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Students move into Partick development Partick’s latest student housing development has opened its doors to tenants following completion of work on the Falconer Chester Hall designed build.

Architect Ian Simpson has apologised for what residents have described as a howl, a hum and a scream emanating from a skyscraper in Manchester. The 47-storey Beetham Tower emits a weird and incredibly loud noise every time the wind picks up.

Scotland’s architecture will take centre stage during 2016, as Scots and visitors to Scotland join the most ambitious ever nationwide celebration of the built environment of a single country. Curated by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS), the Festival of Architecture 2016 wil

The Scottish Government has surpassed its target of delivering 30,000 affordable homes in this parliamentary term thanks to a 10 per cent increase in the number of social sector homes completed in the past year, new figures have revealed. Official statistics released yesterday show that 3,879 new ho

An expanding Scottish property firm is preparing to embark on a key project in the capital as it targets opportunities nationwide. West Coast Estates will transform a vacant commercial site on Craighall Road in Edinburgh to create a mixed use development comprising a neighbourhood supermarket, child

A new briefing paper has detailed the significant contribution that sustainability standard BREEAM has given to the global carbon reduction in buildings. Published during global climate change conference COP21, the paper also gives details of how BREEAM has evolved since the standard was created 25

North Ayrshire Council has completed the construction of a new sheltered housing complex in the heart of Irvine. Vennel Gardens is the first project in the council’s Sheltered Housing Reprovisioning Programme, which aims to improve and modernise existing complexes and bring them up to a standard t

BAM Construction’s Johnstone Town Hall has scooped yet another award, this time from the Glasgow Institute of Architects. The community building, designed by Holmes Miller, received a commendation in the commercial category. Judges praised the project saying that “the development illustrates an

Gary Mees Gary Mees MCIAT has been inaugurated as the 27th President of the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT).

Further accolades for Twechar development Places for People has picked up another award for its innovative affordable housing development in the former mining community of Twechar, East Dunbartonshire.

The completion of what will be the world's tallest tower in Saudi Arabia is finally in sight after developers secured funding to complete the project. Stretching a full kilometre up into the sky, the Kingdom Tower in the small city of Jeddah will finally topple the Burj Khalifa's current record of b

Developers are to invest around £200 million in a string of high-profile projects across Dumfries. The investment on the Crichton estate is being made by Jansons Property in partnership with the Crichton Trust and could create hundreds of jobs.

ISG has issued a fresh profit warning following a “disappointing” performance from its UK construction arm. In a trading statement this morning the firm said the poorly performing division was expected to run up a loss of £5 million in its first half of the year.

Kevin Stewart MSP Council pension funds should invest more capital in local projects such as affordable housing despite the “risks” involved, according to a committee of MSPs.

Douglas Mcleod A study into the socio-economic footprint of Barratt Developments has found that the housebuilder’s Scottish operations have contributed more than £250 million to the economy during the past year.