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A LOCAL authority councillor in Moray has been named 'Scotland’s High Street Hero', in recognition of his efforts to improve his local town of Buckie. The award has gone to Gordon McDonald, from Scotland's Towns Partnership, at its annual Scotland...
THE average rent for a two-bedroom property - in the private rented sector in Scotland - has increased by almost 15 per cent during the 12 months to September this year - to an average £841 per month; up £105...
GIVE it at least a year and the mix of trees, shrubs, herbaceous plants, conifers, ferns and grasses recently planted in the middle of a newly-reconfigured Edinburgh roundabout will begin to bulk out and bloom. Picardy Place, near the St...
THE humble wooden pallet. A godsend for community gardens on a budget, since they are very often available for free. In Edinburgh, including from the back yard of a local paint shop. Since all community gardens require designing in advance,...
PLANS to turn much of Edinburgh city centre into a largely pedestrianised zone are seeking further input from the general public. A consultation has been issued for what is being described as the 'next phase' design proposals for George Street...
A MODERN take on the traditional Scottish tenement block has won the main prize at awards celebrating housing design in Scotland. Simon Square (pictured), in Edinburgh - by Fraser/Livingstone Architects, for Seven Hills Investments - has been awarded the Saltire...
WELCOME to a fairly recently-launched editorial thread on placedesignscotland.com: noting appointments, retirements, etc in the Scottish placemaking sector. And we are grateful to reporting in Scottish Housing News, Scottish Construction Now and Project Scotland, plus others, for news of the...
HOW Edinburgh might look and feel in seven years' time is the subject of a public hearing, to be attended...
PROPOSALS to revitalise arguably Glasgow's three main retail thoroughfares have been approved by the city's elected members. Councillors yesterday approved...
RESIDENTS of four Glasgow neighbourhoods are being encouraged to share their views on early-stage proposals to create people-friendly streets that...
OVER £400m has been spent in and around Glasgow, on "infrastructure improvements, and business and employment programmes" - during the...
A LOCAL authority councillor in Moray has been named 'Scotland’s High Street Hero', in recognition of his efforts to improve...
A MODERN take on the traditional Scottish tenement block has won the main prize at awards celebrating housing design in...
THE EDINBURGH district of Leith has been named the 16th 'coolest neighbourhood' in the world - according to the media...
THE average price of a house in Scotland in August was £194,000 - some 1.1 per cent up on the...
VIEWS are being sought on plans to shape Glasgow over the next 20 years. A consultation has been launched by...
A 'HOUSING emergency' has been declared by elected members of The City of Edinburgh Council. In a what is being...
GLASGOW'S city council is celebrating a cycle-friendly piece of technology securing a prize at a transport awards ceremony. The kit...
GLASGOW'S local authority is to invoke compulsory purchase powers, to acquire a group of flats and a derelict building, to...
SUGGESTIONS are being sought from the general public, for the creation of new National Parks in Scotland. The Scottish Government...
SCOTLAND last year witnessed an estimated 50 per cent increase in the number of houses sold for more than £1million...
JUST over half of Scots are estimated to be 'broadly positive' about their lives, with one in ten responding to...
PLANS to regenerate a district to the north-west of Glasgow city centre have taken what is being described as a...
IF security is a consideration - and why wouldn't it be? - in the design of apartment blocks, then, inspired...
VIEWS are to be soon sought on plans to revitalise Glasgow city centre. Says the local authority, here: "With an...
THERE appears to be broad backing for the idea of building new towns, according to a survey conducted by pollsters,...
THE first pipes in a heating network for a 'new town' in Midlothian have been laid - to provide an...
"THIS is a pic of 1970's council housing for older people in Stirling. A modern interpretation of an almshouse but...
"This is one of my favourite personal photographs: of The Inch Park, very close to where I was brought up....
"EDINBURGH'S Circus Lane has to be one of the prettiest streets in the UK; it's a design inspiration in its...
"GREEN. Meadows, on Edinburgh's Buccleuch Street, describes itself as 'a modern take on a tropical plant shop with social and...
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