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Cruden Building has lent a helping hand to King’s Oak Primary in Inverclyde by transforming their outdoor play areas and building several new pieces of equipment for pupils to enjoy. The school is close to Cruden’s 137 unit affordable housing development being constructed at James Watt D

'Starchitect' Frank Gehry has designed a sculptural new perfume bottle for fashion house Louis Vuitton. Considered one of the most celebrated names in contemporary architecture, Gehry has reimagined the bottle and topped it with a single piece of crumpled aluminum, a fluid form that is inspired

The former Royal High School building in Edinburgh is to be transformed into a £55 million national centre for music after the City of Edinburgh Council agreed to the lease of the historic property.

The office building at 50 Bothwell Street in Glasgow is to be redeveloped to provide refurbished office accommodation with a subdivision of ground floor retail and with a new café and business hub at street level under newly submitted plans.

BDP’s recent acquisition of specialist sports and stadia architecture firm Pattern Design, the practice delivering Everton FC’s new £500 million waterfront stadium, has enabled the practice's return to Edinburgh. The new studio at Thirlestane Road, which will act as a hub in the he

Councillors have agreed that the residential phase of a major mixed-use project at Inchmarlo can be delivered in the first phase of development despite fears that the hotel element may never materialise.

Aberdeen-based Drum Property Group has posted a £1.4 million profit for the 12 months to December 31 2020. The firm is currently working on large-scale development projects throughout the UK across the residential, leisure and business space sectors.

Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) is set to put the built environment at the heart of addressing climate change by hosting an international showcase that will run alongside the COP26 summit from 1-12 November.

The Architects Registration Board (ARB) has set out a new vision for the way that future architects are educated and trained which, if approved, could be the most significant changes to architectural education and training in 50 years.

A public consultation is set to begin into plans for a major new residential development at Chesser in Edinburgh. Announced last month by Watkin Jones Group, the proposed mixed-use brownfield development to the rear of the Corn Exchange will comprise primarily of build-to-rent (BTR) homes, incl

Work will begin on Aberdeen's Countesswells Primary School and Nursery next week to help serve a community of 3,000 planned new homes.

Almost a quarter of a billion pounds is required over the next decade to bring Police Scotland's "mouldy" and "leaky" estate up to a "reasonable condition", the force has said.  Chief financial officer James Gray said a survey of more than 300 buildings found the estate to be in a "pr

East Lothian Council’s Planning Committee approved plans for three housing developments this week including an application by East Lothian Housing Association for 27 flats for social rent in Dunbar. The application, which is on the former garden ground at the St Andrews Centre on Bayswell Road

Developer Spectrum Properties has successfully appealed to have its plans to convert a Glasgow job centre into flats approved.

Multi-disciplinary design and engineering company BakerHicks has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Lizzie King to the new role of head of legal. In her new role, Lizzie will provide ongoing contractual and legal advice for BakerHicks’ project delivery an