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31 Jan 2023 - No comments
Build-to-rent specialist Dandara Living has embraced student housing as it opens a public exhibition of its proposed City Wharf development at Anderston Quay, Glasgow. Shifting from 607...
31 Jan 2023 - No comments
S1 Developments has obtained planning consent to deliver 468 student beds at the former Tynecastle High School in Edinburgh. The B-listed school will form the centrepiece of a...
30 Jan 2023 - No comments
The University of Dundee is pursuing lighting enhancements, a remodelled north entrance and accessibility improvements as part of an ongoing package of fabric repairs to its B-listed 1960s...
30 Jan 2023 - No comments
A town centre gap site in Coatbridge has been earmarked for 49 apartments under new plans filed by North Lanarkshire Council to spur regeneration. Do Architecture and Narro have been asked by...
27 Jan 2023 - No comments
Contentious plans to demolish four multi-storey tower blocks on Glasgow's Wyndford estate have received the backing of architect and RIAS fellow Dr Richard Atkins. The former chair of the...
27 Jan 2023 - No comments
A bid to transform a disused council depot at Maxwell Park in Pollokshields has been given the go-ahead by planning officers. O'DonnellBrown Architects propose to build a 165 sq/m community...
27 Jan 2023 - No comments
A B-listed former clay pipe factory in Glasgow's east end is to be developed for the public good after Regeneration Capital Grant Fund agreed to bankroll its conversion. Brokered by The...
26 Jan 2023 - No comments
A second round of consultations is taking place for 104-108 Princes Street , Edinburgh, as part of a redevelopment of the site by 3DReid Architects for hotel use. Hunter Real Estate and Ruby...
26 Jan 2023 - No comments
Glasgow City Council is inviting tenders for quay wall repairs at Tradeston to unblock a closed section of the Clyde Walkway on the south bank. Part of a £50m package of works to repair and...
25 Jan 2023 - No comments
Clydebank's urban centre of gravity has been nudged back towards the River Clyde with the completion of 146 apartments for social rent at the former John Brown's shipyard. The Queens Quay...
25 Jan 2023 - No comments
Network Rail is preparing to showcase its finalised plans for the redevelopment of the fire-damaged Troon Station ahead of a formal planning application. Following a devastating 2021 blaze...
24 Jan 2023 - No comments
Plans for more student housing in Edinburgh have been prepared by CA Ventures and Flow Design Architects, transforming a workshop and yard at 27 Arthur Street with 112 residences . A direct...
24 Jan 2023 - No comments
The Glasgow School of Art has made progress in efforts to bring the Mackintosh Building back to life after clearing the fire-damaged shell of 5,500 tonnes of debris. The painstaking two-year...
24 Jan 2023 - No comments
Dramatic new visualisations have been produced illustrating how a new Buchanan Galleries could transform Glasgow's city centre. A range of options has been prepared for new open and green...
23 Jan 2023 - No comments
Moves to demolish a 1930's frontage at the former Marks & Spencer's former Sauchiehall Street to deliver hundreds of new homes could be halted following an intervention by Historic Environment...
23 Jan 2023 - No comments
Indicative proposals to remodel Glasgow's Buchanan Galleries have stirred passions, principally concerning plans to remove a cascade of steps to the Royal Concert Hall on accessibility grounds....
20 Jan 2023 - No comments
A dilapidated B-listed warehouse at 50 Coburg Street , Leith, has been transformed into an inviting space for gatherings and activities by a grassroots charity. Multi-Cultural Family Base...
20 Jan 2023 - No comments
Detailed proposals have emerged for a historic address in the Calton district of Glasgow, rebuilding the street wall along Charlotte Street . Following earlier consultations Haus Collective...
19 Jan 2023 - No comments
3Dreid Architects have brought forward a planning application for AMA Homes for a community hub and affordable apartments in Edinburgh's Drumbrae district. Billed as the starting gun in efforts...
19 Jan 2023 - No comments
Pressure is mounting to reassess proposals to demolish four tower blocks on Glasgow's Wyndford estate amidst a backlash from protesters and architects. Tensions have risen on the estate with...
