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Christoph Ackermann: Rethinking healthcare design: lessons learned from a global pandemic
BDP's Glasgow Studio principal Christoph Ackermann on redesigning healthcare estates for the future.
Published 12 January 2021
Green light for £50m Maybole Community Campus
South Ayrshire Council is to progress towards starting the formal construction of the £50 million Maybole Community Campus after the development was granted planning approval.
Published 14 December 2020
Lindsey Mitchell: Lessons learnt for sustainable school design
As we begin the year-long countdown to COP26, Lindsey Mitchell takes a look at how the education building sector can play its role in sustainable design.
Published 27 October 2020
Kath MacTaggart: Outdoor learning gives children a healthy view of the world
Landscape architect Kath McTaggart discusses the benefits of designing and creating learning and social environments that spark imagination and creativity.
Published 29 September 2020
Chris Hughes: Digital collaboration is pushed front and centre in design development
The familiar sounds of a construction site is the background music to any city. However, the global COVID-19 pandemic has meant that, like many other projects across the United Kingdom, Edinburgh was quiet and still as site activities on the £1 billion Edinburgh St James project were suspended, for 12-weeks, with work on-site starting again in mid-June.
Published 23 July 2020
Start date revised for £40m Aberdeen BioHub
Work to create a life sciences innovation hub at the Foresterhill Health Campus in Aberdeen will now begin in the summer after the project was delayed due to coronavirus.
Published 17 June 2020
Kier to deliver £22m school of engineering for University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh has appointed Kier to build the new home of its school of engineering at its King’s Buildings Campus.
Published 22 May 2020
Bruce Kennedy: Humanising the workplace
Looking to a post-pandemic work environment, Bruce Kennedy talks about designing workplaces that inspire creativity, celebrate our collective humanity and allow us to thrive.
Published 31 March 2020
Deputy First Minister officially opens BDP's new Queen Margaret Academy
Pupils, parents and teachers were among the VIP guests who came together to celebrate the official opening of the new Queen Margaret Academy in Ayr.
Published 5 March 2020
Oliver Wilson: Mixed-use changing the shape of Scottish cities
Architect Oliver Wilson on the changing residential neighbourhoods being created in Scottish city centres.
Published 25 February 2020
Drum Property Group named Property Company of the Year
Drum Property Group has once again scooped the ultimate accolade at this year’s Scottish Property Awards, winning the coveted Property Company of the Year award for the second year running.
Published 21 February 2020
Ceremony marks official opening of £15m East Renfrewshire school
An official opening ceremony has been held at the new £15 million Maidenhill Primary and Nursery in East Renfrewshire.
Published 5 February 2020
Lindsey Mitchell: More than just a school
BDP architect Lindsey Mitchell on the importance of designing education spaces which inspire and provide a year-round community asset.
Published 12 November 2019
Martin Jarvie: How collaboration can help build the next generation of architects
I was one of those kids who knew what they wanted to be from an early age. My five-year-old self created buildings with Lego from my imagination. So, when I grew up I did it for real and became an architect.
Published 6 November 2019
BDP announces Stephen Long as guest speaker at The Big Conversation
Stephen Long, associate director of education at Scottish Futures Trust, has been announced as keynote speaker in the second of a series of discussion events entitled ‘Lifelong Learning: Education Beyond the Classroom’.
Published 5 November 2019
