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Six of the world’s most famous landmarks have been given a green makeover and reimagined as environmentally friendly energy hubs. Niagara Falls, the Pyramids of Giza, the Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal, Sydney Opera House, and Big Ben have all been given a green facelift to show how renewable energy

The construction of a new community hub in North Ayrshire will receive support from building services provider Arc-Tech (Scotland).

Tenants affected by unprecedented flooding in Perth during August last year have been welcomed back into their homes by Fairfield Housing Association.

Amey Consulting has won a highways design contract on the Clyde Waterfront and Renfrew Riverside (CWRR) project.

Scottish Borders Council has approved plans for a waterfront regeneration project in Eyemouth.

Social enterprise company National Pride has revealed proposals to develop an environmentally sensitive Eco-Therapy Wellness Park at the site of the former Barony colliery, near Auchinleck in East Ayrshire.

Consulting engineer Dougall Baillie Associates (DBA) has been called on to accelerate the restart of a prestigious residential development where Robert Burns composed the song The Bonnie Lass o’ Ballochmyle, and which is destined to become one of the most breathtaking estates in the country.

Plans to build one of the world’s tallest buildings have been announced by Scottish-based architecture firm Kettle Collective. The tower will be built in St Petersburg and at 703 metres will be the second highest skyscraper in the world, just under Dubai’s famous Burj Khalifa (828m).

Clyde Gateway is hoping to undertake improvements to the existing area of open space and woodland between Old Dalmarnock Road, Dunn Street and Finnart Street. 

Aberdeen City Council has highlighted rising construction costs plus a shortage of materials and workers after the local authority confirmed it would manage to build only half of its target of 2,000 homes by next year’s deadline.

Housebuilder Dandara East Scotland held a small road-naming ceremony last week recognising the courage and sacrifice of Jane Haining, a Church of Scotland missionary and Matron of the Scottish Mission School in Budapest, who died in Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944.

Proposals have been unveiled for 144 homes at the former Neptune Work site in Ayr. Barratt Homes has lodged a proposal of application notice for the potential development, which has been approved by South Ayrshire Council.

East Lothian Council’s planning committee met remotely yesterday to consider a number of applications including a new secondary school at Wallyford and 105 new houses as part of the greater Wallyford development.

A long-running planning saga regarding the redevelopment of a key development site on Leith Walk looks set for a successful conclusion for Drum Property Group. The company’s latest proposals for Stead’s Place, near the foot of Leith Walk, were today approved by the City of Edin

Work has started on the new primary school to serve the housing developments at Ness Castle and Ness-Side in Inverness.