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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has called on the Scottish Government to switch its housing policy from assisting demand towards assisting supply if it is to effectively tackle the housing crisis. In its annual Residential Policy Paper, the RICS highlighted the success of Help to

Scottish Government ministers have provisionally upheld plans to develop a former psychiatric hospital in Dundee into hundreds of new homes. Plans for Strathmartine Hospital in Baldovan, to the north of Dundee, had originally been approved by Angus Council despite strong opposition from neighbouring

The Scottish Government has reached its renewable energy consumption target levels seven years early after a record amount of the country’s electricity was generated from renewables in the first half of 2015. Statistics published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change show a 13.5 per cent

Ayrshire College Kilmarnock Campus achieves 'Outstanding' BREEAM rating A project developed by McLaughlin & Harvey has achieved the highest available BREEAM rating.

The Royal High School Preservation Trust (RHSPT) has appointed Richard Murphy Architects and Simpson & Brown to develop alternate proposals for the restoration of Edinburgh’s former Royal High School. Backed by the philanthropic Dunard Fund, the Trust has made a formal legal offer of &poun

The vision for a new Meadowbank Sports Centre has moved a step closer after the City of Edinburgh Council revealed the funding shortfall has dropped dramatically. According to a report in February, the estimated cost of the project was £43 million with a funding shortfall of between £11.3m and £1

Alex Neil Vacant land and buildings which were previously in public sector ownership are being redeveloped to allow the construction of hundreds of affordable homes, the Scottish Government has announced.

Zaha Hadid The architect behind Glasgow’s Riverside Museum has become the first woman to be awarded the prestigious Royal Gold Medal by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).

Faisal Choudhry Despite post-referendum political upheaval and taxation changes, overall Scotland remains an attractive place to invest in real estate, according to a new Savills report published this week.

A joint research project between the University of Glasgow and Nankai University in China has shared a £1.5 million award focused on urban transformations in China. Announced by Chancellor George Osborne in China, where he is leading a trade mission, three joint teams of UK and Chinese researchers

Edinburgh’s City Observatory and the Govanhill baths in Glasgow are among six Scottish projects to be restored thanks to investment from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). A total of £7 million is being made available for projects across the country, with the aim to preserve historical bui

Speculative Bellshill industrial development Developer J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) plc has started construction of a first phase 20,000 sq ft speculative industrial unit at Belgrave Point, Bellshill.

Councillors have been asked to approve revised plans for a multi-million pound brewery and visitor attraction in the centre of Inverness. The owners of the Glen Mhor Hotel on the city’s riverside were refused permission in October last year for their plans to demolish a bar to incorporate the Coli

David (right) and Neil Taylor from Tap Architects An Edinburgh architecture firm has developed a design manifesto for the country’s burgeoning food and drink industry, aiming to bring the benefits of good design and architecture to manufacturing businesses.

FMP Construction has started work to develop new leisure facilities in Aberdeenshire. The local authority is investing £12.7 million across leisure, sports and community facilities in Banff and Macduff.