a full planning application by R&B Distillers to transform a disused hotel into a...
25 May 2015 - No comments
Holmes Miller Architects could be handed the job of completing Charles Wilson’s Park Circus vision after Leeds based developer Espresso Property emerged as front runner to purchase the last...
25 May 2015 - No comments
Graham Construction has commenced ground works on site of St James Residences , a 422 bedroom student housing development in Townhead, Glasgow. Composed of two interlocking ‘L’s shaped...
22 May 2015 - No comments
The Scottish Design Awards have been honouring the architectural work to be delivered since 1998 but the 2015 crop of 69 entries prove just how far the profession has come over the intervening...
22 May 2015 - No comments
Aberdeen City Council has launched a six week public consultation into plans for the creation of a new exhibition and conference centre at Bucksburn, following submission of the masterplan by...
21 May 2015 - No comments
Edinburgh College of Art has announced this year’s line-up for its annual degree show , showcasing the work of new architectural talent to the wider public. Taking place from 30 May to 7...
21 May 2015 - No comments
Central Scotland Green Network (CSGN) and Arup have announced that they are to advocate the greening of redundant rail infrastructure in urban areas, taking inspiration from The High Line in New...
20 May 2015 - No comments
A comprehensive modernisation programme for Glasgow’s Burrell Collection has received a £15m boost courtesy of the Heritage Lottery Fund, enabling Glasgow City Council to begin the work of...
20 May 2015 - No comments
New City Vision have dusted off proposals dating back to 2012 to build 90 homes at Clouston Street, Kelvinside, by submitting a fresh planning application - after the original was thrown out...
20 May 2015 - No comments
Organic Architects have submitted plans for their latest distillery design, a contemporary addition to Lindores Abbey, Fife, home to the earliest recorded example of distilling in Scotland from...
19 May 2015 - No comments
Arts organisation NVA has announced it is to move on-site within days to deliver an ambitious culture-led regeneration of the former St Peter’s Seminary , Kilmahew, Argyll. The £7.5m...
19 May 2015 - No comments
A £320m plan to upgrade Aberdeen’s Nigg Bay harbour to accommodate cruise ships has gone on public display ahead of creation of a development framework for the area. Aberdeen Harbour Board,...
18 May 2015 - No comments
Aitken Turnbull Architects have purchased an Edinburgh townhouse to serve as their new head office following a city-wide hunt for space. Currently based in rented accommodation at Duddingston...
18 May 2015 - No comments
Balfour Beatty and Oberlanders Architects have submitted plans for a mixed use development comprising retail and student accommodation on Kennedy Street, Glasgow. Situated in Townhead, a...
18 May 2015 - No comments
A new science and technology teaching wing for Glasgow Academy is nearing completion at the independent day school’s west end campus. The £10m Page\Park designed facility provides...
15 May 2015 - No comments
Graham Construction has been appointed to overhaul Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, with a refurbished critical care unit and redeveloped theatre block. The work is necessary to bring the 1980s...
15 May 2015 - No comments
Inverness Campus, a life sciences hub developed by Highlands & Islands Enterprise, has been officially opened at Beechwood on the outskirts of the Highland capital. Phase one of  £100m...
15 May 2015 - No comments
Hadden Construction has begun work on the conversion of a former Eastern Primary School, Broughty Ferry, to form 27 open plan flats within former classrooms. Tor Homes and Manson Architects...
14 May 2015 - No comments
A 200-bed five star ‘Scottish Baronial’ style hotel has received planning consent from Aberdeen City Council, clearing the way for developer Castle Rock to begin work on the £50m scheme on...
14 May 2015 - No comments
An eight metre tall timber pyramid has been unveiled at Inveruglas on the banks of Loch Lomond, the fourth and final commission of the Scottish Government’s pilot Scenic Routes initiative....
14 May 2015 - No comments
East Dunbartonshire Council and Holmes Miller Architects have lodged plans for a replacement Lenzie Moss Primary School in north east Glasgow. Located on land adjacent to the existing school...
14 May 2015 - No comments
A student at the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture has been recognised for an ambitious reimagining of Gray’s School of Art, a Miesian steel and glass structure which has been threatened...
13 May 2015 - No comments
Retirement home specialists McCarthy & Stone have submitted plans for a 43 flat development on the site of a former Scottish Water depot at the junction of Pitkerro and Stobsmuir Road’s,...
