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31 May 2017 - No comments
The National Galleries of Scotland have scaled back plans for an ambitious transformation of its Edinburgh base after discovering that aspects of the £16.8m Hoskins designed project were more...
31 May 2017 - No comments
Moxon Architects have filed plans for a new practice headquarters in Crathie, Aberdeenshire , giving the team room to expand from their temporary home in a converted steading . Pencilled in...
30 May 2017 - No comments
Expresso Property are to begin work to complete a missing link at Glasgow’s Park Circus next month with construction of 98 homes ranging from one bedroom flats through to four-bed duplexes....
30 May 2017 - No comments
Wavegarden Scotland have formally submitted plans to City of Edinburgh Council to build a new artificial wave park for surfers within the disused Craigpark Quarry, Ratho. Masterplanned and...
26 May 2017 - No comments
The Scottish Design Awards , held in partnership with Urban Realm, have marked a second decade of exemplary design in style with recognition for a welter of work from Reiach & Hall’s translucent...
26 May 2017 - No comments
Glasgow City Council has given its approval to the delivery of 140 new homes for social rent in Pollokshields, taking the place of a redundant gas works. The £20m project off Maxwell Road...
25 May 2017 - No comments
An Aberdeenshire sheep shelter has been transformed into studio workspace by Moxon Architects as a temporary office solution for the practice ahead of delivery of a permanent new studio in 2018....
25 May 2017 - No comments
CCG have taken the wraps off a second phase of 19 homes to be delivered at Whitehall Street, Glasgow,  in an area previously known as The Botany. The latest phase of a Maryhill Locks...
25 May 2017 - No comments
A trio of historic closes in Edinburgh’s Old Town will play host to a month-long experimental arts installation this summer, with a team of artists and architects transforming the forgotten...
24 May 2017 - No comments
Aberdeen City Council is expected to defer a decision on whether grant approval to Aberdeen Football Club’s Kingsford Stadium plans until October in order to meet requests for additional...
24 May 2017 - No comments
Yeoman McAllister Architects are in the driving seat for a new Porsche Centre to be built at Broxden Business park, Perth, on behalf of Peter Vardy. Situated off the busy A9 the £3.5m scheme...
23 May 2017 - No comments
Inglis and Carr have drafted plans for construction of a new care home within the grounds of Craigcrook Castle, Edinburgh , through removal of unsympathetic later additions and a ruined stables...
23 May 2017 - No comments
Off-site manufacturing specialists CCG have showcased their innovative construction technology at a new residential build on the site of the old Uddingston Public Hall at Mill Place. Taking...
22 May 2017 - No comments
JCDecaux has unveiled its latest digital billboard, the Edinburgh Arch, overlooking the Gogar Roundabout close to Edinburgh Airport. Motorists are now presented by two 41 sq/m HD screens...
22 May 2017 - No comments
Smith Scott Mullan Architects have filed plans for a new fire and rescue training facility at Newbridge, Edinburgh , following expiry of a previous outline approval for the same site. Located...
19 May 2017 - No comments
A 589-bed modular student build is taking shape in Glasgow’s West End with application of the first cladding to the Chinese-backed venture. Construction is now 80% complete on the true...
19 May 2017 - No comments
Edinburgh’s Queen’s Hall has begun the fundraising process to realise a £3m modernization of the historic venue to carry out vital repairs and introduce a new glass-fronted entrance porch....
19 May 2017 - No comments
Buccleuch Property and Mactaggart & Mickel are to press ahead with infrastructure works at the largest urban expansion project in Edinburgh and Midlothian after signing a £4m contract with...
18 May 2017 - No comments
A 10-year project to create a new cultural hub for Dunfermline has reached its natural conclusion with the arrival of the first visitors to the revamped Carnegie Library and Galleries . The...
18 May 2017 - No comments
Singular comedian Billy Connolly is in line for a trio of mural tributes as part of a ‘larger than life’ recognition of the ‘Big Yin’ by BBC Scotland in conjunction with Glasgow City...
17 May 2017 - No comments
Glencairn Properties and LBA Architects have secured a prized planning consent to deliver three townhouses overlooking Edinburgh’s Royal Observatory and Liberton Tower at Liberton Brae. The...
17 May 2017 - No comments
Our Enterprise working in conjunction with HTA Design have filed plans for a second phase of development at Dundee Waterfront , where the former Dundee West Railway Station once stood, as the city...
17 May 2017 - No comments
Kearnay Donaid Partnership have revealed their intent to build 32 apartments arranged across four, four-storey blocks on the site of a former petrol filling station on Grampian Road, Aviemore ....
16 May 2017 - No comments
LDA Design have formally requested that planning permission be granted for a major intervention at Aberdeen’s Union Terrace Gardens which would see a variety of alterations, repairs,...
