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30 Apr 2021 - No comments
The University of Glasgow has opened the doors to the latest addition to its Gilmorehill campus , the James McCune Smith Learning Hub. The £90m teaching and learning facility has been...
30 Apr 2021 - No comments
A former care home at 48 Polwarth Terrace, Edinburgh, is to be subject to residential development led by Yeoman McAllister Architects. Canal View Care Home sits alongside the Union Canal...
29 Apr 2021 - No comments
A Shawlands hotel overlooking Queens Park is set for significant expansion under new plans filed by David Bentley Architect. The Ivory Hotel has earmarked surface car park on Camphill Avenue...
29 Apr 2021 - No comments
Brora and District Action Group have set out their ambition for the future of Brora in East Sutherland including plans for an outdoor events space, visitor centre and gateway signage. Located...
29 Apr 2021 - No comments
Diageo has opened the doors to its latest distillery visitor centre following a multi-million-pound redevelopment. Clynelish Distillery near Brora was remodelled by Michael Laird Architects...
29 Apr 2021 - No comments
Keppie Design has come forward with an application for planning in principle to deliver a major mixed-use development at Yorkhill Quay on behalf of Peel L&P owned Glasgow Harbour. The latest...
28 Apr 2021 - No comments
Moxon Architects have delivered a 42m main span pedestrian and cycle crossing over Hams Way, Worcestershire, in a joint venture with consultancy group COWI and highways engineer Burroughs. Part...
28 Apr 2021 - No comments
A former independent school in Glasgow's south side is to be given a second lease of life under plans by Wellwood Leslie Architects to restore the site to residential use, complementing a separate...
27 Apr 2021 - No comments
A newly opened hotel within an A-listed former courthouse at Parliament Square, Edinburgh, is to undergo a rooftop expansion to cater for social distancing demands. Opened in 2019 the £7m '...
27 Apr 2021 - No comments
Signature Pub Group, owner of the Cold Town Beer brand, is set to expand its home within the Beaverbank area to the northeast of Edinburgh city centre, to form a new warehouse, visitor centre...
26 Apr 2021 - No comments
A decaying church in the Craigie area of Dundee is scheduled for demolition to free up the 0.28ha wedge-shaped site for potential redevelopment. Occupying the junction between Craigie Road and...
26 Apr 2021 - No comments
Owners of the Hilton Garden Inn Glasgow have come forward with plans to replace the existing cladding to improve the fire performance and appearance of the riverside block. Sitting in the...
23 Apr 2021 - No comments
Plans for a major office-led development in Dundee have emerged at the hands of Haus Collective, who have been briefed to deliver a 75,000sq/ft office block alongside 16 apartments. Both...
23 Apr 2021 - No comments
Delivery has commenced on a new treatment facility at NHS Lothian's Western General Hospital in Edinburgh designed by HLM. The linear accelerator (LINAC) will combine radiation-shielded...
23 Apr 2021 - No comments
MAST Architects have unveiled their latest project to be delivered on behalf of Elderpark Housing Association, a mix of apartments, cottage flats and houses adjacent to the organisations recently...
22 Apr 2021 - No comments
A long-vanished 18th-century lint mill on the banks of the Water of Leith has become the subject of a new housing application led by Juniper Projects and Fouin + Bell Architects . Latterly...
22 Apr 2021 - No comments
Planning consent has been awarded for 151 homes in Glasgow's east end, clearing the way for work to begin over the summer. Led by the Swan Group the £17m Newhall Street project will deliver...
22 Apr 2021 - No comments
Tamsie Thomson, currently managing director of New London Architecture and previously director of the London Festival of Architecture, has been appointed as an architecture ambassador by the Royal...
21 Apr 2021 - No comments
The former St Mark's Primary School site in Shettleston is to provide 44 homes for social rent after plans were approved for its renewal. Shettleston Housing Association has asked JR Group to...
21 Apr 2021 - No comments
The C-listed old Motherwell Town Hall is envisioned as playing host to 20 apartments for social rent under plans filed by North Lanarkshire Council and Mast Architects. Currently owned by...
21 Apr 2021 - No comments
Detailed planning permission is being sought for a replacement detached home on a secluded Edinburgh lane. Plans by Jefcoate Anderson Architects call for the creation of an open plan...
21 Apr 2021 - No comments
Urban Realm has resumed an annual search for the best new buildings in the country to take pride of place in a comprehensive architecture archive stretching back to 2004. Nominations are being...
21 Apr 2021 - No comments
Highland Councilors are to be asked to approve final designs for a unique hydro-electric power project on the banks of the River Ness at Whin Park. The Archimedes Screw design has been under...
20 Apr 2021 - No comments
Drum Property Group has added its weight to New Ingliston, founding partner of the West Edinburgh Development Partnership, to progress a 'transformational development' on 205 acres of land near...
20 Apr 2021 - No comments
New Gorbals Housing Association (NGHA) and Urban Union have opened a pre-application consultation into plans by Reiach & Hall Architects to erect 64 flats on the site of the demolished...
20 Apr 2021 - No comments
BAM Construction is to begin delivery of a £35.5m leisure centre in Ayr later this year following the appointment of Hub South West by South Ayrshire Council to lead the project. Supplanting...
19 Apr 2021 - No comments
CALA Homes have opened a 'show village' at their Prince's Quay development on the former Glasgow Garden Festival site at Pacific Quay. Prospective occupants can view a mix of properties from...
19 Apr 2021 - No comments
Urbanist Daisy Narayanan has been charged with fusing the city of Edinburgh's placemaking and transport strategy as part of efforts to take the city down the road towards carbon neutrality by...
19 Apr 2021 - No comments
FM Group has moved on-site to deliver an 18-hole Jack Nicklaus designed golf course and housing development within the grounds of the Ury Estate, Aberdeenshire. To date the developer has...
