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Dundee City Council has unveiled its plans for 24 new flats to replace historic flats on Blackness Road. The local authority demolished the 26 properties which made up 219-245 Blackness Road earlier this year after a compulsory purchase order (CPO) was granted in 2019.
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Scottish homebuilder Ambassador Living is set to break ground on a new homes development in Wallyford following its latest site acquisition deal. The family-owned homebuilder secured the land deal, which will see 94 new three-, four- and five-bedroom homes (including 24 affordable) built within
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Plans for a Scottish community to buy the UK's most remote pub have moved closer to completion after the Scottish Land Fund (SLF) granted funding to support the scheme. The Old Forge Community Benefit Society (CBS) has been awarded £508,000 to support the purchase and redevelopment of the pub,
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An updated masterplan for a £100 million golf resort, hotel and spa in the Angus countryside has been submitted to the local authority for planning consent. Developers behind 'The Angus' have said the project represents one of the biggest hospitality investments in Scotland in recent years and
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Regeneration company Urban Union is continuing its support for Gorbals-based Citizens Theatre for another year. The firm has built up a strong partnership with the theatre, as the much-loved institution is based a stone’s throw from its Laurieston Living development.
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Award-winning architect Richard Rogers has died aged 88. The influential architect and thinker on placemaking, who was the creative force behind the Centre Pompidou in Paris as well as the Millennium Dome and Lloyd's building in London, passed away at his home on Saturday night.
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Five 1960s high rises in Aberdeen have had their A-list rating confirmed after the Scottish Government rejected appeals from the local authority. In January 2021, Historic Environment Scotland (HES) listed Gilcomstoun Land, Seamount Court, Porthill Court, Marischal Court, Virginia Court, Thistle Cou
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The community-led development of five homes and five self-build plots on Raasay has been granted full planning permission. Raasay Development Trust (RDT) is leading the project in the main village of Inverarish with support from the Communities Housing Trust (CHT).
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Planning permission has been granted for the refurbishment and extension of The Scores Hotel at St Andrews. The historic property occupies a unique position, a few yards from the first tee at the Old Course, overlooking the legendary Royal & Ancient Golf Clubhouse and North Sea coastline.
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New designs have been approved for a £100 million golf resort, hotel and spa which will create hundreds of jobs for Angus and Dundee. Construction will get underway this summer after councillors approved an updated masterplan for the destination.
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Planning permission has been granted for the new Currie Community High School which is set to become one of the most energy efficient high schools in Scotland. The campus will be the first Passivhaus-designed high school in the country setting the standard for energy consumption across school estate
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A £15 million transformation has been proposed for the historic Custom House building in Leith. The preferred option to emerge from a feasibility study into the future of the Georgian landmark would see the building become a hub for heritage, culture, the creative industries, retail, hospitali
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A supertall skyscraper that is both the world's skinniest and one of the tallest in the Western hemisphere has been completed in New York City. Designed by SHoP Architects, 111 West 57th Street is located on Manhattan's Billionaires' Row and has a height-to-width ratio of 24:1.
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Christoph Ackermann, a principal at BDP, outlines how good design of healthcare buildings can deliver improved wellbeing for all. What is a hospital’s primary purpose? To offer a diagnosis for disease. To treat the sick and injured. Or to provide shelter in a series of buildings for those duri
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Architecture practice BDP has picked up the top prize in the Higher Education and Campus category for its University of Strathclyde Learning and Teaching Project in this year’s AJ Retrofit Awards. The awards celebrate the design expertise behind the vital renewal and repurposi
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