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    Tag: Opinion

    A plan for sustainable development in Edinburgh, James Dalgleish

    LAST week – at the planning committee of The City of Edinburgh Council – we agreed City Plan 2030, a progressive and sustainable plan to…

    admin December 9, 2022

    The worrying state of Glasgow’s architectural heritage, Thierry Lye

    IT’S becoming mainstream to discuss Glasgow’s built environment and the worrying state of its architectural heritage. Growing up in Georgetown, an UNESCO World Heritage site…

    admin November 25, 2022

    Assessing the environmental impact of building and infrastructure plans, Mike Wilson

    THIS is primarily an appeal for help. It follows the presentation (here), to the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday, of the latest, draft version of Scotland’s…

    admin November 11, 2022

    Placing community wealth-building at the heart of economic planning, Tom Arthur MSP

    SCOTLAND has extraordinary economic potential. Our natural resources, talent, creativity, innovation, academic institutions and business base are held in high regard across the world. This is recorded…

    admin August 26, 2022

    Reflections on the Land Reform Bill, Magnus Davidson

    A FEW weeks ago, I attended a consultation event in Helmsdale for the proposed Land Reform in a Net Zero Nation Bill from the Scottish…

    admin August 19, 2022

    In praise of deck-access, Gordon Duffy

    NINETEEN years ago, I designed a block of flats that were built near the Cameron Toll roundabout in Edinburgh. Located on Peffermill Road, passers-by might…

    admin July 22, 2022

    Building deconstruction and reuse, Mariana Novosivschei

    WHILE the construction industry has, for some time now, been focused on reducing ‘greenhouse gas’ emissions and the energy demands associated with the operation of…

    admin July 15, 2022

    They do islands differently in Norway, Andrew Prendergast

    ON a recent ski-touring trip to Lyngen in arctic Norway, I was struck by the similarities between the remote islands and peninsulas of that region,…

    admin July 8, 2022

    Cohousing dreams for Glasgow, Christine Vennard

    IF negotiations come off, Scotland might soon have its first modern-day version of Cohousing. This is the story of a group Glasgow residents – of…

    admin July 1, 2022

    Vauban reflections

    IT was 12 years ago when I wrote up my experiences of a visit to Vauban. I had been part of a Scottish Government delegation…

    admin June 6, 2022
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