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30 Sep 2021 - No comments
Scottish Borders Council and Stallan-Brand Architects have shared an ambitious school replacement project in Hawick that promises to reshape education in the town. The radical vision would see...
30 Sep 2021 - No comments
A public consultation has been launched for a proposed extension to the Hampton by Hilton Hotel at Edinburgh Airport. Ability Hotels with Leach Rhodes Walker Architects propose to extend the...
29 Sep 2021 - No comments
A historic Midlothian castle is to be stabilised from further degradation for the first time in centuries with the submission of plans to protect and preserve the partial ruin. Dating from the...
29 Sep 2021 - No comments
An abandoned bar in Glasgow city centre is to make way for new-build serviced apartments following receipt of planning permission and conservation area consent. The unlisted Annie Millers...
29 Sep 2021 - No comments
Photographs of the UK pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai have been released for the first time, showcasing how the cone-shaped message will communicate a 'collective message' of music and poetry to...
28 Sep 2021 - No comments
An 85-acre park in Winchburgh , West Lothian, has welcomed its first visitors with the completion of the first 20 acres of landscaped grounds, including 15,000 new trees and shrubs overseen by...
28 Sep 2021 - No comments
A suit of armour built to protect The Hill House in Helensburgh from the elements has won a RIAS/Scottish Government client of the year award. Designed by Carmody Groarke the climbable gantry...
27 Sep 2021 - No comments
Architect Alan Dunlop has mounted a bid to become chairman of the Glasgow School of Art on a reform ticket after claiming that the institution has 'lost respect'. An alumnus and tutor at the...
27 Sep 2021 - No comments
Kingdom Housing Association has set its sights on an underutilised inner courtyard in Cupar, Fife, for 23 affordable homes and one shop. Sinclair Watt Architects have been enlisted for the...
24 Sep 2021 - No comments
The Ayrshire Hospice has applied to refurbish and redevelop its premises at 35 Racecourse Road, Ayr, to provide a new inpatient unit and social space. Led by project manager Turner &...
24 Sep 2021 - No comments
One of South Lanarkshire's most significant buildings, the Hamilton Mausoleum, has been shrouded by a 24m-high scaffold in anticipation of long-awaited repairs. JR Scaffold Services have built...
24 Sep 2021 - No comments
Malcolm Group are proposing an extension to the Donald Malcolm Heritage Centre in Linwood, East Renfrewshire The logistics company has appointed ECD Architects for the project, comprising a...
23 Sep 2021 - No comments
A former police station in Baillieston has been transformed with the provision of 37 affordable homes by the Wheatley Group. The property management giant delivered the one and two-bedroom...
23 Sep 2021 - No comments
Home Group have announced the arrival of 252 homes for mid-market rent on the site of Glasgow's B-listed former Meat Market with the release of new images showcasing what to expect. New...
22 Sep 2021 - No comments
The jewel in the crown of Galashiels tourism has opened with the completion of The Great Tapestry of Scotland Gallery , the custom-built home for a tapestry that brings history to life in...
22 Sep 2021 - No comments
Barratt Homes have renewed their focus on Leith with plans to deliver over 300 homes across two brownfield sites. The housebuilder has begun work on a 212 home development at Baltic Street...
22 Sep 2021 - No comments
Work has begun to deliver a £55m ' super school ' in Maybole, South Ayrshire with contractor Morgan Sindall making a start on site of South Ayrshire Council's biggest school to date. The...
22 Sep 2021 - No comments
Calderwood Primary in East Calder has today opened its doors to 462 pupils following the handover of the £14.3m building to West Lothian Council. Delivered by hub South East with Morrison...
21 Sep 2021 - No comments
A vacant plot on Tollcross Road in Glasgow's east end is to give way to a mixed development of two ground floor commercial units with six apartments. Aberdeen-based Cater Group have purchased...
21 Sep 2021 - No comments
ShedKM have opened a public consultation to redevelop Beaverhall House , Canonmills, to provide a mix of homes, open space and reprovisioned artists studios. Proposals led by residential...
20 Sep 2021 - No comments
The Edinburgh offices of ARUP are to be repurposed as 'homes set in woodland' with the construction giant set to vacate their B-listed premises later this autumn. Property developer AMA New...
20 Sep 2021 - No comments
Asset manager Sovereign Centros has opened a public consultation into a long-term 20-year 'vision' for Glasgow's St Enoch Centre. The ambitious road map will pivot the centre away from retail...
18 Sep 2021 - No comments
An innovative hospitality concept is to deliver what is being billed as the largest hotel in Scotland in Glasgow's Merchant City by marrying traditional hotel rooms with student accommodation,...
17 Sep 2021 - No comments
The JR Group have debuted their first private housing development with the release of seven three and four-bed homes for sale at Blackburn, West Lothian. Almondvale Gardens has been...
16 Sep 2021 - No comments
Hopes that a £15bn physical connection between Scotland and Ireland could lead the UK out of the coronavirus pandemic appear to have been dashed amid reports that government officials have kicked...
16 Sep 2021 - No comments
A fire-ravaged five-star Loch Lomond resort is to throw open its doors to guests from next week after undergoing extensive refurbishment at the hands of 3DReid Architects and conservation...
16 Sep 2021 - No comments
Construction Scotland Innovation Centre is to create a fully-functioning two-storey prototype home to demonstrate the versatility of homegrown timber in construction. The modular home will be...