18 Jan 2023 - No comments
Affordable housing provider Cullross has shared initial plans to develop 72 flats on the site of the former Oxygen nightclub within Dundee's Blackness conservation area. Offering a mix of one...
17 Jan 2023 - No comments
Real estate investors Goodstone Living have shared updated plans to develop a build-to-rent community on a brownfield peninsula off Ocean Drive in Leith. Working with 3DReid Architects on the...
17 Jan 2023 - No comments
The future is looking brighter for Glasgow's B-listed former Central Police Headquarters amidst moves to convert the heritage asset to apartments. Standing at the junction of Turnbull and St...
16 Jan 2023 - No comments
An innovative collective build at Bath Road, Edinburgh, is in the final stages of obtaining planning permission, clearing the way for work to begin on a model which could help tackle the housing...
16 Jan 2023 - No comments
S2 Architecture has submitted plans for six assisted living apartments at the Georgia Park Care Home on Greenlees Road, Cambuslang. The proposed annexe to the current pre-1900 building will...
16 Jan 2023 - No comments
Edinburgh is to receive more student apartments with the submission of a planning application by Alumno Group and Stallan-Brand for 191 rooms on the corner of Restalrig Road and London Road ....
13 Jan 2023 - No comments
The northern and eastern fringe of Glasgow city centre is to be the subject of a new public consultation from 20 January, as a 10-year regeneration plan governing planning and placemaking is...
13 Jan 2023 - No comments
Urban Realm steps up for our latest issue as we delve behind the cycle of destruction to take a closer look at the role of urban design as the bedrock of our built environment. Place is the...
12 Jan 2023 - No comments
Landsec has set the stage for a third round of consultations concerning the redevelopment of the Buchanan Galleries shopping mall, the final such opportunity to do so. Envisaged as a new city...
12 Jan 2023 - No comments
A planning row in Gorebridge, Midlothian, could see a newly built home demolished over a projecting roofline thought to be detrimental to the character of the town. Midlothian Council...
11 Jan 2023 - No comments
East Lothian Council has cleared a new primary school in the rapidly growing village of Whitecraig to commence construction this summer in response to a rising school-age population. The...
11 Jan 2023 - No comments
Cruden Homes are set to give the public a say in the creation of 76 homes for social rent on the site of a former school in Jedburgh. Howdenburn Primary is the focus of efforts following...
11 Jan 2023 - No comments
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has called for the retroactive installation of sprinklers in all public buildings following the publication of a report into the 2017...
10 Jan 2023 - No comments
Glencairn Properties and ISA have changed tack towards the redevelopment of a former warehouse in Bonnington from mainstream apartments to 229 student beds . A direct replacement for the...
10 Jan 2023 - No comments
An agricultural science facility is to take root in Invergowrie as part of efforts to promote greater collaboration between science, industry and the commercial sector. The International...
9 Jan 2023 - No comments
Cooper Cromar Architects have taken the reins at a prominent site in Glasgow city centre as part of a pivot from build-to-rent apartments back to office space . Varsity Developments propose...
9 Jan 2023 - No comments
Property development company Places for People has brought forward plans for hundreds of new homes at Granton Waterfront. Following a period of consultations EMA has fleshed out plans to...
9 Jan 2023 - No comments
Affordable housing developer Cullross has shared early plans for around 220 flats, colony homes and townhouses at Newcraighall, Musselburgh. A proposal of application notice for a fallow site...
9 Jan 2023 - No comments
DB3 Group, the parent firm of DB3 Architecture & Design, has marked 140 years in practice by transitioning to an employee ownership trust to allow for succession within the business. The...
5 Jan 2023 - No comments
Network Rail with Ryder Architecture has applied to develop a railway depot at Kelvinhaugh Junction, Yorkhill. The indicative approach would bring the brownfield site into residential use,...
4 Jan 2023 - No comments
Moves to level a tower block quartet in Maryhill's Wyndford estate have been challenged by architects citing the environmental cost of demolition and reconstruction. Architects Kate Macintosh...

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