New lease of life for historic auditorium
Austin-Smith:Lord’s conservation team and interior designer Julia Grant are to rejuvenate the auditorium at one of Scotland's oldest theatres.
The project is part of a £2.4 million renovation...
7N Architects launches Employee Ownership Trust
EDINBURGH-based 7N Architects has set up an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) with owner and founding director Ewan Anderson transferring 100% of his total shareholding...
Climate policy must roll forward, not backward
By Peter Exley, professor and dean, Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment, Robert Gordon University
No moral case seems strong enough to compel...
Scots practice recognised for Singapore hospice project
A Glasgow-based architectural practice has been recognised for its work on a Singapore hospice project.
Keppie Design's collaboration with local firm, New Space Architects, has...
Collective Architecture to deliver Camphill campus project
COLLECTIVE Architecture has won the competition to deliver a £10 million capital investment development over two of Camphill School Aberdeen's three campuses.
The firm was chosen...
Architecture students team up with housebuilder on north east design project
STUDENTS from the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment are building their skills with Cala Homes (North), as part of a student...
Edinburgh practice to design world’s second tallest tower
AN Edinburgh-based architecture practice is to design the world's second tallest tower in Russia.
Kettle Collective revealed the tower will be built in St Petersburg...
Construction work underway at £78m Glasgow development
CONSTRUCTION of Moda's Holland Park neighbourhood in Glasgow is gathering pace. The £78 million development will replace the Strathclyde Police HQ in Pitt Street, close...
How resilient is Glasgow’s architecture?
By Bruce Kennedy, an architect director at BDP
IN more than 30 years as a practicing architect in Glasgow, I have witnessed the city’s resilience...
Architectural practice announces third UK hub
HOLMES Miller has established a new office in Leeds to support demand for public sector projects across England.
The office is the third UK hub...
Evolution of ‘warrior ideology’ shown in Perth construction find
ARCHAEOLOGISTS from the University of Aberdeen have recreated images of a figure found on a Pictish stone discovered during the construction of the A9/A85...
Shortlist announced for Scottish Design Awards 2022
FINALISTS have been announced for the Scottish Design Awards 2022, which celebrate the top achievements by architecture and design professionals.
With hundreds of entries to...
Graham + Sibbald bolsters architecture team across the UK
GRAHAM + Sibbald has revealed that the firm's architecture team completed a busy second half of 2023 with a number of key senior appointments...
Edinburgh practice honoured for sustainable development
EDINBURGH-based Kettle Collective is calling for architects to be at the forefront of tackling carbon reduction after winning a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Sustainable Development.
This...
Montrose architectural practice transitions to Employee Ownership Trust model
MONTROSE-based Crawford Architecture has officially transitioned to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT).
The move puts the firm’s future in the hands of its team, giving...
HLM completes St Andrews student accommodation project
HLM has completed the new Whitehorn Hall student accommodation complex at the University of St Andrews, the largest single expansion of student bedrooms in the...
Anderson Bell + Christie earns award recognition for Sighthill development
GLASGOW-based architect Anderson Bell + Christie has been awarded a Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) Scotland Award in partnership with The City of Edinburgh...
Keppie reveals outcome of enterprise project
KEPPIE Design, in partnership with East Ayrshire Council and Ayrshire College, has announced that Cumnock Academy has been awarded the top prize at the finale...
‘Minimum intervention’ approach at the heart of GLM success story
“WE do more with less.”
That’s what Ian McKee describes as GLM’s Unique Selling Point.
Ian is Managing Director of the Edinburgh-based firm, home to an...
Making a haus a home
A planning application has been submitted for three carbon neutral homes in Aberdeenshire, which have been specified to the rigorous Passivhaus standard.
The dwellings are...
