Edinburgh to host a ‘car-free day’
EDINBURGH’S Waverley Bridge is to be turned into “an inclusive community hub of information, inspiration and activity encouraging people to consider alternatives to car travel”…
Tag: Town and city design
Dementia design tool launched by Scots university
HELP in designing dementia-friendly spaces has been launched by a Scots university. The online tool, here, unveiled by the University of Stirling’s Dementia Services Development…
Views sought on ‘liveable neighbourhood’ designs
VIEWS are being sought on plans to improve the urban realm in various districts of Glasgow. Visualisations have been produced, inviting comment from the general…
First steps taken to design ‘active travel’ plans for Glasgow
PLANS to make walking, cycling and wheeling easier in Glasgow have been heard by a key committee of the city’s local authority, with projects shortlisted…
Plan agreed to shape north Glasgow over the next 30 years
A PLAN, looking to shape the north of Glasgow over the next 30 years, has received approval from the local neighbourhood committee. The proposals comprise…
Total down in Glasgow’s vacant and derelict land
LAST year, the amount of vacant and derelict land in Glasgow stood at 880 hectares, a reduction of six per cent (59 hectares, equivalent to…
The Inch: Edinburgh’s ‘Garden City’
WE were that family. Over the decades, five generations living in what The Scotsman newspaper described as the worst slum in the city. The bottom…
‘People-first’ approach formalised in regeneration plans
PLANS – currently out for consultation – to improve the urban realm in Glasgow city centre have formally had a ‘people-first’ approach woven into them.…
George Square designs out for final public ‘engagement’
THE final designs aimed at reviving Glasgow’s central square, George Square, are beginning to near completion. A final public engagement exercise begins today (here) for…
Next step for Granton development scheme
CONTRACTS are expected to be signed soon, to begin the first phase of developing one of Scotland’s largest areas of vacant and derelict land: the…