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30 Jun 2023 - No comments
The Scottish Design Awards (SDA) has closed out its 2023 programme with a deluge of over 60 awards, presented on a night of high drama in Glasgow. The black-tie gathering proved the maxim that...
29 Jun 2023 - No comments
A housing developer has voiced frustration at the slow pace of planning officials to progress 3,000 homes at Durieshill , a process which has been bogged down in bureaucracy for six years. A...
29 Jun 2023 - No comments
Planning permission for a challenging garden house in the Craigmillar Park Conservation Area of Edinburgh has been secured by City Architecture Office. Standing alongside a garage at Mentone...
29 Jun 2023 - No comments
Accessibility improvements to a B-listed train station in Dumfries have stoked controversy over moves to replace a historic footbridge with an off-the-shelf alternative. IDP Architects...
28 Jun 2023 - No comments
A consultation is underway concerning the delivery of new homes at French Street , Dalmarnock, bringing longstanding brownfield land of 40 years back into productive use. Following the...
28 Jun 2023 - No comments
Eden Mill has commenced a second phase of a new distillery and visitor centre at the University of St Andrews' Eden Campus. The £8m project , scheduled to complete next summer, has been...
28 Jun 2023 - No comments
Long-running efforts to find a new use for the former Dundee College have taken a fresh turn with the submission of a change-of-use application for student housing . Scodd Ltd has chosen HTC...
27 Jun 2023 - No comments
A Central Belt science park is set for expansion with Pioneer Group winning planning consent from North Lanarkshire Council to build 73,000sq/ft of additional accommodation. Two new...
27 Jun 2023 - No comments
Moxon Architects are promising to bring European best practice to the UK following the completion of an innovative German footbridge that swaps steel for timber. The Balingen bridge combines...
27 Jun 2023 - No comments
Glasgow City Council has opened a consultation concerning the future development of Drumchapel, governing the development of housing, facilities, shops, transport and public spaces. Feedback...
26 Jun 2023 - No comments
The City of Edinburgh Council has awarded planning consent for a new visitor hub at Jupiter Artland to improve outreach and accessibility at the 100-acre sculpture park. Standing as a new...
26 Jun 2023 - No comments
The Scottish Prison Service has taken forward plans for HMP Glasgow at Provanmill with detailed plans for the erection of five cross-plan house blocks. Replacing nearby HMP Barlinnie the new...
26 Jun 2023 - No comments
Falkirk Council has signed a development agreement with Hargreaves Land and Fintry Estates to progress a £100m mixed-use project. Falkirk Gateway will provide a range of 100 homes, a 120-bed...
23 Jun 2023 - No comments
The Glasgow Institute of Architects has launched an ideas competition to stave off the demolition of Cumbernauld town centre following the rejection of a listing request by Historic Environment...
22 Jun 2023 - No comments
Capability Scotland has shared its vision for a purpose-built care centre at Bertha Park in Perth, designed by Anderson Bell + Christie. Our Inclusive Community Project (OICP) will replace...
22 Jun 2023 - No comments
Edinburgh's latest student housing development has gone public with an exhibition of proposals for New Waverley by Vitas Group. Combining affordable housing and commercial units the mixed...
22 Jun 2023 - No comments
Planning permission is sought for 262 student flats at St George's Road , Glasgow, in a new filing by purpose-built student accommodation specialist Alumno. The developer has engaged Carson...
21 Jun 2023 - No comments
Robertson Construction has broken ground on a £100m community campus in Dundee with places for 1,800 pupils from an amalgamated Braeview Academy and Craigie High School. The East End...
21 Jun 2023 - No comments
Retirement flats have been allocated for disused land off Inverkip Main Street under plans prepared by Nicholson McShane Architects for Homedream. Split across three separate blocks, each set...
20 Jun 2023 - No comments
Wemyss Properties have set out three possible paths for the redevelopment of a ruined church at Cresswell Street , Hillhead, after abandoning efforts at facade retention . Prior attempts to...
20 Jun 2023 - No comments
A Stirling office block has been named the best new build development outside London by commercial property agents. At a gathering of the Agents Society in London Kildean Business Park took the...
19 Jun 2023 - No comments
A drop-in exhibition hosted by Moray Council later this month will set out initial design concepts for an innovative housing initiative at Dallas Dhu , south of Forres. Combining 24...
19 Jun 2023 - No comments
Outline plans for the replacement of industrial premises at 14 Tannadice Street , Dundee, with 10 flats have been prepared by G. McNab Contract Design. A three-storey apartment block is...
19 Jun 2023 - No comments
Edinburgh's transport and environment committee has recommended approval for public realm works to George Street to improve the setting of the New Town. Indicative illustrations by Atkins,...
16 Jun 2023 - No comments
Alternative plans to stave off the demolition of Glasgow's Wyndford estate are being aired at Archifringe during a three-day exhibition. Fraser/Livingstone Architects are collaborating with a...
