Construction worker Gary Cummins is proving that good things come in small packages with his work as an amateur photographer. Originally hailing from Waterford in Ireland but currently working in Toronto, Canada, Gary recreates scenes in miniature, many of them with a building theme, giving a giant
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Plans for a suspended swimming pool have been unveiled for a new neighbourhood on London’s South Bank. Named ‘Sky Pool’, the outdoor pool at the Embassy Gardens development will link two residential buildings at the 10th storey – a world first – and allow residents to swim from one buildin
The Institute of Neurological Sciences in Glasgow is to undergo a £40 million modernisation to return the building into a leading edge facility for 21st century medicine and research. The hospital building, which opened in 1971, will be transformed to include a £5m University of Glasgow and NHS Gr
MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Mr Andrew Buchan
NHS Grampian has unveiled plans to invest more than £150 million into building new facilities at its Foresterhill Campus in Aberdeen over the next five years. The health board took the first step in the formal process towards creating at least 10 new facilities on the site by lodging a pre-applicat
MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Mr Robert Mackenzie. 11 Falkland Gardens Edinburgh
The existing building CALA Homes and City & Country have collaborated to rekindle plans to restore the building formerly home to Donaldson’s College in Edinburgh.
An innovative new app developed by BRE (Building Research Establishment) in partnership with Cruden and Kraft Architecture + Research which allows house builders to compare energy efficiency options and the associated cost implications, is now available for free download. The data incorporated withi
MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Duddingston House Properties & Urbanist Hotels.
RESIDENTIAL – TEN UNITS OR MORE Applicant: Square and Crescent Ltd.
Cruden Building & Renewals Limited has taken on four successful candidates to its coveted ‘Modern Apprenticeship Scheme’, as it maintains its commitment to addressing challenges posed by a sector-wide skills gap. Paul Conway, Michael Quigley, Reece Sutherland and Kieran Murphy have all start
MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: TSB Banking Group PLC.
Philip Hogg The home building industry in Scotland has urged the Scottish Government to follow Prime Minister David Cameron in acting boldly to help meet the home owning aspirations of the majority of Scots.
A team of British architects have been recognised by the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) after years of research into poor indoor air quality in modern homes. Dr Stirling Howieson, University of Strathclyde; Dr Tim Sharpe, Mackintosh Environmental Architecture Research Uni
MPs have called for a law to ensure that all schools and public building in Britain are rid of asbestos by 2035. A report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Occupational Safety and Health said that the time has come to put in place regulations requiring the safe, phased and planned removal of a


