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New homes, workplaces, community and cultural buildings are among the 11 outstanding new buildings that have been named as winners of this year’s Scottish national architecture awards with several projects demonstrating excellence in retrofitting and repurposing existing buildings. Reveal

As the country enters the second week of the UK general election campaign trail, 12 Tier One UK infrastructure and construction contractors and consultants have shared 12 recommendations that the future government should implement to effectively boost the UK’s economic growth and productivity

Scottish commercial property company HFD has appointed Lisa Gribben as property management director to support the operation and growth of its serviced offices portfolio. Ms Gribben was previously a partner at commercial property consultancy Knight Frank, covering the whole of Scotland, and has over

Euan McLaughlin and Darren MacKay have bolstered the land team at the regional arm of Persimmon Homes. Persimmon North Scotland has appointed Euan McLaughlin as planning manager and Darren MacKay as land manager. The pair will be working on strengthening the land bank at the home builder’s hea

Housebuilder Dandara has continued its sponsorship of Kirkliston Children’s Gala for the third consecutive year, helping to kick off celebrations for the Gala’s 100th anniversary.

Lender and investor sentiment has improved compared to 12 months ago, Savills revealed at its 36th Financing Property presentation.

Horizon Housing is launching a summit designed to develop new and sustainable solutions to the chronic shortage of accessible homes and strained social care and health resources.

The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Scotland has released its response to the Investing in Planning consultation, noting the consultation’s reliance on planning fees, which the Institute states will not be a silver bullet to fixing the planning system. The Institute’s response, whic

Glasgow-based developer CCG Homes has unveiled 'West Shore' – hailing it as Edinburgh's first private housing development designed to achieve (regulated) 'operational net zero carbon'.

Southside Housing Association has celebrated the completion of its new build development at St Andrews Drive, the last of three phases of development works at Pollokshields.

Architecture and Design Scotland (A&DS), Scotland's design agency for place, is hosting a free online forum on Preventative Design.

The owner of a historic former railway office building in Glasgow has withdrawn an application for demolition following intervention by a local MSP. A proposal lodged earlier this month would have seen much of the A-listed Flemington House in Springburn knocked down under because of an inc

As part of its long-term commitment to upskilling the industry and training the next generation of roofing operatives, NFRC has provided a grant and other support to a Renfrewshire school, for the establishment of a course in Plain Roof Tiling: with a number of its member companies offering sponsor

Building materials merchant PDM has unveiled a major upgrade to its Kilmarnock branch. This investment will better support the needs of both existing and new customers with a significantly expanded product range across a retail floorspace that has tripled in size. The upgraded facilities were offici

An Egyptian tablet thought to be more than 3,200 years old has exposed some of the sick day excuses used by workers building the pyramids.