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30 Oct 2020 - No comments
A disused department store in Hawick is to be brought back to life as office accommodation at the hands of Aitken Turnbull following submission of revised plans for the local landmark. A value...
30 Oct 2020 - No comments
A disused petrol station on Dundee's West Marketgait has been taken on by Crosslane Group who have submitted proposals to build 178 studio flats for students. Situated in the industrial...
29 Oct 2020 - No comments
A dated dwelling in Blackford , Edinburgh, is to give way to a modern Passivhaus Plus home - a class of energy-efficient design which stipulates on-site production of all net energy needs....
29 Oct 2020 - No comments
A medieval bridge hidden beneath the River Teviot for centuries has been rediscovered by archaeologists following two years of research, field surveys, drone photography, dendrochronology and...
28 Oct 2020 - No comments
Pitlochry Festival Theatre is bucking the trend with plans to create a second performance space and expanded front of house area even as other theatres close. Susie Bridges Architects have...
28 Oct 2020 - No comments
Fife councillors have granted planning consent to a rescue plan for the 17th century Leslie House near Glenrothes, former seat of the Rothes family. The A-listed manor lies between the River...
27 Oct 2020 - No comments
Kelvin Properties have launched their second build to rent development in Glasgow, a collection of 20 flats at Charing Cross designed by Holmes Miller Architects. Mitchell Apartments is on the...
27 Oct 2020 - No comments
Proposals to urbanise the M8 motorway through Glasgow have won approval from councillors who have embraced measures to 'untangle the spaghetti' by reducing the frequency of junctions in the...
27 Oct 2020 - No comments
Threesixty Architecture have returned to Glasgow's Springfield Quay with plans to reconfigure the ground floor as a new leisure unit and establish a new entrance tower. The works have been...
26 Oct 2020 - No comments
A new animation offers prospective guests a first look at the refurbished Cameron House Hotel , as the five-star resort gears up to put fire and pandemic behind it when it reopens in April 2021....
26 Oct 2020 - No comments
A report by the Scottish Tourism Recovery Task Force has recommended the trial of a new initiative to replicate the Spanish Parador hotel network, as part of measures to boost the struggling...
26 Oct 2020 - No comments
Proposals for a replacement rural family home in Broxburn by Iain Gaul Architects have been posted by City of Edinburgh planners. An existing 1970s property at Totley Wells Lodge will be...
23 Oct 2020 - No comments
A laundry and water tower once belonging to Portobello Swimming Baths has inspired a vertical seaside residence which takes its cue from the pattern of sand grains on a nearby beach. The...
23 Oct 2020 - No comments
Possilpark People's Trust, a community development trust, has enlisted Collective Architecture to deliver a replacement community centre in North Glasgow. The phased development plan will see...
23 Oct 2020 - No comments
A disused garage in Edinburgh city centre could play host to a bespoke low carbon home if plans just submitted by 7N Architects are realised. An unprepossessing brick structure on Spey Street...
22 Oct 2020 - No comments
Alan Dunlop Architects are to refurbish a C-listed coastal property on the edge of the Crail conservation area in Fife, on behalf of an American client. The Watch House controlled the supply...
22 Oct 2020 - No comments
George Buchanan Architects have won consent for 36 apartments for social rent, replacing a disused annexe of Bellahouston Academy, Cessnock. Minor design revisions were carried out to the...
22 Oct 2020 - No comments
A new hospital for Aberdeen is to move on-site next month after NHS Grampian and Graham Construction agreed a £161m contract to build the Baird Family Hospital and ANCHOR Centre . Land...
22 Oct 2020 - No comments
Glasgow City Council has accepted £2.705m from the Scottish Government's Regeneration Capital Grant Fund (RCGF) to progress five community projects in deprived areas around the city. Elderpark...
21 Oct 2020 - No comments
The Glasgow Hilton is to receive a major refurbishment with all 319 guest bedrooms benefitting from new decor as well as three additional bedrooms carved out of a redundant executive lounge on...
