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30 Jun 2017 - No comments
Barony Homes, together with Jewitt & Wilkie Architects, have brought forward proposals to convert the B-listed former Golfhill Primary, Dennistoun , to flatted residential accommodation together...
29 Jun 2017 - No comments
Linlithgow-based :thatstudio have unveiled an ‘inside outside’ three-bedroom home within the Dollar park conservation areas of Falkirk. Arnothill takes the form of a repurposed stables and...
28 Jun 2017 - No comments
A decaying castle in Stirling is being brought back to life by FM Group who have begun the process of sympathetically remodeling the historic home to form 10 flats. Working to designs prepared...
28 Jun 2017 - No comments
Edinburgh Napier University has begun the process of stripping cladding from its Bainfield Halls of residence in Fountain Park, amidst fire safety fears raised in the aftermath of the Grenfell...
28 Jun 2017 - No comments
Highland Council have celebrated delivery of a new school’s campus in Fort William, drawing together pupils of the former Caol and St Columba’s Primaries together on one site. Caol Joint...
28 Jun 2017 - No comments
Moray Council have fired the starting gun on a £12m sports centre after planners gave their blessing to designs drawn up by Halliday Fraser Munro for agricultural land to the south of Elgin ....
27 Jun 2017 - No comments
Edinburgh University has unveiled plans for a radical extension to Teviot Row House, billed as the world’s oldest purpose-built student union, under a £75m modernization plan. Occupying a...
26 Jun 2017 - No comments
The Scottish Government has launched a tower block safety review in the wake of the Grenfell Tower blaze in London as part of a wider review of building standards in the wake of the tragedy....
26 Jun 2017 - No comments
Susan Stephen Architects have brought forward plans to build 24 supported living apartments at West Bowling Green Street, Edinburgh, on behalf of HB Villages. Situated off the Water of Leith...
26 Jun 2017 - No comments
Historic Environment Scotland have unwrapped an £11m building conservation centre at Forthside Way, Stirling, in order to help propagate the knowledge, skills and materials required to maintain...
26 Jun 2017 - No comments
The University of St Andrews has finalised plans for an £8m Flanagan Lawrence designed music centre at Queen’s Terrace in the expectation that work could begin by the end of the year....
23 Jun 2017 - No comments
Austin-Smith:Lord have unwrapped a refurbishment of a B-listed former National Bank of Scotland building at Nicolson Square, Edinburgh, on behalf of The Royal College of Surgeons. Originally...
23 Jun 2017 - No comments
DC Thomson has staged a triumphant return to its historic Dundee home at the Meadowside Building following a complete refurbishment of the property. Purpose built in 1906 and later extended...
22 Jun 2017 - No comments
Work has begun on the delivery of a £12.3m centre for printmaking and the creative industry in Edinburgh following conclusion of a successful fundraising drive. Housed within the C-listed...
22 Jun 2017 - No comments
Edinburgh City Council are staging a public drop-in event to build a new Queensferry High School on the site of the existing school’s playing fields – after which the current school will be...
21 Jun 2017 - No comments
A dRMM Architects designed Maggie’s Centre in Oldham, the first building in the world to be built using hardwood cross-laminated timber has opened its doors. Fashioned predominantly from...
21 Jun 2017 - No comments
Drum Property Group will set out its stall for the development of Glasgow’s Pacific Quay on Thursday at a public exhibition outlining its intent to progress homes, offices, restaurants and a new...
20 Jun 2017 - No comments
Dundee planners have recommended that planning permission be granted to a development of four mixed us blocks on the city’s waterfront containing a hotel, offices, homes and associated retail...
20 Jun 2017 - No comments
Seven competing designs have been shortlisted from 125 entrants to revitalize Edinburgh’s Ross Pavilion, giving the public the chance to get a feel for how the new pavilion and a reimagined...
19 Jun 2017 - No comments
Link Group have advanced plans for a community of 68 homes for social rent at Olympia Street, Bridgeton , with the intention of fostering an ‘exemplar model of inclusive and affordable inner...
16 Jun 2017 - No comments
The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service have brought forward revised plans for a new Inverness Custice Centre , building upon the initial concept conceived by Reiach & Hall. The updated...
16 Jun 2017 - No comments
Planners at Midlothian Council have lent their consent to the expansion Edinburgh Technopole Science Park in Penicuik. This clears the way for construction of three new office and laboratory...
15 Jun 2017 - No comments
The Royal Institute of British Architects are to open a new architecture centre on the Liverpool waterfront this weekend as a hub for exhibitions, talks and tours. RIBA North has been designed...
15 Jun 2017 - No comments
Glasgow City Council has expedited completion of a BDP designed ‘southern extension’ to the Buchanan Galleries shopping mall, allowing Land Securities to expand its Buchanan Street footprint...
15 Jun 2017 - No comments
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland has lauded 12 projects from around the country as exemplifying the best examples of modern architecture. RIAS president Stewart Henderson...
