In the news, w/e November 17
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…
Tag: Building + Landscape Design
A two-door ‘solution’, for security?
IF security is a consideration – and why wouldn’t it be? – in the design of apartment blocks, then, inspired by examples especially on the…
Plans dropped for music school at the Royal High
PLANS have been dropped to turn one of Edinburgh’s most iconic buildings – the Royal High School – into a music school. The decision –…
Gasholder re-imagination continues apace
WORK continues apace to re-imagine a gasholder in north Edinburgh as, among other things, an arts space. The local authority, The City of Edinburgh Council,…
Prospects looking good for meat sheds restoration
PROSPECTS are looking good for the restoration of former industrial sheds just east of Glasgow city centre. Although plans for the warehouses are technically at…
Building surveyors continue to downplay prospects
SCOTS building surveyors are reporting a continued drop in how busy they are. Says the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, so-called ‘market activity’ among its…
New lease of life for Victorian building
A VICTORIAN building in the east end of Glasgow has been converted into office and studio space. The building – which had been used as…
Town hall ‘transformation’ into major music venue almost completed
THE next stage in ongoing regeneration of Paisley town centre has been almost completed with the ‘transformation’ of a building into what is being described…
Shortlist announced for Scots Building of the Year 2023
FOUR projects have been shortlisted for the title of this year’s ‘Scottish Building of the Year’. The shortlisting for the title – aka the Andrew…
Stories wanted about Glasgow’s derelict buildings
STORIES about Glasgow’s derelict buildings are being invited – for a second, successive year. For a long-running celebration of the city’s built heritage – Glasgow…