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Old College Law School, University of Edinburgh. Graham Construction has been awarded the £18m contract to complete the refurbishment of Edinburgh Law School.

The completion of what will be the world's tallest tower in Saudi Arabia is finally in sight after developers secured funding to complete the project. Stretching a full kilometre up into the sky, the Kingdom Tower in the small city of Jeddah will finally topple the Burj Khalifa's current record of b

Steve Walker, Paul Dunnett, Kirk Raine, comedian Kevin Bridges, NHBC CEO Mike Quinton, Michael Thomas and David Barratt Five house-building site managers were recognised for building homes of the highest standard at NHBC’s Pride in the Job Awards 2015 gala final.

The i360 tower in Brighton has been declared the thinnest building in the world. With a diameter of 12.7ft (3.9m), the city’s tallest building won a place in the Guinness World Records as the “most slender tower”.

Plans for the University's Data Technology Institute Ambitious plans to transform the University of Edinburgh's campuses have been boosted by a £200 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB).

Plans have been submitted to turn the former Distillers’ House in Glasgow into 100,000 square feet of new office space. Property developer Whiteburn Projects aims to keep the main historical elements of the B-listed red sandstone building in Waterloo Street, with a 14-storey structure built be

Tammy Adams Home builders have raised concerns over the unintended consequences which could arise from the Scottish Government’s draft delivery advice on planning and infrastructure.

(from left) Kit Campbell (Architect), Neil Baxter (Secretary, RIAS), Karen Cunningham (Director, Festival of Architecture 2016) and David Dunbar (Chair, Festival of Architecture 2016). Photo credit: Malcolm Cochrane A new book documenting the best 100 buildings in Scotland over the past 100 years ha

Two daring Dundonians took having fun in the sun to new heights yesterday by using scaffolding outside a block of flats as a makeshift balcony. The duo decided to make use of the structure at the front of a top-floor Morgan Street flat, three storeys up, by apparently climbing out of the window to b

Architects, engineers and builders are the joint second hardest working professions in the UK when it comes to bank holidays as almost nine in ten will be working today, according to new research. Those in HR (89 per cent) are the most likely to be working this weekend, followed architects, engineer

A former school building next to Edinburgh’s Royal Mile is to be converted into a boutique hotel and restaurant as part of the £150 million New Waverley development currently transforming the city’s Old Town. The C-listed red sandstone Canongate Venture building, one of Edinburgh’s last remai

A tower block has been named the worst new building in the UK, after being described as "an open invitation to commit suicide", Deezen has reported. The Lincoln Plaza housing tower in east London by BUJ Architects has been awarded the Carbuncle Cup 2016 by architecture website BD.

2016 award winner Johnstone Town Hall A four month search to find the most innovative projects in the built environment throughout Scotland is now on following the launch of the RICS Awards 2017.

Paisley-vased CGC has completed the task of giving an iconic West Yorkshire building a new lease of life.

Vittorio (left) and Santino Pelosi City Building’s instructors are seeing double with this year’s intake of modern apprentices, thanks to twins being amongst the talented group.