21 Oct 2020 - No comments
Proposals to extend and alter St Mark's Church on Portobello High Street to make it more accessible have been filed by LeeBoyd Architects. The practice will upgrade the B-listed Neo-Classical...
20 Oct 2020 - No comments
Northcare and Unum Partnership have come forward with proposals to erect a 71-bed care home at Lower Bridge Street, Stirling, jettisoning a larger masterplan in the process. A ' visually...
20 Oct 2020 - No comments
Palm Capital have come forward with their initial plans for the development of surplus land around Edinburgh's Orchard Brae House to provide 62 apartments and townhouses. 7N Architects have...
20 Oct 2020 - No comments
NHS Grampian, Aberdeen City Council and the University of Aberdeen have come together to deliver a new mortuary to replace two existing facilities in the city. Serving North East Scotland and...
19 Oct 2020 - No comments
Alan Dunlop Architects have entered pre-planning discussions with Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Planning Authority to build three larch clad affordable homes at Aberfoyle within the...
19 Oct 2020 - No comments
Sanctuary Group has begun the first phase of a residential-led redevelopment of Glasgow's former Victoria Infirmary which will deliver 135 affordable homes and 11 shops. The £29.3m project...
19 Oct 2020 - No comments
Jmarchitects have been granted planning consent to convert Dundee's A-listed Custom House to form 20 apartments together with the construction of twin new build blocks for a further 29 flats....
16 Oct 2020 - No comments
A Glasgow based coffee house has established its new headquarters at 200 Gallowgate following the transformation of a disused retail unit. Us V Them: Engineering Coffee was founded in 2017 by...
16 Oct 2020 - No comments
The public are to have their say on a residential-led mixed-use development east of Livingston, West Lothian. A digital consultation has launched for Drumshoreland Garden Community which...
15 Oct 2020 - No comments
Block 9 Architects have completed the conversion of a B-listed villa to form three apartments, joined by two new mews properties and a further three townhouses within the grounds, after being...
15 Oct 2020 - No comments
LDN Architects have revisited plans to build ten apartments on the site of a former public convenience at Canaan Lane , Edinburgh. The sandstone fronted block of flats will slot into the...
14 Oct 2020 - No comments
Landlords are responding to occupier demand for smaller more flexible office units with delivery of new customisable spaces. Castleforge Partners has commissioned Scotwood, Morgan McDonnell and...
14 Oct 2020 - No comments
Cruden Homes has launched a Knockroon-inspired traditionally-styled housing development at Longniddry , East Lothian, which delivers a variety of properties reminiscent of the Georgian and...
13 Oct 2020 - No comments
The Highland Council has undertaken a full restoration of Nairn's B-listed courthouse including removal and replacement of a viewing tower as well as refurbishment of the clock mechanism and...
13 Oct 2020 - No comments
A Stirling beauty spot is to be subject to a visitor centre, cafe and car park to accommodate growing numbers of visitors. Stirling Council has given the all-clear to proposals by Bell Ingram...
13 Oct 2020 - No comments
A housebuilder is meeting occupier demand for home office solutions by teaming up with Livingston-based garden pod provider urbanpods. CALA Homes is offering stay at home residents the chance...
13 Oct 2020 - No comments
Scottish Canals have shown off an electronic footbridge and pedestrian link connecting communities on both sides of the Forth & Clyde Canal at Woodside. The automated Garscube Bridge and...
12 Oct 2020 - No comments
This quarter Urban Realm we don't do anything by halves as we bring you the lowdown on everything from a new generation of engineers moving to change the world to a full report on the Scottish...
12 Oct 2020 - No comments
Inverclyde Council with Hub West Scotland have instructed CCG to move on-site with a £2.8m nursery at Stafford Road, Greenock on 19 October. Larkfield Early Learning Centre has been designed...
12 Oct 2020 - No comments
The Springburn Winter Gardens Trust and Collective Architecture have revealed detailed plans for the restoration of an A-listed glasshouse at the heart of Springburn Park. Derelict since 1983...
12 Oct 2020 - No comments
Link Group has taken possession of the final phase of a 105 home development at Law Place in East Kilbride following their handover by Swan Group and the JR Group. A mix of mid-market...
