Perth & Kinross

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The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has criticised the process for the selection of an architect to redesign Perth City Hall after the local authority was recommended to appoint a practice which did not win the competition. It was revealed last week that the selection panel cons

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Engineering, environment and design consultancy Sweco UK has been appointed by Perth & Kinross Council as the lead consultant on the £113 million Cross Tay Link Road project on the outskirts of Perth. The consultancy contract is valued at £3.5 million.

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The selection panel considering architects shortlisted for the transformation of Perth City Hall are to recommend internationally-renowned firm Mecanoo to councillors next week. The international design competition for the City Hall attracted global interest and over 70 initial expressions of intere

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Plans have been lodged to transform a derelict Perth school into a £3.5 million arts hub providing work spaces and studios for local artists. Perth and Kinross Council wants to fashion a ‘creative exchange’ within the city’s former St John’s Primary on Stormont Street aimed at nurturing up-

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A £10 million plan to regenerate a dated Perth retail park has been approved. The project will see the old B&Q site at St Catherine’s Retail Park demolished to make way for five new retail units and a restaurant.

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Perth and Kinross Council has approved revised plans to transform a historic castle into a five-star luxury tourism destination. Prepared by architects McKenzie Strickland Associates, the proposals will see alterations made to the East Wing at Taymouth Castle near Kenmore to provide 52 hotel suites

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Initial concept designs for the redevelopment of Perth City Hall were unveiled today at a public exhibition. Perth & Kinross Council is working with the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) to manage the process of choosing from a shortlist of five major architects to w

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An exhibition featuring the initial design concepts created by the five shortlisted architectural firms for the transformation of Perth City Hall into a cultural attraction are to go on show for members of the public. The building, which closed its doors to the public in 2005, is to be con

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BAM Construction has been appointed by hub East Central Scotland to redevelop Perth City Hall. The building, which closed its doors to the public in 2005 and whose future was until recently the subject of much speculation, is to be converted by Perth & Kinross Council into a world-class visual a

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Perth and Kinross Council has granted permission to build 700 new homes in Scone. Councillors voted to grant planning permission in principal for the Scone North project despite more than 900 objections being lodged over concerns including traffic and pollution.

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Motor dealership Peter Vardy has lodged a detailed planning application for a new Perth Porsche Centre at Broxden on the edge of the city. The firm plans to invest more than £5 million to develop a vehicle showroom, workshop/ garage and valet service building on a site at Tweed Place, creating arou

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Plans to create a new housing and employment development at Perth Airport could be subject to a construction embargo, according to reports. The Morris Leslie Group has lodged proposals for the development on the edge of the Scone aerodrome.

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Councillors have approved proposals to develop a major gap site in Perth city centre into a new leisure, retail and housing development. Designed by Holmes Miller, the £30 million Mill Quarter development will comprise of restaurants and bars, speciality shops, a cinema, gyms, housing, and a multi

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Five of the biggest names in UK architecture have been shortlisted in Perth & Kinross Council’s competition to redesign Perth City Hall. Launched by the local authority in February, the competition challenged architectural firms to come up with a grand vision for redeveloping the building

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