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30 Jun 2022 - No comments
The Scottish Design Awards have marked 25 years of celebrating creativity at its best from around the country at an anniversary dinner. Marking a return to live events the gathering celebrated...
29 Jun 2022 - No comments
Cruden Group has appointed Smith Scott Mullan and Scandinavian practice C.F. Moller to develop detailed designs for 750 net-zero homes at Granton Waterfront after being named the preferred...
29 Jun 2022 - No comments
Midlothian Council has approved a redesigned Easthouses Primary School by jmarchitects and Hub South East on the site of the former Newbattle High School. Replacing previously approved...
29 Jun 2022 - No comments
Chris Stewart PRIAS has been elected president of the Royal Incorporation of Architects (RIAS), receiving 57% of the vote on a 16.1% turnout. Stewart saw off Dr Richard Atkins to land the role,...
29 Jun 2022 - No comments
A design review of Dundee's scandal-hit Olympia Leisure centre has identified 39 issues to rectify in a £6.1m repair and upgrade plan. C ompleted in 2013 for £31.2m the pool was forced to...
28 Jun 2022 - No comments
A £47m leisure centre in Edinburgh has been previewed to the public ahead of its opening next month, concluding a seven-year design and development process. Meadowbank Sports Centre has...
28 Jun 2022 - No comments
Taylor Wimpey has set out proposals for housing-led development north of Ratho, Edinburgh, as part of pre-application discussions . The housebuilder is calling for 17.4 hectares of land at...
27 Jun 2022 - No comments
Campion Homes with Davidson Baxter Partnership are proposing to build 80 homes in the rural hamlet of Balcurvie, Fife. Accessible from Cameron Crescent the 8.2-acre farmland site is to...
27 Jun 2022 - No comments
Three separate 'at risk' buildings in Edinburgh's Cowgate have been knitted back into Edinburgh's Old Town to form a 222-bed hotel. Virgin Hotels with Ica Architects have rationalised the...
24 Jun 2022 - No comments
Aberdeen City Council and transport body Nestrans have opened a second consultation for public realm improvements to Ashgrove Road. Ashgrove Connects will encourage active travel along the...
23 Jun 2022 - No comments
Highland Council has awarded planning and listed building consent to refurbish a 200-year-old B-listed mill in Caithness into a visitor centre and distillery for Dunnet Bay Distillers. The £4m...
23 Jun 2022 - No comments
A new hotel and master plan has been prepared for Edinburgh's Cameron Toll shopping centre by 3DReid on behalf of Lady Road Investment SARL. The diversification strategy calls for the...
22 Jun 2022 - No comments
An M8 Garden Cap and the People's Palace are among seven Glasgow projects in the running to receive funding from the UK Government's £800m Levelling Up Fund for Scotland, Northern Ireland and...
22 Jun 2022 - No comments
A disused Aberdeen pub fronting 82 Holburn Street and 1 Union Glen is to be redeveloped to provide three apartments and a craft beer bar following prior plans to establish a wine bar ....
21 Jun 2022 - No comments
Dollar Academy has shared proposals for a 'self-sufficient regenerative' education institute housed beneath a futuristic dome set within landscaped grounds. The Futures Institute at Dollar...
21 Jun 2022 - No comments
A former linoleum factory in the Fife town of Falkland will host the headquarters of a business turning Scotch whisky from something you drink into a commodity. Scotch Whisky Investments will...
20 Jun 2022 - No comments
The second of two community hospital's in the Highlands has opened, completing a £40m initiative by NHS Highland, hub North Scotland, Oberlanders Architects and Rural Design. Broadford...
20 Jun 2022 - No comments
Halliday Fraser Munro is requesting planning permission in principle to erect a 750sq/m children's nursery at Craigton Road , Aberdeen, on behalf of Kingswellies Nursery and Drum Real Estate...
17 Jun 2022 - No comments
LMA has been granted planning permission to build a one-of-a-kind family home at Seamill, North Ayrshire, adhering to the 'Countryhouse Objective' policy permitting homes of 'exceptional design'....
17 Jun 2022 - No comments
An unlisted Fife mill near St Andrews is the subject of a 'statement' home which would see the ruins brought back into use as the anchor of a proposed circular extension. Pitmilly Mill at...
16 Jun 2022 - No comments
A new application to build four apartments above ground floor office and retail on the periphery of Bishopbriggs town centre has been filed by S2 Architecture . Standing alongside an earlier...