13 May 2015 - No comments
City of Edinburgh Council is to invest a further £4.2m in nursery accommodation, enabling work to proceed on replacement early years facilities at Ferryhill and Leith Primary schools as well as...
13 May 2015 - No comments
Graham Construction has been appointed as main contractor on a £4.4m psychiatric care unit within the grounds of Stratheden Hospital, near Cupar. Designed by Oberlanders the project will...
13 May 2015 - No comments
Glasgow City Council has awarded grants worth a total of £1.6m to the Barras and Calton area of the city, funding a variety of projects ranging from a live music venue to galleries, studios,...
13 May 2015 - No comments
Scotstoun residents are up in arms over plans to build a 230ft high chimney in the South Street area of the city which is set to loom over the surrounding area. An application filed by WH...
12 May 2015 - No comments
A procurement strategy has been agreed upon to take forward Glasgow’s £1.13bn City Deal , paving the way for work to proceed on 20 ‘major infrastructure projects’ across the city region...
12 May 2015 - No comments
An historic railway station in Ballater has been gutted by an overnight blaze which has reportedly destroyed as much as 90 per cent of the structure. Around 50 firefighters tackled the fire at...
12 May 2015 - No comments
A development of seven mews properties on the site of lock-up garages within Glasgow’s west end conservation area have been given the go-ahead by planners, clearing a path to delivery of the...
11 May 2015 - No comments
Sheppard Robson Architects have submitted plans to build a two storey equine surgery within the grounds of The Roslin Institute, replacing an existing outdated facility at Easter Bush Veterinary...
11 May 2015 - No comments
Dormant plans to build upwards of 3,500 homes on Edinburgh farmland have been savaged by one of the city’s leading architects following reports that planners are preparing to back the vision as...
11 May 2015 - No comments
A set of 19 C-listed railway arches in Edinburgh’s Old Town are to be revitalised as part of the £150m New Waverley Development , following the appointment of Staran Architects to oversee their...
8 May 2015 - No comments
A £30.7m student residential project designed by JM Architects has been approved by Edinburgh City Council, clearing the way for the practice to move on-site within the south side conservation...
8 May 2015 - No comments
BRE and New College Lanarkshire have begun work on a student designed prototype family home designed to demonstrate how future housing can be built and showcase new technologies. The...
7 May 2015 - No comments
Union Hanover Securities are to press ahead with their second Urban Villa branded hotel in Scotland on Aberdeen’s John Street, part of a nationwide roll-out of the chain that includes a planned...
7 May 2015 - No comments
Graham Construction has been appointed by SPT to deliver a £7m upgrade of Govan Interchange, the seventh subway station to be given a makeover as part of a £288m modernisation drive ....
7 May 2015 - No comments
The latest addition to the South Glasgow University Hospital campus is taking shape in the form of Ronald MacDonald House, a ‘home from home’ for the families of children receiving treatment...
6 May 2015 - No comments
Plans for a film & TV studio complex at Straiton, Edinburgh , have been submitted by PSL Land Ltd to Midlothian Council. Encompassing an 86 acre site in the shadow of the Pentland Hills the...
6 May 2015 - No comments
The Grandhome Trust are pressing ahead with phase one works of a huge Aberdeen satellite town with the submission of a planning application for infrastructure enabling the delivery of 650 homes....
6 May 2015 - No comments
The deadline for entries to the Architecture Scotland Annual 2015 has been extended to Monday 11 May, offering a last gasp window to get your project in print alongside the best new buildings the...
6 May 2015 - No comments
BRE Innovation Park in Ravenscraig has been chosen as the venue for a green homes showcase organised by Home Energy Scotland to look at energy efficiency standards in social housing. Taking...
5 May 2015 - No comments
A £7.8m community health centre in Kilsyth has been completed by hub South West, the first of three such facilities being delivered by NHS Lanarkshire. Designed by Reiach & Hall Architects...
5 May 2015 - No comments
Machrihanish Airbase Community Company (MACC), owners of Campbeltown Airport, has released concept visualisations prepared by Doug James of Mode Design for a proposed spaceport at the former RAF...
1 May 2015 - No comments
Caledon Group has begun marketing a £1.5m conversion of a former bank at 190 Trongate, which it is in process of transforming into eight serviced apartments above a ground floor retail unit....
1 May 2015 - No comments
Cube Housing Association has submitted plans to build 70 homes on vacant ground at Liddesdale Road, Milton , delivering a mix of two and three bedroom houses, retirement flats and cottage flats on...

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