Graduate architect Quita Hynd shares her final year project which considered whether to retrofit the recently demolished 219-245 Blackness Road tenements in Dundee. One module available for final year 5th year Architecture students, entitled Macro Micro, explored ‘deep retrofit&
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The Scottish Prison Service has opened the doors for the first time to the new £85.7 million HMP & YOI Stirling, a replacement facility for HMP Cornton Vale.
Edinburgh-based Carbogenics, which has developed proprietary technology that boosts green energy production, has raised more than £1 million in investment to build its first production and R&D facility in Scotland. The company turns difficult-to-recycle food, farm and paper waste which wou
A consultation has been launched on plans for the £1.3bn connected and sustainable new coastal town at Granton Waterfront in Edinburgh.
Future generations will get a glimpse of life in East Dunbartonshire through the eyes of Additional Support Needs pupils when a time capsule that has been buried at their brand new school in Waterside, Kirkintilloch is eventually unearthed.
The search for the construction industry’s most influential managers and leaders is back on as a new date for the coveted CIOB Awards is announced.
Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) is looking for companies with a sustainable building material product that reduces embodied carbon to join its newly launched Accelerator programme.
CBRE has taken full occupancy of its new office in the prime city centre development of Marischal Square in Aberdeen, establishing a key hub in North-east Scotland. The Aberdeen-based advisory team, comprising 15 employees, have relocated from their previous West End premises on Albyn Terrace to a s
Architectural features on a B-listed hotel are to be preserved as part of a new £16.8 million regeneration plan for Gallowgate in Glasgow.
Glasgow City Council has approved the beginning of negotiations on the off-market disposal of two sites, both of which could be used to deliver new accommodation. Maryhill Housing Association has earmarked a former schoolhouse at Shakespeare Street in Maryhill to be used as supported accom
Planning permission is being sought for a new care home with public open space in Anniesland.
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has announced the 2023 RIAS Awards special category winners. In recognition of its role as client of the Laidlaw Music Centre, the University of St Andrews has been named Client of the Year.
Main construction works to deliver a state-of-the-art education and community facility for Earlston will begin today. The facility will include a primary school and early years facility with community spaces also included bringing learning and social environments to the heart of the community.
Marking the launch of three show homes, Taylor Wimpey West Scotland invited children from Glenboig Primary to visit its Meadowside development. During their visit, the children from Primary 6 also had an opportunity to see some of the new homes that are under various stages of construction in Glenbo
Proposals to redevelop a former Glasgow nightclub into student accommodation have now been submitted in full.