16 Jun 2022 - No comments
The City of Edinburgh Council has opened a public consultation governing the development of the former Powderhall Waste Transfer Station for mixed tenure housing. Early proposals from Cruden...
15 Jun 2022 - No comments
AS Homes (on behalf of Southside Housing Association) and Keppie Design have broached plans to deliver 55 apartments on the site of the 1920s Queen's Garage at 640 Pollokshaws Road  following...
15 Jun 2022 - No comments
City of Edinburgh Council planners has granted consent for a 55-room aparthotel within the B-listed Forth House (pictured) on Forth Street and the adjoining Playfair House fronting Broughton...
15 Jun 2022 - No comments
Dandara Living has opened a consultation into early proposals for its City Wharf development in Glasgow, updating a 2018 consent to deliver a 'waterfront gateway'. Early-stage designs by...
14 Jun 2022 - No comments
A B-listed Borders mill dating from 1788, the last textile mill to remain operational in the town, has been chosen to host a £13m mountain bike hub to develop cycling products and train...
14 Jun 2022 - No comments
The City of Edinburgh Council has opened a consultation into a decade-long master plan for Leith Links to capitalise on the park's potential for nature, wildlife and activities. A working...
13 Jun 2022 - No comments
Plans for a new Highland distillery have taken shape with the submission of proposals for a new production facility on the shores of the Dornoch Firth. Following up an extensive series of...
13 Jun 2022 - No comments
A surplus church has been replaced by 24 apartments designed by Coltart Earley in the latest project undertaken by Clydebank Housing Association. St Cuthbert's Church at Dalton Avenue,...
10 Jun 2022 - No comments
Fresh plans have emerged for an 'industrial' tenement at 2 Bath Road , Edinburgh to mediate predominantly residential areas to the south and commercial areas to the north. John Kinsley...
10 Jun 2022 - No comments
Plans to revitalise the Briggait Clydeside Market Halls have received a boost with the award of £1.6m in funding by the Scottish Government. Cash from the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund has...
9 Jun 2022 - No comments
Adam Scotland and Hirst landscape architects have been appointed NVDC Architects to design 30 apartments for a site at 97 Cleveden Road , Kelvindale. Replacing the Rannoch House Care Home...
8 Jun 2022 - No comments
DS Architecture has obtained planning consent for the erection of a replacement single-storey extension to the rear of a house at Polwarth Terrace , Merchiston, Edinburgh. The local fast track...
8 Jun 2022 - No comments
Passenger services to Reston , Berwickshire, have resumed for the first time since 1964, with the opening of a new train station. The village has rejoined the rail network thanks to investment...
7 Jun 2022 - No comments
Aberdeen's Robert Gordon University (RGU) is augmenting its Garthdee Campus with the erection of a permanent folly in the form of a miniature house. George Watt + Stewart Architects propose to...
7 Jun 2022 - No comments
FM Group has released 59 apartments at Holmwood Heights , Cathcart, the refurbishment of a 1960s office block adjacent to the B-listed Cathcart House . Overseen by Yeoman McAllister...
6 Jun 2022 - No comments
The Radical Road Bar in Edinburgh is subject to another apartment proposal by Comprehensive Design Architects after prior schemes were thrown out on overdevelopment grounds. Redesigned from...
6 Jun 2022 - No comments
A varied mix of projects from a secondary school that emphasises the mental wellbeing of pupils to a Modernist home saved from ruin and an office building which exemplifies remote working have...
6 Jun 2022 - No comments
A property developer has come forward with detailed plans to build 359 flats at 144 Port Dundas Road , Glasgow, designed by Mosaic Architecture + Design. Combining roof terraces, a gym, shop...
6 Jun 2022 - No comments
The National Galleries of Scotland (NMS) is staging a public consultation into the creation of a new collections facility in Granton, Edinburgh. The Art Works is conceived as a public...
2 Jun 2022 - No comments
Agreement has been reached to press ahead with the construction of a £15m replacement school for children with complex needs in Livingston later this month. Designed by Norr The Beatlie...
1 Jun 2022 - No comments
A bid by Spectrum Properties to repurpose the B-listed Golfhill School  at Circus Drive ,Dennistoun, has been given the go-ahead by planners. Considered to be largely beyond repair the...
1 Jun 2022 - No comments
Jmarchitects have applied to build 289 student bedrooms on the site of a disused office block at 36-44 Westfield Road , Edinburgh, following consultations . Acting on behalf of Host Student...

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