16 May 2017 - No comments
The former Broxburn Primary in West Lothian has begun a new life as housing for older people following redevelopment and extension of the former school. Develivered by affordable partnership...
15 May 2017 - No comments
Asset management specialists M&G Real Estate have won consent to proceed with a £100m speculative office development at 33 Cadogan Street, Glasgow. Corunna House would be demolished and...
15 May 2017 - No comments
The Riach Partnership have dusted down plans to build 32 apartments on vacant land off Eaglesham Road, Jackton Village, with a formal planning application to South Lanarkshire Council ....
15 May 2017 - No comments
Sheppard Robson Architects have won planning consent to build 180 flats, maisonettes and town houses on a brownfield site overlooking Edinburgh’s Water of Leith. Canonmills Garden is being...
15 May 2017 - No comments
Demolition of the former Glasgow College of Food Technology complex on Cathedral Street has taken place over the weekend with removal of a gable wall in a painstaking process from Saturday night...
12 May 2017 - No comments
Kirkwood Homes have tabled revised plans for a development of 45 flats on land formerly occupied by St Joseph’s Primary at Bellfield Street, Dundee, after withdrawing an earlier 49 home...
12 May 2017 - No comments
Mosaic Architecture + Design have prepared plans for the creation of a 60-bed Travelodge hotel at the junction of Linthouse Road and Govan Road, Glasgow. Incorporating a ground floor bar and...
12 May 2017 - No comments
Keppie Design have secured planning permission in principle for a 102 home residential expansion at the University of the West of Scotland’s Craigie Campus in Ayr. The masterplan calls for...
11 May 2017 - No comments
NHS Grampian are to proceed with the planned Baird Family Hospital and Anchor Centre to replace the current maternity hospital at Forresterhill with the expectation of submitting a formal...
11 May 2017 - No comments
Community right to buy policy has been enacted for the first time to allow the transfer of ownership of an urban site following approval of the sale of Edinburgh’s Portobello Old Parish Church...
10 May 2017 - No comments
Hackland + Dore are pushing plans to build eight flats on Edinburgh’s Friggate Street , within the city’s Portobello conservation area. Presently utilized as a communal courtyard and...
10 May 2017 - No comments
Construction firm CCG has teamed up with discount supermarket chain Lidl in an innovative partnership to deliver new housing and retail within the West Dunbartonshire town of Alexandria. A...
9 May 2017 - No comments
Here + Now have followed up their pop-up gallery in a disused Edinburgh railway tunnel with plans for a community garden, summer house and artists shelter at Madelvic House in the Granton...
9 May 2017 - No comments
Reynolds Architects have pushed forward amended plans to build a dairy in the Wester Ross, Highlands, including its own on-site shop and café. Spearheaded by the Lochcarron Community...
8 May 2017 - No comments
A disused car showroom off Industry Lane in Edinburgh is set to play host to a 23-home residential development after plans for such were filed by Susan Stephen Architects on behalf of Murapol SA....
8 May 2017 - No comments
The University of Strathclyde’s Advanced Forming research Centre has brought virtual and augmented reality to the world of real reality construction with a demonstration of how the technology can...
8 May 2017 - No comments
Hiddleston & Feist Architects have brought forward plans to demolish a vacant factory building on Fairmuir Road, Dundee, to create two detached and six semi-detached houses. The Baltic Works...
5 May 2017 - No comments
CMM Architects have advanced plans for new short stay accommodation above a ground level café at Fergus Drive in Glasgow’s West End. Housing 77 individual apart-hotel suites the scheme...
4 May 2017 - No comments
Threesixty Architecture have been selected to lead development of the Orkney Research + Innovation Campus to be housed within the redeveloped former Old Academy and Primary School of Stromness....
4 May 2017 - No comments
Aberdeen City Council have finalised a £20m proposal to overhaul the city’s Union Terrace Gardens , the latest twist in a long-running saga to upgrade the public space. Part of the city...
3 May 2017 - No comments
David Chipperfield Architects have seen off five challengers to be named as lead designer to build a 1,000-seat concert hall behind Dundas House off Edinburgh’s St Andrews Square including...
3 May 2017 - No comments
Hub East Central have marked completion of BDP’s Waid Community Campus with a formal handover of the £21.5m school by BAM Construction. Gathering council services together under one roof...
2 May 2017 - No comments
ADF Architects have dusted off revised plans to create a mixed-use development comprising a hotel, student residences and a restaurant behind the retained façade of a B-listed art deco furniture...
2 May 2017 - No comments
Graeme Nicholls Architects have staged a new exhibition at The Lighthouse, Glasgow, to kick-off a new programme designed to showcase emerging creative talent to a broader audience. Origins,...

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