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The Scottish Centre for Ecology and the Natural Environment (SCENE) in Loch Lomond was previously funded by the initiative A £209 million EU funding programme for innovation, health, environment and transport projects across western Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland, was launched in Belfast la

The Low Carbon Teaching Building at South Lanarkshire College Two developments in Scotland have joined some of the finest examples of sustainable buildings from across the world in being shortlisted for 2016 BREEAM Awards.

Homes of the future will need to be properly hard-wired as technology plays a greater role in looking after the health and wellbeing of owners, new research by the NHBC Foundation has found. The ‘Connected Home’ report identifies and examines the benefits of smart technologies which are transfor

Coinciding with 2016 being the year of Architecture, Design and Innovation, industry body Homes for Scotland has launched its first student competition encouraging innovative home designs suitable to meet future zero carbon requirements. It is hoped that the competition will also provide a platform

RIBA chief executive resigns RIBA chief executive, Harry Rich, has announced that he plans to move on from the organisation.

The conditions of the Calais camp known as the Jungle has been a source of controversy on both sides of the channel, with rights groups and the migrants themselves claiming the situation is inhumane. But the BBC reports that some people have actually moved there by choice.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: NHS Lothian

Greenlaw Mill Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has been granted permission from Midlothian Council to build 458 new homes in Penicuik, four years after submitting its original planning application.

View from Finnieston Street Plans have been submitted for a mixed use development of two hotels and serviced apartments at the entrance to Glasgow’s SECC complex.

Margaret Burgess Subsidy levels for affordable homes for rent being delivered by councils and registered social landlords (RSLs) are to increase up to £14,000 for each new home over the next three years, the Scottish Government has announced.

David Ritchie Interior solutions provider Havelock Europa, which announced 100 redundancies towards the end of last year, is beginning to reap the benefits of its cost cutting exercise.

Paul Brown Renewable energy company Viridor has appointed Paul Brown as its new Regional MD for Scotland.

An additional £6.6 million investment in the A83, including just over £4m for landslide mitigation measures at the Rest and Be Thankful, has been announced by the Scottish Government. The commitment from Transport Scotland is in addition to the £3m already committed to the on-going programme for

Laurieston Transformational Area Nominations are now open for the 2016 Saltire Society Housing Design Awards with this year’s judging panel due to be guest chaired by renowned Scottish journalist, writer and television presenter Kirsty Wark.

Gareth Cordiner New associate building surveyor at Hardies Aberdeen