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26 Feb 2021 - No comments
A new community pavilion and cafe for Maxwell Park, Pollokshields, has taken shape following extensive local discussions over several years about what to do with a disused council goods yard....
26 Feb 2021 - No comments
CW Properties and Zander Planning have held an online pre-application discussion to set out their vision for a purpose-built student housing development at Minerva Street, Finnieston....
26 Feb 2021 - No comments
Brown & Brown Architects have completed the metamorphosis of a traditional home in the heart of the Cairngorms National Park with a striking timber, glass and stone extension. Removal of a...
26 Feb 2021 - No comments
ISA and Cruden Homes are collaborating on the delivery of 35 flats at Burgh Hall Street, Partick, to replace an existing warehouse. The 0.16-hectare site is envisioned as playing host to a...
25 Feb 2021 - No comments
Union Property Services are proposing the complete redevelopment of an outdated office block at 1 Rennie's Isle to allow for a high-density mixed-use replacement. Rising on the same footprint...
25 Feb 2021 - No comments
Specialist build-to-rent developer PLATFORM_ has obtained planning consent from the City of Edinburgh Council to go-ahead with 453 apartments at Bonnington Road Lane . Built, let and managed...
25 Feb 2021 - No comments
Glasgow City Council has appointed a design team led by Hawkin\Brown Architects and Civic Engineers to regenerate both banks of the River Clyde. Working with Harrison Stevens, Urban Movement,...
25 Feb 2021 - No comments
The City of Edinburgh Council has released the first detailed artist's impressions of a revitalised George Street under its New Town Public Realm Improvements Project. Widened pavements,...
24 Feb 2021 - No comments
A West Lothian nursery has been declared Scotland's first local authority built public Passivhaus standard educational facility following certification. Blackridge Early Years Centre has been...
24 Feb 2021 - No comments
Glasgow councillors have gone against the advice of planners to refuse the construction of 182 build to rent apartments at Speirs Wharf, citing issues around their scale, location and a lack of...
23 Feb 2021 - No comments
Cruden Homes with jmarchitects have prepared plans for an 'anchor' apartment block on brownfield land at Dalmeny near South Queensferry. 16 homes will be built at the junction of Craw's Close...
23 Feb 2021 - No comments
Sustainability specialists Architype have extended their rapid rollout of a new breed of Passivhaus-standard schools with plans for a new Perth primary. Following hot on the heels of Currie...
22 Feb 2021 - No comments
Aberdeen City Council has brought forward plans for 213 homes for social rent at the former Kincorth Academy following its demolition and relocation to a new campus. The move frees up...
22 Feb 2021 - No comments
The University of Dundee has achieved sign-off from the Tay Cities Region Joint Committee to build a new biomedical campus designed by Oberlanders as part of the Tay Cities Deal. The decision...
22 Feb 2021 - No comments
Carson Sall Architects have begun a public consultation to deliver the second phase of a major residential development on the north bank of the River Clyde at Yorkhill Quay. Peel-owned Glasgow...
19 Feb 2021 - No comments
City of Edinburgh Council has revealed plans to build the first Passivhaus-designed secondary school in the country as part of an aggressive bid to achieve net-zero carbon emissions across the...
19 Feb 2021 - No comments
Kirkwood Homes and Inchmarlo Farms have brought forward plans for a £30m five-star hotel in Royal Deeside constituting 45 rooms alongside 95 homes.  Working with 3DReid Architects the...
18 Feb 2021 - No comments
Timber construction and off-site manufacturing specialists CCG have launched a new housing standard that aims to reduce carbon emissions to zero by swapping gas for solar panels, battery storage...
18 Feb 2021 - No comments
Plans have been brought forward to erect a 54-bed care home in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, by Planform Architects on behalf of care provider Meallmore. Replacing an unlisted Victorian villa at 8...
18 Feb 2021 - No comments
North Lanarkshire Council is pressing ahead with twin regeneration projects in Airdrie and Coatbridge as part of a renewed focus on town centres. The authority is set to award a detailed design...
17 Feb 2021 - No comments
A former green at Clydebank Bowling Club is to play a new role as home to 18 flats under new plans filed by the JR Group on behalf of Clydebank Housing Association. The Paisley-based...
17 Feb 2021 - No comments
The Wheatley Group has won planning consent from Glasgow City Council to proceed with a significant development of 254 homes in Glasgow's east end. Calton Village will see Hypostyle...
17 Feb 2021 - No comments
Renfrewshire Council has handed the all-clear to singer Lewis Capaldi to proceed with an expansion of his Eaglesham home. Works to be undertaken by Ewan Cameron Architects include the...
16 Feb 2021 - No comments
Halliday Fraser Munro architects are in the driving seat for a modular nursery within the grounds of Kirkhill Primary School , Aberdeen. Located in the Kincorth area of the city the new...
16 Feb 2021 - No comments
Investment management multinational BlackRock has applied to replace cladding at Caledonian Exchange , an existing office building at 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh. Specified by CDA Architects...
16 Feb 2021 - No comments
Spectrum Properties have resumed work on the final phase of their North Kelvin Apartments project in Maryhill, Glasgow. The Hamlet building is a new build addition to the recently restored...
15 Feb 2021 - No comments
Transport body High-Speed Rail Group (HSRG) has formalised its submission for a connectivity review of UK transport with the suggestion of a twin-bore 25-mile long tunnel beneath the Irish Sea...
