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31 Aug 2015 - No comments
Fresh from their work on Edinburgh’s Advocate’s Close and The Registers Morgan McDonnell Architects have filed an application for the B-listed Maritime Building on East Dock Street,...
31 Aug 2015 - No comments
Halliday Fraser Munro has applied for planning permission to erect 32 flats on behalf of Barratt Homes on the site of a former Aberdeen gas works. Situated adjacent to a larger 'Ocean'...
31 Aug 2015 - No comments
Dundee & Angus College is to proceed with a full external re-clad of a library and tower block at its Kingsway Campus . Overseen by Arktx the work will see all windows replaced together with...
28 Aug 2015 - No comments
Work to build 924 student flats as well as a collection of bars, shops, restaurants and office space is progressing apace at Holyrood North, the latest student housing led project to take shape in...
28 Aug 2015 - No comments
Detailed plans have been submitted by Henry Boot Developments for a £333m Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre at Rowett North, Bucksburn. Prepared by Keppie Design the plans will be...
27 Aug 2015 - No comments
The most senior staff member tasked with delivering the Festival of Architecture 2016 has quit just months before the programme of events was due to kick off. Gerry Grams was appointed as...
27 Aug 2015 - No comments
Robert Gordon University have completed a £16m new Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & the Built Environment, ahead of the arrival of students and staff next month at the Aberdeen school....
27 Aug 2015 - No comments
Planning permission has been granted for a 152,623 sq/ft office block and 233 space underground car park on Edinburgh’s James Morrison Street financed by Hermes Investment Management....
26 Aug 2015 - No comments
A £25m master plan for the Leanachan Forest area of Ben Nevis has been given the nod by Highland councillors, paving the way for an 80-bed hotel and up to 50 holiday lodges to be built....
26 Aug 2015 - No comments
HLM have unveiled a low energy passive house in the Highland village of Gorstan, Ross-shire, which blends traditional features with the latest energy consumption and emission standards....
26 Aug 2015 - No comments
Long stalled plans for the conversion of William Playfair’s A-listed Donaldson’s College , Edinburgh, to residential use have been rekindled with the submission of plans by City & Country to...
25 Aug 2015 - No comments
Construction work has begun on a £22m Clydebank Leisure Centre after BAM were appointed by hub West Scotland to deliver the waterfront facility. Incorporating a 25m pool, sports hall, café...
25 Aug 2015 - No comments
Malcolm Fraser Architects have announced that they have ceased trading as of 21 August after losing a battle to make the business profitable. The decision brings to an end a practice which has...
25 Aug 2015 - No comments
Aberdeen is brushing off the effects of a sliding oil price with Status Properties submitting plans for a hotel and office development in Aberdeen, the latest in a series of high rise proposals to...
21 Aug 2015 - No comments
CRGP have submitted plans to extend the A-listed Queens Park Baptist church by creating a new link building connecting the existing hall and sanctuary by raising a new roof structure over an...
21 Aug 2015 - No comments
Macdonald Rusacks Hotel has been given the go-ahead to build a 44 room extension in St Andrews complete with a rooftop bar and restaurant offering panoramic views of the Old Course. Designed...
21 Aug 2015 - No comments
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde have announced a £40m modernisation plan for the Institute of Neurological Sciences within the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital campus. This will see the...
20 Aug 2015 - No comments
Plans to build a build a visitor centre on the old Military Road at the Rest and Be Thankful have been fueled by the backing of motorsport champion Sir Jackie Stewart, who used to race a number of...
20 Aug 2015 - No comments
A £24m replacement Oban High School is set to be given the all clear after Argyll and Bute Council recommended that planning permission be granted for the new school , clearing the way for...
19 Aug 2015 - No comments
Scottish Borders Council is considering an application to build a new gallery space to house the Great Tapestry of Scotland within the village of Tweedbank – terminus of the Borders railway...
19 Aug 2015 - No comments
Glasgow Harbour has submitted plans for yet more student flats in Partick with proposals to erect 407 student rooms ; including conversion of the B-listed Scotway House, a former drawing office...
18 Aug 2015 - No comments
The finishing touches are currently being made to Glasgow’s latest student residential build, 257 bedroom scheme nestled within the Collegelands masterplan by Fresh Student Living. Merchant...
18 Aug 2015 - No comments
A proposal of application notice has been lodged for a £200m expansion of Aberdeen’s Union Square shopping centre to provide new retail and leisure space alongside additional parking spaces and...
18 Aug 2015 - No comments
Morgan Sindall Professional Services (MSPS) and AHR Architect have conducted a formal handover ceremony for Biggar Primary School as teachers and pupils move into their new premises. Delivered...
17 Aug 2015 - No comments
Stallan-Brand Architects have submitted plans for their second primary school in as many days with proposals for a replacement Langlee Primary to take the place of an existing 1960s building on...
17 Aug 2015 - No comments
Work to deliver 218 new student bedrooms within a converted office block off Blythswood Square, Glasgow , is nearing completion with Graham Construction applying the finishing touches to the...
14 Aug 2015 - No comments
The University of Aberdeen has opened the doors to a £2m on campus nursery for the pre-school children of students and staff, the first fully certified Passivhaus building in Scotland to also...
