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31 Jan 2024 - No comments
Ayr Grammar School is set to become a flagship headquarters under plans to revitalise the C-listed building as a town centre destination. ARPL Architects is leading a series of...
30 Jan 2024 - No comments
A critical site on Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street is set to play a key role in bringing the struggling street back to life under early plans to introduce a food hall. Urban regeneration...
30 Jan 2024 - No comments
The residential transformation of the former Bellahouston Academy has been completed with the unveiling of 36 affordable homes. AS Homes has steered the transition of the urban site at North...
30 Jan 2024 - No comments
East Lothian Council is progressing two identical primary schools in tandem to address growing population pressure in the region. Hub South East and jmarchitects will deliver the schools, each...
29 Jan 2024 - No comments
Holmes Miller has shared plans for a new front-of-house block and facilities building to serve the planned HMP Glasgow in Provanmill. Standing in the shadow of two prominent gasholders at...
29 Jan 2024 - No comments
A former Kilmarnock church has been granted a new lease of life after a local charity moved mountains to secure its future as a climbing and bouldering centre. Above Adventure has worked with...
26 Jan 2024 - No comments
Haghill Primary is set to rise again under plans by Milnbank Housing Association and Grant Murray Architects (GMA) to death mask the B-listed school. Residential infill for the full urban block...
26 Jan 2024 - No comments
A one-of-a-kind outdoor pool is set to make a splash later this year with the grand reopening of an Art Deco pavilion. Tarlair outdoor pool has been closed since 1995 but will reopen later...
25 Jan 2024 - No comments
Nicoll Russell Studios has shared plans for a replacement step-free access bridge over the Perth to Dundee railway line at Magdalen Green in Dundee's west end. Designed with Stantec on behalf...
25 Jan 2024 - No comments
A brownfield site in Lennoxtown commanding a dominant presence amongst the foothills of the Campsie Fells has been earmarked for a one-off cabin retreat . S2 Architecture will bring the site...
25 Jan 2024 - No comments
Moves to reset traditional clinical design standards in paediatric care have been realised within a novel theatre reception within the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow. Spearheaded by...
24 Jan 2024 - No comments
A landmark A-listed building commanding a prominent corner of Edinburgh's St Andrew Square is to set fair for conversion to a four-star hotel. Dalata Hotel Group has enlisted Hawkins/Brown to...
24 Jan 2024 - No comments
Network Rail is to break ground on a new station building for East Kilbride next week as part of a package of modernisation and accessibility improvements. Due to open in June 2025 the new...
23 Jan 2024 - No comments
Construction is expected to get underway this summer on a modest apartment building in Edinburgh's Meadowbank district. Echoing a recent student build  nearby the scheme capitalises on an...
22 Jan 2024 - No comments
An historic wathctower in the Tillydrone area of Aberdeen is to be transformed into a community cafe under the latest plans filed by Tinto Architecture . Investment by Tillydrone Community...
22 Jan 2024 - No comments
A York-based property developer is doubling down on Edinburgh student housing after securing private equity funding for two new build schemes. S. Harrison has secured forward funding from...
19 Jan 2024 - No comments
Corryard, the Crieff-based construction business, is turning its attentions closer to home with proposals to build three homes on the site of its offices on Milnab Street . The 1980s brick...
19 Jan 2024 - No comments
A health city at Edinburgh's BioQuarter has added a new feather to its bow with the completion of a £110m medical facility. The Institute for Regenerative Repair (IRR) South for the...
18 Jan 2024 - No comments
A bespoke high-end home is set to break ground this spring on the outskirts of Edinburgh once Block Nine Architects complete the technical design. Approved in October the £1.25m home will rise...
17 Jan 2024 - No comments
Dramatic plans to build 304 homes stretching along the southern boundary of Govan Graving Docks have been shared by New City Vision. Working with O'DonnellBrown Architects the developer will...
17 Jan 2024 - No comments
A planned eco-wellness park in a former Ayrshire colliery has taken a step closer with the award of planning permission in principle. East Ayrshire Council has given the green light to the...
16 Jan 2024 - No comments
Aberdeenshire Council has shared concept designs for a £20m regional museum and library in Peterhead. The Peterhead Cultural Project focuses on the historic Arbuthnot House on Broad...
16 Jan 2024 - No comments
New life is to be breathed into Glasgow's historic core under plans to upgrade B-listed offices on the High Street to provide modern workplaces. London architects de Metz Forbes Knight are...
16 Jan 2024 - No comments
An at-risk former cinema may have skirted demolition by the skin of its teeth after planning officers issued a building preservation notice (BPN). The decision means the building owners, Allied...
15 Jan 2024 - No comments
A bolt-on urban neighbourhood on the periphery of Edinburgh has taken a step closer to reality with the submission of an application for planning in principle by 7N Architects. West Town is a...
12 Jan 2024 - No comments
A B-listed Gourock church boasting elevated views across the River Clyde is to go residential conversion under plans filed by Rebecchi Architectural . St Bartholomew's Episcopal Church on...
12 Jan 2024 - No comments
Live entertainment specialist AEG has shared its initial proposals for Edinburgh Park Arena , an 8,500-seat venue planned for 14,900sq/m of scrubland at the evolving edge of town business park....
12 Jan 2024 - No comments
BAE Systems have broken ground on a naval shipbuilding training academy at South Street , Scotstoun, to designs by Oberlanders and Portacabin. The learning hub will support a new generation...
11 Jan 2024 - No comments
Storms and floods draw attention to our changing climate and the need to reshape our way of life to manage extreme events in the winter edition of Urban Realm. This directly informs our report...
11 Jan 2024 - No comments
Stirling Council has laid the groundwork for a new community campus in Callander, the largest town in Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park. Responding to the brief Ryder Architecture...
10 Jan 2024 - No comments
Planning consent has been awarded for 321 studio apartments at 292-298 St Vincent Street, completing a shift from a 250-bed hotel approved in 2020 as a result of the pandemic. Targeting...
10 Jan 2024 - No comments
A soon to close bingo hall on Leith's Manderston Street is to be conserved and redeveloped as student housing under plans brought forward by Longstone and Oberlanders. The developer will work...
9 Jan 2024 - No comments
Oberlanders have extended their relationship with the University of St Andrews after being appointed to design an R&D lab for decarbonising energy production. Standing alongside a...
9 Jan 2024 - No comments
Grant Murray Architects have obtained planning consent from Glasgow City Council to build serviced apartments at a prominent city centre junction. The approval clears the way for a seven-storey...
8 Jan 2024 - No comments
Demolition of a historic north Glasgow cinema could be imminent after a demolition warrant for the former former Vogue Cinema at Balmore Road, Possilpark, was signed over the Christmas break....
8 Jan 2024 - No comments
Balfour Beatty has shared detailed plans for the first student accommodation block of the New Year in the form of a 174-bed Edinburgh development. Destined for the site of the former base of...
8 Jan 2024 - No comments
Studio LBA has begun 2024 in style by applying the finishing touches to a net zero rural office shared with local businesses. The Edinburgh headquartered architecture and design practice has...
4 Jan 2024 - No comments
A former school and one-time hospital in Garnethill is to be restored as part of plans to create 21 build-to-rent homes in Glasgow City Centre. The B-listed Mount Building , which dates back...

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