16 Apr 2021 - No comments
Ryder Architecture has submitted plans for a combined primary school and health clinic at Chryston, North Lanarkshire, on behalf of Hub North West. Chryston Primary and Community Health...
16 Apr 2021 - No comments
CCG, with Stallan-Brand and OOBE, is leading plans for 156 on a 6.5-hectare former boarding school site at Springboig, Glasgow. Accessed from Edinburgh Road a mix of terraces, townhouses and...
15 Apr 2021 - No comments
Chiara Fingland and Clare O’Connell from Studio LBA, together with Ellie Burroughs of Aitken Turnbull Architects, have won the Royal Scottish Academy Medal for Architecture for their work on the...
14 Apr 2021 - No comments
CSY Architects have established an employee ownership trust to act as a majority shareholder of the business, to the collective benefit of all 24 staff. The management arrangement was supported...
14 Apr 2021 - No comments
Housebuilder Dundas Estates has partnered with property services firm Rettie & Co to deliver 140 riverside apartments on a brownfield industrial site in Musselburgh. The Wireworks will rise on...
13 Apr 2021 - No comments
A B-listed mews home in the heart of Edinburgh's New Town Conservation Area is to be extended at the hands of DS Architecture, replacing a stone-built garage with two floors of additional...
13 Apr 2021 - No comments
Moves to deliver a major housing development in the Gorbals have taken a build to rent turn with Craighead Properties returning with revised proposals for the former Dixons Iron Foundry . It...
13 Apr 2021 - No comments
HLM Architects have delivered the refurbishment of voco Grand Central, formerly the Great British Railway Hotel, to coincide with a phased return of the leisure economy. The Victorian edifice...
12 Apr 2021 - No comments
Simon Winstanley, the founder of Simon Winstanley Architects, has passed away at the age of 73 following a short illness, bequeathing a legacy of striking low-energy homes across Dumfries and...
12 Apr 2021 - No comments
Midlothian Council is inviting comment on plans to create a 40-bedroom intermediate care facility and 46 extra care homes development alongside a daycare unit housed within a C-listed former...
12 Apr 2021 - No comments
Craft beer provider BrewDog has shared its vision for a dedicated hotel and bar in Edinburgh from which to showcase its products to guests. Tapping into the city's tourism market the themed...
12 Apr 2021 - No comments
Subscribers can now access the first of our 2021 publications with an in-depth look at crisis management as a clutch of anniversaries show just how normal abnormal can be. We begin the story...
9 Apr 2021 - No comments
POD Architects have been appointed by the new owners of The Thistles Shopping Centre in Stirling to 'future proof' the mall following its reopening on 26 April. Asset manager and developer...
9 Apr 2021 - No comments
INCH Architecture + Design have been appointed by Knightswood Community SCIO to undertake a feasibility study for the transformation of a former swimming pool on Alderman Road, Glasgow, into an...
9 Apr 2021 - No comments
A  landscape extension to the Glasgow Science Centre at Pacific Quay is well underway with a move on-site to replace hard landscaping with moats, trees and planting. As part of a £4m Connect...
9 Apr 2021 - No comments
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland has paid tribute to HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, Royal Patron of the architect's body. Prince Phillip's death was announced earlier today by Her...
8 Apr 2021 - No comments
A car-centric edge of town retail park at Cookbridge, Stirling, comprising a mix of drive-through restaurants, a vehicle showroom, shops and a gym is on the cards with permission in principle...
8 Apr 2021 - No comments
Arable land identified as being suitable for housing in the Midlothian local development plan is the subject of an application for planning permission by Bellway Homes. EMA Architects have been...
7 Apr 2021 - No comments
Dandara Living is to press ahead with 342 build to rent apartments at Glasgow Harbour after securing £60m in funding from HSBC. Marketed as gh2o the L-plan block would close out the second...
7 Apr 2021 - No comments
IQ Student Accommodation with Cooper Cromar has authored plans to replace 1970's office accommodation at 225 Bath Street , Glasgow, after ruling out adaptation owing to inefficient floor plates...
7 Apr 2021 - No comments
An historic inn on the Kildrummy Estate, Aberdeenshire, is to be restored to its original appearance under sensitive plans prepared by LDN Architects. A three-pronged approach of...
6 Apr 2021 - No comments
A brownfield site at Stannergate Docks at Broughty Ferry, Dundee, has been earmarked by Simply UK for a 64-bed residential care home. Yeoman McAllister Architects are seeking full planning...
6 Apr 2021 - No comments
Glasgow City Council's contracts and property committee is to decide on Thursday whether to recommend John McAslan & Partners is awarded the design contract for the remodelling of George Square...
2 Apr 2021 - No comments
The congregation of Greenbank Parish Church in Clarkston, have filed plans to erect a new church hall extension and detached house to replace the original hall which will be demolished to make...
1 Apr 2021 - No comments
Clyde Gateway will shortly commence work on a complementary lookout tower and bothy at Cuningar Loop Woodland Park as part of a £2.3m package of work to improve facilities. Named 'The Tur'...
1 Apr 2021 - No comments
Lowther Homes, with funding from Glasgow City Council, has purchased the notorious Bellgrove Hotel in Glasgow's east end in a first step towards developing the site as part of the Gallowgate...
1 Apr 2021 - No comments
A planning application is to be submitted next month detailing plans to create a £10m indoor ski and snowboard centre at Loch Ard within Queen Elizabeth Forest Park. Discussions are already...
1 Apr 2021 - No comments
Norr Architects are taking the lead on the construction of a new school to replace the existing Sikeside and Carnbroe primaries in Coatbridge. As part of a broader upgrade of North Lanarkshire...

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