14 Jun 2017 - No comments
EWP Investments and EMA architects & masterplanners have brought forward plans for the latest phase of development at Southdale, a mixed-use development to the south of Armadale Station ....
14 Jun 2017 - No comments
Dormant plans to squeeze a three storey townhouse above an access pend sandwiched between two tenements on Havelock Street in Glasgow’s west end have been resurrected – conforming to designs...
13 Jun 2017 - No comments
7N Architects have undertaken the design of 199 homes for mid-market rent on behalf of Link Housing Association on brownfield land at Salamander Place, Leith. Delivered in partnership with...
13 Jun 2017 - No comments
John Gilbert Architects have introduced an all new Passivhaus-standard template for social housing designed to offer providers a readymade solution for meeting stringent targets on energy...
13 Jun 2017 - No comments
Student accommodation provider Watkin Jones is to press ahead with a 199-bed build in Aberdeen after securing the financial backing of institutional investor Europa Generation. The deal saw...
12 Jun 2017 - No comments
Michael Laird Architects have produced a planning application for the latest addition to Edinburgh’s BioQuarter life sciences campus. MOB 2 will conform to an existing masterplan for the...
12 Jun 2017 - No comments
Perth & Kinross Council are exhibiting five shortlisted designs for the redevelopment of Perth City Hall , enabling the public to have their say on initial concept designs. Austin-Smith:Lord...
9 Jun 2017 - No comments
Places for People has submitted plans to bring forward the next phase of development at Granton Waterfront to City of Edinburgh Council in the form of 89 new homes on Waterfront Avenue.  The...
8 Jun 2017 - No comments
The granite city is looking to paint itself in a riot of colour in the latest commission to emerge from BDP’s City Centre Masterplan . Councillors are keen to bring new life to the nighttime...
8 Jun 2017 - No comments
Knight Property Group has awarded ISG an £8m contract to redevelop the former Edinburgh House on St Andrew Square to offer Grade A office space. Architects CDA have already been brought on...
7 Jun 2017 - No comments
ARPL Architects have come out on top in a design competition organized by the Glasgow Institute of Architects to reimagine the historic Midsteeple Quarter in Dumfries . Placing town centre...
7 Jun 2017 - No comments
McAslan & Partners have seen off all challengers to secure a £75m commission to build a new archive facility for the National Galleries of Scotland at Granton, Edinburgh. Located at Madelvic...
6 Jun 2017 - No comments
Holmes Miller have filed an application for planning in principle to erect a hotel, museum, shop and ticket office for Celtic Football Club . Occupying 2.2 hectares of land to the south of...
6 Jun 2017 - No comments
Land artist Charles Jencks, creator of an arts landscape at Crawick Multiverse in the Borders, is to host architect Daniel Liebskind at Sanquhar town hall on Saturday 24 June where the pair will...
5 Jun 2017 - No comments
Planning in principle is being sought for conversion of Dundee’s former Dens Road Market to form an indoor adventure play centre . Occupying a collection of redundant mill buildings Arktx...
5 Jun 2017 - No comments
JM Architects have brought forward an application for permission in principle for the mixed-use transformation of an electricity substation in Edinburgh’s Exchange district to accommodate...
2 Jun 2017 - No comments
CALA Homes have moved on-site of a new build residential project called The Crescent located within the grounds of Edinburgh’s former Donaldson’s College – which will itself be converted to...
2 Jun 2017 - No comments
Highland Council are considering a new planning application filed by CRGP Architects to erect a 40-bed car home off Ness Road, Fortrose. Prepared on behalf of the Parklands Group the facility...
2 Jun 2017 - No comments
The Scottish Prisons Service have filed an application for planning in principle to erect a new HMP Highland at Inverness Retail and Business Park to replace an overcrowded city centre jail....
2 Jun 2017 - No comments
A £150m development of 834 new homes and a primary school has been given the all clear in Newton Mearns by east Renfrewshire Council. Maidenhill is a joint venture between CALA Homes and...
1 Jun 2017 - No comments
In the spirit of live and lively architectural discourse Urban Realm is partnering with The Architecture Fringe to host a real-time distillation of everything that makes us tick - with added beer....
1 Jun 2017 - No comments
John Meunier, one of the architects behind Glasgow’s A-listed Burrell Museum now emeritus professor of architecture at Arizona State University, has issued an 11th hour plea to John McAslan &...
1 Jun 2017 - No comments
Glasgow City Council has committed £940k in funding toward creation of a BMX track in Knightswood and mountain bike trails within Cathkin Braes Country Park ahead of the 2018 European...
1 Jun 2017 - No comments
Austin-Smith: Lord, Hoskins Architects, LDN, Mecanoo and Richard Murphy Architects have made it to the final five in a RIAS-led design competition to breathe new life into Perth City Hall after...

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