15 Sep 2021 - No comments
An innovative self-build development at Dullatur Golf Course is to break ground this October after gaining planning consent from North Lanarkshire Council. Eight new build house plots have...
15 Sep 2021 - No comments
AMA Studio has signalled a shift away from city centres after completing a rebranding from Allan Murray Architects and building much of modern Edinburgh, most recently at the St James Quarter ....
15 Sep 2021 - No comments
Hotel specialists Ica have rebranded their practice in response to mounting clamour among developers to repurpose redundant office and retail space into guest accommodation'. Under the banner...
15 Sep 2021 - No comments
A burgeoning residential neighbourhood at Granton Harbour has taken a step toward greater cohesion with the completion of 104 affordable waterfront homes. Delivered by Port of Leith Housing...
14 Sep 2021 - No comments
Ewan Cameron Architects have filed a planning application for a self-build bungalow at High Cross Avenue at Melrose in the Scottish Borders. Bounded by stone walls on all sides the 'walled...
14 Sep 2021 - No comments
Manbay Homes has returned with a fresh application to build a mixed residential and commercial development at Saughton Mains Gardens Edinburgh, following refusal of an earlier scheme. A change...
13 Sep 2021 - No comments
A haulage depot to the northeast of Aberdeen city centre will host 45 apartments under plans filed by Tinto Architecture. Rising next to Ocean Apartments, a recent Barratt Homes development of...
13 Sep 2021 - No comments
Fife Council is in possession of plans by Oliver + Robb Architects to deliver 97 homes and apartments on the site of the former Tullis Russell Paper Mill, Glenrothes, as part of a masterplan to...
13 Sep 2021 - No comments
A year of social distancing has kept us apart but it has also drawn us closer together in a shared experience which gives us all cause to rethink how, why and where we live our lives. Urban...
10 Sep 2021 - No comments
Whisky brand Glenmorangie has thrown open the doors to a landmark lighthouse-style distillery in the Highlands near Tain, dominated by a vertical glass stillhouse and sensory laboratory....
10 Sep 2021 - No comments
A major brownfield build in the Edinburgh suburb of Chesser is set to transform the area around New Mart Road into an urban quarter. Watkin Jones Group with Manson Architects envisage a build...
9 Sep 2021 - No comments
George Capital has initiated a pre-planning process governing the redevelopment of Nile House at 36 Bath Street, Glasgow. Plans had already been approved for a 15-storey hotel on the site but...
9 Sep 2021 - No comments
Artists residency Cove Park has unveiled an outdoor classroom overlooking Loch Long, designed to facilitate conversations around issues arising from a changing climate such as flooding and reduced...
8 Sep 2021 - No comments
A disused Moray bothy is to be transformed into a holiday home by Colin Armstrong Architects to meet the growing demand for tourism accommodation in the area. Millie Bothy stands...
8 Sep 2021 - No comments
IDP Architects and Arup have obtained planning consent to open a new station in the village of East Linton, East Lothian, on behalf of Network Rail. The two platform halt on the East Coast...
7 Sep 2021 - No comments
Studio Octopi, in partnership with Heritage Architecture, has been appointed by the Friends of Tarlair Community Group to undertake a full restoration of Tarlair Outdoor Pool in Macduff,...
7 Sep 2021 - No comments
Opfer Logan Architects have formalised proposals for a new distillery at Craigforth, Stirling, inspired by the wolves that once prowled the land. Wolfcraig will produce 2m litres of whisky...
6 Sep 2021 - No comments
Forth Ports is to invest a six-figure sum in repairing and refurbishing the A-listed Victoria Swing Bridge in Port of Leith to serve as an outdoor community space. Heritage specialists LDN...
6 Sep 2021 - No comments
Work to replace a former Fife hospital with 29 homes is to restart under new owners following the acquisition by Eastacre Developments, the developer behind the Doolan prize-winning West Burn...
3 Sep 2021 - No comments
The Royal High School Preservation Trust have ushered in a new phase to the saga of the Calton Hill landmark with updated proposals for a new National Centre for Music. Detailed proposals have...
3 Sep 2021 - No comments
Smith Scott Mullan Associates are to open a public consultation this Monday concerning plans to build 134 flats and houses for social rent on playing fields off Easthouses Road associated with the...
2 Sep 2021 - No comments
The Royal incorporation of Architects in Scotland has named 14 buildings as the nations best following the 2021 RIAS Awards. A broad mix of category winners include a training centre for future...
2 Sep 2021 - No comments
Professor Alan Dunlop, the architect behind a proposed sea crossing from Scotland to Northern Ireland, has come out in favour of a bridge link over a sub-sea tunnel ahead of an upcoming...
2 Sep 2021 - No comments
Scottish Borders Council is bidding to improve the setting of Selkirk's A-listed Old Sheriff Court through the demolition of an historic inn within the towns conservation area. The architects...
1 Sep 2021 - No comments
Stallan-Brand Architects alongside Oobe landscape architects have lodged plans for a combined leisure centre, theatre, library and cultural facilities in Giffnock, East Renfrewshire, following...
1 Sep 2021 - No comments
Reiach & Hall have expanded on their plans to deliver a £10m film and TV studio within Glasgow's cavernous Kelvin Hall after securing the green light from planners . The 4,435sq/m...

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