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Two design projects, led by a design team from the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment (SSSA) at Robert Gordon University (RGU), have been recognised at the Aberdeen Society Design Awards 2023. The projects, led by Professor Gokay Deveci and a team from the SSSA, include Tr

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The built environment impacts hugely on the quality of our lives – and by extension on our health and wellbeing. Karen Anderson argues that wellbeing should be a key mission of architecture and urban design. "Architecture is an art when one consciously or unconsciously creates aesthetic emotio

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A new post-graduate course to improve the energy efficiency of buildings has been given the go-ahead at The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment, at Robert Gordon University (RGU), as the university successfully joins the UK Green Building Council.

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Electrical and mechanical contractor McKenna Group has reaffirmed its commitment to enabling the future of the industry with the appointment of a graduate quantity surveyor at its base in Dundee. Michael Crombie, 24, joined the business on a part-time basis earlier this year and went full time

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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.

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A collaboration between Robert Gordon University (RGU) and the Torry Development Trust will bring together expertise in health and social care, architecture and the creative arts, to inform and design the regeneration of the former Victoria Road School in Torry.

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Academic researchers are conducting a study into an innovative housing construction method which could help to bring down the cost for homebuyers. The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment at Robert Gordon University (RGU) is collaborating with the Construction Scotland Innov

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An ambitious young student who worked two jobs at school in a bid to fund further studies has been given a helping hand by Stewart Milne Group. The housebuilder and timber systems manufacturer is supporting a Robert Gordon University access scholarship programme and Stephen Collins (18) a BSC (Hons)

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Plans have been announced for a £40 million innovation hub in Aberdeen which aims to double the number of life sciences companies in North East Scotland. The Bio-therapeutics Hub for Innovation will be a focal point for sector ambition and growth and has secured £20m of capital funding f

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(from left) Glenn Allison, chief executive of Stewart Milne Group, Professor David McClean, head of school at the Scott Sutherland School, and Sarah Dingwall, development manager for the RGU Foundation Stewart Milne Group has pledged £8,000 to create an access scholarship that will support an under

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