Edinburgh

A competition has been launched by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) to appoint an architect-led multidisciplinary design team for a proposed new learning hub in Edinburgh.

Building services experts at M-Pact Group have extended their growing track record as trusted high-end refurbishment specialists with the successful upgrade of the Gardener’s Cottage as a new facility for the music department at Heriot-Watt University.

The City of Edinburgh Council has agreed a timetable to progress its next local development plan.

Sir Robert McAlpine has won the contract to build the new £45 million concert hall in Edinburgh.

Restoration and redevelopment plans by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) have gained planning approval from the City of Edinburgh Council.

A new canal side development of 234 new homes for rent above six commercial units has been granted planning permission by the City of Edinburgh Council.

Planning permission has been granted for the sensitive redevelopment of one of south Edinburgh’s best-known buildings and site of a former school for the blind.

The City of Edinburgh Council’s transport and environment convener has welcomed a significant funding boost towards a major project to transform George Street.

Prospect Community Housing has partnered with developer J Smart & Co. to deliver 69 much-needed affordable homes in the south-west of Edinburgh.

Work is set to start on urgently-needed affordable homes in a prime Leith location thanks to the efforts of three locally-based organisations.

The problems which resulted in the delayed opening of the Sick Children’s Hospital in Edinburgh were “built into” the £150 million development due to political pressure to avoid delays, a senior architect has claimed.

Councillors are expected to give the green light to mixed-use proposals to regenerate the site of the old Fountainbridge Brewery site in Edinburgh.

The Haymarket Hub Hotel in Edinburgh has submitted plans to extend the building by an additional 47 rooms and a new kitchen and dining space. Proposals submitted to the City of Edinburgh Council include a nine-story extension to the rear of the building, which would take the property to 242 bedrooms

A detailed assessment of compliance of all building systems is to be undertaken at the new Royal Hospital for Children and Young People (RHCYP) to guarantee the safety of patients and staff, the Scottish Government said today.

Members of Edinburgh’s property community have been given the first opportunity to see the careful planning and attention to detail involved with transforming a historic New Town building into one of the city’s finest boutique hotels.