12 Oct 2020 - No comments
A 15.6-hectare site, formerly occupied by Ruchill Hospital, has been earmarked by Bellway Homes for the delivery of 403 homes . An A-listed water tower , all that remains of the former...
9 Oct 2020 - No comments
Haus Collective on behalf of Westpoint Homes have conceived plans for 55 dual aspect apartments at a former depot off Greenholme Street in Cathcart, Glasgow. The urban infill will comprise...
9 Oct 2020 - No comments
A £15m distillery emphasising the visitor experience has been proposed for Stirling with the production side augmented by a tasting, room, restaurant and bar. The Wolfcraig Distillery has been...
8 Oct 2020 - No comments
Langside Halls Trust have asked Hoskins Architects to identify a sustainable long-term future for the A-listed venue on Glasgow's south side. The practice will undertake a 20-month feasibility...
8 Oct 2020 - No comments
A traditional Victorian villa in Eskbank, Midlothian, has been given a striking makeover at the hands of Capital A Architecture. A contemporary addition was specified by the owners Nigel and...
8 Oct 2020 - No comments
The first neighbourhood of a planned 7,000 home community at Grandhome near Aberdeen has been anchored with the unveiling of a multi-purpose outdoor space. Davidston Square has been designed...
7 Oct 2020 - No comments
An historic terrace at Glasgow's Park Circus is complete with the unveil of the final properties at the Kelvingrove development. Park Quadrant Residences has been delivered by Ambassador...
7 Oct 2020 - No comments
Dundee Heritage Trust and Aim Design have come together to oversee the refurbishment and extension of the Discovery Point museum and visitor centre. Planned interventions will create a total of...
7 Oct 2020 - No comments
A disused office block in Glasgow city centre is to be repurposed as 92 flats for private rent under new plans filed by Mosaic Architecture + Design on behalf of Calmont Group. Dalian House ,...
6 Oct 2020 - No comments
Construction work has commenced on a private care home in Stirling with contractor CCG moving on-site to deliver the 50-bed facility on behalf of Morrison Community Care. Located on Randolph...
6 Oct 2020 - No comments
A Glasgow-based architecture practice is brushing aside the pandemic to embark on an ambitious expansion drive which will see it recruit five new architects up and down the country. Flush from...
5 Oct 2020 - No comments
North Lanarkshire Council is inviting members of the public to have their say on a decade-long town hub investment plan two years on from first announcing its vision. The local authority has...
5 Oct 2020 - No comments
Hoskins Architects have won a design competition to transform a former outpost of the Neuengamme concentration camp in Wolfsburg, Germany, into a memorial. Working in partnership with landscape...
5 Oct 2020 - No comments
Proposals for another build-to-rent development in Glasgow have surfaced with the submission of plans for 424 apartments at Beith Street, Partick. Adjoining the West Village and West View...
2 Oct 2020 - No comments
Architecture and Design Scotland with the Royal Incorporation of Architects Scotland have named a diverse selection of winning work at the 19th Student Awards for Architecture . Judged under...
2 Oct 2020 - No comments
DSArchitecture have completed a pair of semi-detached mews properties at 23 Dublin Street Lane South in Edinburgh, replacing a collection of unlisted outbuildings. Grounded in traditional...
2 Oct 2020 - No comments
NVDC Architects have authored plans fort an infill apartment block within the courtyard of a 1930's fire station, itself previously converted into flats. LS Homes have identified the site at...
1 Oct 2020 - No comments
The public is being invited to have their say on a significant expansion of Queensferry on fields to the south of the town off Builyeon Road. CALA Homes has launched a consultation on its...
1 Oct 2020 - No comments
East Lothian Community Hospital in Haddington is now fully complete following final handover of by Hub South East. Landscaping and additional car parking has been finished in the grounds...
1 Oct 2020 - No comments
The Link Group has delivered 30 homes at the former Wishaw Market on East Academy Street. The brownfield social housing project includes a mix of flats and houses designed by Mast Architects,...

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