15 Feb 2021 - No comments
Jmarchitects have returned to Wallyford, East Lothian, with plans for a learning campus to support both pupils and the local community. Following on from the new Wallyford Primary School, the...
15 Feb 2021 - No comments
Plans to develop a former Giffnock care home on Fenwick Road have taken a step forward with East Renfrewshire Council recommending that consent is granted for 56 flats within the listed main...
12 Feb 2021 - No comments
A B-listed primary school in Glasgow has been restored as part of work to repurpose the building as affordable housing. The former Holmlea Primary School in Cathcart has been rejuvenated by...
12 Feb 2021 - No comments
Edinburgh World Heritage is calling on property owners and tenants to play their part in shaping future conservation priorities in the city. The independent charity, tasked with safeguarding...
12 Feb 2021 - No comments
The JR Group has broken ground on 55 flats for social rent in Finnieston on behalf of Glasgow West Housing Association. Designed by Coltart Earley the tenement-style block will occupy a...
12 Feb 2021 - No comments
Mast Architects and CCG have teamed up for an amenity housing development in Govan, Glasgow. A planning application calls for 47 flats to be built on a 0.265-hectare site on the junction of...
11 Feb 2021 - No comments
Juniper Residential and Yeoman McAllister Architects have teamed up for another retirement living development, this time at Barnton Avenue West , Edinburgh. Consisting of 44 apartments and...
11 Feb 2021 - No comments
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews is on a mission to broaden the nation's love affair with golf via a family-friendly facility at Lethamhill, Glasgow, designed explicitly to draw new...
10 Feb 2021 - No comments
Aberdeen is to establish itself as a food and drink hub with the creation of a £21m Seedpod to grow the sector. Led by Opportunity North East (ONE), an investment grouping chaired by Sir Ian...
10 Feb 2021 - No comments
A 20-week feasibility study into the future of Langside Halls in Glasgow's south side has culminated in the publication of early concept designs online. The community engagement exercise...
10 Feb 2021 - No comments
Stirling Council's housing development arm is to demolish a former homeless hostel on the outskirts of the city following the migration of services to Lower Bridge Street. Having determined...
9 Feb 2021 - No comments
A Newcastle-based architecture practice has hit upon a new approach to solving the housing crisis, by converting disused garages into affordable homes. An extension of a controversial office to...
9 Feb 2021 - No comments
Corstorphine + Wright Architects are to break ground next month on an operations and management facility for Neart na Gaoithe at Eyemouth Harbour . Situated in the Gunsgreen area of the town...
8 Feb 2021 - No comments
Scottish Borders Council has handed Network Rail the al-clear to build a new railway station serving the village of Reston on the East Coast Main Line, despite reservations around the absence of...
8 Feb 2021 - No comments
A public consultation held by joint venture development partners Osborne + Co and MRP - the property development and investment division of construction company McAleer & Rushe - has fleshed out...
5 Feb 2021 - No comments
The Cruden Group has launched two retirement living developments in Perth Kinross comprising 92 properties marketed exclusively at the over 55s under its Juniper Residential brand. Sites at...
4 Feb 2021 - No comments
The Scottish Design Awards are back with a new programme to beat the lockdown and bring together the nation's finest creative minds to celebrate the very best architecture and design. Managed...
4 Feb 2021 - No comments
A major residential development at Granton Waterfront has taken shape with the submission of plans for 444 tenure-blind flats by CCG and Cooper Cromar on behalf of The City of Edinburgh Council....
4 Feb 2021 - No comments
The Scottish Land Commission has proposed a trio of legislative measures designed to address the adverse impact of an over-concentration of land ownership. A newly published discussion paper...
4 Feb 2021 - No comments
The second phase of a masterplan to regenerate a former waste processing works at Powderhall, Edinburgh, has taken shape with a novel intergenerational and Passivhaus facility. Filed by...
3 Feb 2021 - No comments
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) is recruiting for a newly established chief executive position as part of efforts to raise the profile of the profession. Candidates are...
3 Feb 2021 - No comments
Plans to implement a tram link between Glasgow Airport and Paisley Gilmour Street Station are back in play after the infrastructure project was included as part of Transport Scotland's Strategic...
3 Feb 2021 - No comments
An independent review group has published three key recommendations to arrest the decline of town centres. Chaired by Leigh Sparks, professor of retail studies at the University of Stirling, A...
2 Feb 2021 - No comments
A B-listed former laird's house at Yell on the Shetland Islands is to be demolished following an extensive fire in October 2019 and subsequent structural collapse of the north gable. The Gloup...
2 Feb 2021 - No comments
South Lanarkshire Council has filed a proposal of application notice to develop a former bingo hall at 11 Keith Street, Hamilton, to provide 23 one and two-bedroom apartments. The authorities...
2 Feb 2021 - No comments
LDN Architects will conduct fabric repairs and upgrading works to the B-listed Back Den Bridge at Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, to repair damage caused by a 2009 renovation. Working...
1 Feb 2021 - No comments
Moray Council is to invite detailed design work tenders for a planned cultural quarter in Elgin. The £31m project will centre on the renovation and extension of the town hall, as well as the...
1 Feb 2021 - No comments
Hillcrest Homes with jmarchitects have finished the renovation of a former weaving mill in Arbroath to form 24 affordable apartments. Delivered by Culross and George Martin Builders the £2.9m...

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