16 Jun 2023 - No comments
The long-running renewal of Aberdeen Market has taken a fresh turn with the submission of a revised planning application by Halliday Fraser Munro. Having discovered the foundations to be much...
15 Jun 2023 - No comments
Infrastructure giant Balfour Beatty has brought forward plans for purpose-built student accommodation on the site of the Scottish Law Commission building at 140 Causewayside Street , Edinburgh....
15 Jun 2023 - No comments
Construction has begun on a zero-carbon leisure centre in Blairgowrie, said to be the second Passivhaus-certified build of its type in the UK. 
 Blairgowrie Leisure Centre will replace...
15 Jun 2023 - No comments
Watkin Jones has launched a second round of consultations relating to a ' compact city ' on the site of a former office block on India Street, Glasgow. Working with Hawkins/Brown Architects...
14 Jun 2023 - No comments
Historic Environment Scotland has shared plans for a new repository for records and archives through the renovation of an existing building in Bonnyrigg, Midlothian. Archive House , an...
14 Jun 2023 - No comments
Craigdale Housing Association has performed an official opening ceremony for 36 new apartments in Castlemilk, Glasgow. Built by AS Homes to designs by George Buchanan Architects the £5.5m...
14 Jun 2023 - No comments
Dramatic change is on the cards for a huge Peebles mill under the ownership of Whiteburn. The Edinburgh-based property firm has enlisted Smith Scott Mullan Associates to oversee the...
13 Jun 2023 - No comments
Vacant land facing the B-listed Shettleston Old Parish Church has been earmarked for 12 apartments under new plans prepared by Uddingston based Abode Architects. Situated within an irregular...
13 Jun 2023 - No comments
Preferred plans for a central civic space to re-energise Bishopbriggs town centre have been shared by East Dunbartonshire Council following consultations . Delivered as part of a £38.44m City...
12 Jun 2023 - No comments
A city centre Glasgow tenement is to sprout hundreds of student apartments under the latest high-rise plan by real estate firm CA Ventures. The Chicago-based firm, simultaneously prepping...
12 Jun 2023 - No comments
The unceremonious demolition of an exemplary house, launched with great fanfare in 2010 as an energy-efficient blueprint for the future, has been met with anger from architects. Built in 2010...
9 Jun 2023 - No comments
Moves to provide accommodation for 634 students on the site of a historic M&S store on Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street have solidified with the submission of a planning application . The £76m...
9 Jun 2023 - No comments
Glasgow's Avenues Plus programme is advancing in all directions with the council poised to launch a month-long consultation for Duke Street and John Knox Street in the east. Following progress...
8 Jun 2023 - No comments
A 58-bed residential care home has been earmarked for Anniesland, Glasgow, under new plans submitted by Holmes Miller. Anniesland Suites will rise at 220 Anniesland Road, partly occupied by...
8 Jun 2023 - No comments
Independent venue SWG3 has shared its  hotel vision for a former galvanisers' yard and warehouses which now serve as a cultural hot spot. Planned for newly acquired land at Sandyford Street...
8 Jun 2023 - No comments
A contemporary interpretation of the standard suburban villa is set to shake up the serried streets of Ravelston with the award of planning consent by The City of Edinburgh Council. Replacing...
8 Jun 2023 - No comments
Glasgow City Council has awarded a £5.6m contract to deliver the next phase of its Avenues programme to Maclay Civil Engineering. The Airdrie-based firm will undertake a series of public...
7 Jun 2023 - No comments
Architect Alan Dunlop has lamented the looming fifth anniversary of the second Glasgow School of Art fire with a poignant depiction of the fateful night in vivid watercolour on tinted paper....
6 Jun 2023 - No comments
Glasgow City Council's education services department has lodged plans for a community hub and nursery in Milton, Glasgow. Situated on the site of the former Glasgow School for the Deaf at...
6 Jun 2023 - No comments
North Lanarkshire Council has opened the first in a series of exhibitions outlining the future shape of towns across the region. Kicking things off in Wishaw Library today the authority will...
5 Jun 2023 - No comments
The Scottish Prison Service has taken possession of a new jail for female offenders in Stirling to replace HMP Cornton Vale. Designed by Holmes Miller and built by Morrison Construction the...
5 Jun 2023 - No comments
The A-listed Dalmeny House , a Tudor Gothic Revival pile on the shores of the Firth of Forth, is to undergo a series of changes linked to measures to diversify its use for visitor accommodation...
2 Jun 2023 - No comments
Renfrewshire Council has provided the first glimpse of an all-new Paisley Grammar School, a flagship learning campus set to open in the summer of 2026. The announcement coincides with a...
2 Jun 2023 - No comments
Transport Scotland has opened an online exhibition outlining its preferred route for a mile-long tunnel to protect motorists from landslips on the A83 at the Rest and be Thankful . Detailed...
1 Jun 2023 - No comments
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland has named seven buildings from Ayrshire to Skye as 2023 RIAS Award winners. The professional body has bestowed its top honour on diverse...

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