Glasgow

Global firms WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff and HOK Architects have secured a major contract with the University of Glasgow to develop a world-leading research hub. The £40 million research hub facility will be developed on the University’s 31-hectare Gilmorehill Campus in the West End.

Plans have submitted to Glasgow City Council for the renovation and expansion of Citizens Theatre. The application from Bennetts Associates details plans which would see a complete overhaul of the historic building inside and out.

An iconic B-listed building in Glasgow’s Tradeston area has been saved from falling into serious disrepair thanks to the building’s factor Speirs Gumley, a dedicated group of home and business owners, and grant funding from Glasgow City Council. The building at 33 Dalintober Street/53 Morrison S

Tenant Marion Copeland with GHA chair Gordon Sloan and Tracy Sinclair of Safedem Scotland’s tallest residential multi-storeys have been brought down in a first for the UK demolition industry.

Plans for a £30 million 4 star Radisson hotel on the banks of the River Clyde in Glasgow have been approved by the local authority. The 176-bedroom facility will include 78 parking spaces, bar, restaurant, Sky Bar, gallery, gym and more than 100sq m of event spaces.

The Glasgow Institute of Architects (GIA) has announced City of Glasgow College’s new state-of-the-art £66 million Riverside Campus, opened just weeks ago by first minister Nicola Sturgeon, as winner of a major design award. The development – part of a £228m twin-site supercampus that also inc

Plans to develop a complex of mixed-use buildings just off Glasgow’s George Square are being unveiled today at a public exhibition. Chris Stewart Group will reveal its proposals for 59 serviced apartments, 375 student flats and 23,688 sq/ft of commercial space on vacant property which it acquired

The urban regeneration of Laurieston, Glasgow, has been named Best Regeneration Project at the 2015 National Brick Awards. The awards are in their 39th year and celebrate excellence in design and construction using brick. They are the most well established and most widely respected of their kind in

A demolition firm has been fined £5,000 after a worker fell from a scaffolding platform in Glasgow and suffered severe injuries. DSR Demolition Limited pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 6(3) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005 and Section 33(1)(c) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.

Plans to upgrade Glasgow’s Kelvinbridge underground station have been lodged by Austin-Smith:Lord. The firm wants to give the station a makeover by installing a new cupola and apply new escalator cladding.

A scheme to build a tram-train link is one of two options being put forward for a new connection between Glasgow city centre, Paisley and Glasgow Airport. The flagship project in the £1.13bn Glasgow and Clyde Valley City Deal, would see tram-train carriages would operate on the heavy rail network b

Ogilvie Construction has been chosen to build a new £22 million hotel for Motel One Group in Oswald Street, Glasgow. With 374 rooms, the new hotel will be one of the largest in Scotland and the first in Glasgow for the European budget designer brand. The building will combine high quality product d

Plans to create a new visitor attraction and whisky distillery at Glasgow’s Queen’s Dock will be delivered over two phases under newly submitted proposals from Hypostyle-BR Architects. The Glasgow Whisky Experience and Single Malt Whisky Distillery development will see previously approved plans

Work is underway on a new £16m Imaging Centre of Excellence (ICE) for the University of Glasgow. The start of construction was marked by science minister Jo Johnson who helped to break ground at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital site where the ICE will be located.

First minister Nicola Sturgeon with Paul Little, principal and chief executive of City of Glasgow College as they meet cadets A new £66 million “world-class campus with the ‘wow’ factor” opened on the banks of the River Clyde yesterday.