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Six new people have been honoured by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) in recognition of their significant contribution to Scotland’s cultural, academic, business or political life. Unveiled by the Incorporation today, the new RIAS Honorary Fellows are:

Commercial law firm Davidson Chalmers Stewart (DCS) has announced the promotion of Steven McAllister to partner and head of the firm's renewable energy team. Mr McAllister joined the firm in 2019, having previously worked with major commercial terms and as legal counsel at Renewable Energy Systems (

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has made good on its promise to donate £25 to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) for each new home sold and legally completed at its two new developments in Troon. The third tranche of £1,525 was donated to the charity by Taylor Wimpey West Scotlan

Brunton Design has designed this large single level extension to a detached stone villa near Dundee. Allan Mudie from the practice told SCN about this design.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: City Of Edinburgh Council. 

Muir Homes has submitted a Proposal of Application Notice (PAN) to Angus Council which outlines its intention to submit a planning application for a residential development on land off Newtyle Road in Muirhead. The developer will now begin a comprehensive programme of community engagement, which wil

Steven Henderson is to be the new chief executive of Wheatley Group. Mr Henderson, currently the group director of finance, will take over from Martin Armstrong, who announced last year he had decided to step down after more than 11 years at the helm, plus two and a half years as CEO of Glasgow Hous

A planning application has been submitted for the proposed demolition of existing buildings on Portobello High Street to make way for a five-storey block of commercial units and 11 homes.

Frances Tait, who works in the construction and engineering team at Womble Bond Dickinson, outlines the combustible cladding legislation changes set to be introduced in Scotland. Everyone's full attention has been on the Building Safety Bill (now the Building Safety Act 2022) receiving Royal Assent

Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) alongside Hackland + Dore Architects have been shortlisted in two categories in the Scottish Home Awards 2022.

Osprey Housing Group has recently boosted Moray's housing stock with the addition of ten new homes in the heart of Elgin. The Osprey Housing development in the town’s Alba Place comprises four one-bed cottage apartments and six three-bed villas in a terrace design emulating nearby former mill

Nuveen Real Estate has appointed BAM Construction Scotland to deliver the interiors of the 12 storey W Edinburgh hotel – the centrepiece of the £1 billion St James Quarter.

Recycling and waste management business Levenseat has announced plans to invest £4 million to upgrade a new Materials Recycling Facility (MRF), which it purchased for an undisclosed sum from Avondale Environmental today. West Lothian-headquartered Levenseat said it will introduce new technolog

Project manager Hugh Moore highlights the progress being made in the Clyde Gateway area in developing a district heating and cooling grid - a renewable energy project with four other European participants. When I travel to Paris this week for the next meeting of the D2 Grids Steering Committee,

An independent review of the role of incineration in Scotland has recommended that no further planning permission should be granted to incineration infrastructure unless it is balanced by an equal or greater closure of capacity.