14 Aug 2015 - No comments
An initiative designed to bring derelict and vacant land back into temporary is beginning to bear its first fruits with the delivery of an array of projects including an outdoor gym, wildflower...
13 Aug 2015 - No comments
Dundee City Council has published its planning and design guidelines for a £1bn waterfront masterplan following completion of the majority of infrastructure work. A series of guides for...
13 Aug 2015 - No comments
Rhubarb Blue have submitted an application to demolish a funeral directors on Glasgow’s Minerva Street and build 13 flats together with associated parking beneath a landscaped amenity deck....
12 Aug 2015 - No comments
Contentious plans to erect a set-piece hotel at the heart of the planned redevelopment of Edinburgh’s St James Centre have been given the go-ahead by the city’s development management...
12 Aug 2015 - No comments
Stallan-Brand have lodged a detailed planning application with Scottish Borders Council for Broomlands Primary, a new community school and early years facility in Kelso. Seeking to take...
12 Aug 2015 - No comments
Argyll and Bute Council has submitted a planning application for a Ryder designed extension to the existing Kirn Primary, Dunoon , to accommodate up to 320 pupils and a 30 space nursery....
11 Aug 2015 - No comments
West Dunbartonshire Council has applied for planning permission for the construction of Keppie-designed council offices on the site of the A-listed Academy Building within Dumbarton town centre....
11 Aug 2015 - No comments
An abandoned RAF base perched on a cliff edge overlooking the Forth is set to become a new home for a high flier with it being offered for sale with full planning permission for £3.5m. Plans...
11 Aug 2015 - No comments
A stalled £20m office development in Aberdeen has been reworked to accommodate 337 student rooms following a rethink by developer Dandara . The about turn has seen Halliday Fraser Munro...
10 Aug 2015 - No comments
EMA Architects have submitted plans for the replacement of two large warehouses on an 8 hectare site off Abbey Lane, Edinburgh, with 139 apartments in a series of four and six storey blocks for...
10 Aug 2015 - No comments
Glasgow City Council has committed itself to constructing 25,000 homes by 2025 in partnership with the public and private sectors as part of its People Make Glasgow Home housing strategy. This...
7 Aug 2015 - No comments
Titan Investors have submitted plans for a 10 storey office block at 200 Renfield Street offering 180,000 sq/ft of grade A accommodation, completing the redevelopment of an entire city block in...
7 Aug 2015 - No comments
Perth & Kinross Council has taken delivery of two new primary schools from Hub East Central Scotland in Crieff and Perth following completion by BAM construction. The £18m project will...
7 Aug 2015 - No comments
A £5.2m transport interchange in Galashiels has been unveiled by Scottish Borders Council ahead of its formal opening to the public on Monday. Serving as a gateway to the Borders railway,...
7 Aug 2015 - No comments
A £300m transformation of former dockland at Granton Harbour, Edinburgh, has been thrown into doubt following reports that officials are set to reject the plan when it goes before planning on...
7 Aug 2015 - No comments
Muirhouse Housing Association has taken possession of a further 64 homes in the final phase of its redevelopment of the former BT training ground in Edinburgh . Originally designed by Yeoman...
6 Aug 2015 - No comments
A B-listed chapel on Edinburgh’s Rose Street is set to be transformed into a four star boutique hotel with Glendola Leisure Group drawing up designs for the establishment ahead of a planning...
6 Aug 2015 - No comments
The Heritage Lottery Fund has endorsed a £6.1m outline bid to redevelop Kilmartin Museum, Argyll , after awarding the project with a £400k grant and agreeing to consider a separate £3.1m...
6 Aug 2015 - No comments
York Museums Trust have opened the doors to a newly refurbished York Art Gallery following an extensive programme of expansion and refurbishment at the hands of Simpson & Brown and Ushida Findlay...
5 Aug 2015 - No comments
Civic Room is to launch a curated events space within a former British Linen Bank branch on Glasgow’s High Street later today as a space for artists and architects to come together for shared...
5 Aug 2015 - No comments
Barratt have submitted plans to demolish the unlisted former Victoria Road Primary School, Aberdeen , to make way for 62 homes designed by Halliday Fraser Munro. This will see a light-grey...
4 Aug 2015 - No comments
Inverclyde Council is poised to appoint a main contractor for delivery of a £1.8m community centre in Inverkip ahead of an anticipated autumn start on-site. Designed by SasanBell Architects...
4 Aug 2015 - No comments
Plans to deliver the latest school to be designed by Holmes Miller have reached financial close, clearing the way for construction to begin in Greenock. St Patrick’s Primary is being...
4 Aug 2015 - No comments
Empiric Student Property have announced they are to press ahead with a 200-bed student residential scheme in Stirling after splashing out £650k to acquire a Forthside side with planning permission...
3 Aug 2015 - No comments
A custom-built auditorium built by Paines Plough, the London-based performing arts theatre, has returned to the Edinburgh Festival. The Roundabout auditorium is a portable theatre located at...
3 Aug 2015 - No comments
Morrison Construction have moved on-site of a £55.75m Anderson High School and halls of residence on the Shetland Islands is set to get underway after the project reached financial close....
3 Aug 2015 - No comments
Glasgow Housing Association has finalised plans for the simultaneous blow-down of six tower blocks at Red Road, one year on from an abortive bid to bring the blocks down during the opening...

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