A state-of-the-art educational campus in Maybole has moved one step closer to its opening as an official topping-out ceremony recently took place. The £59 million project is being delivered by hub South West Scotland on behalf of South Ayrshire Council. hub South West’s construction part
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hub South West Scotland has handed over the new Prestwick Educational Campus project to South Ayrshire Council. Based at Sherwood Road in Prestwick, the new educational campus has been developed on the site of the existing Glenburn Primary School and will accommodate the school’s current intak
Architect Bruce Kennedy says the use of biophilic design for the Heriot-Watt campus in Dubai helps bring interest and comfort into the building, particularly as it sits in such an extreme environment. When visitors cross the threshold of Heriot Watt’s new university campus in Dubai, they leave
The final shortlist for the Scottish Design Awards 2022 has been unveiled following a hectic 48-hour judging programme. With hundreds of entries to choose from, the twin panels faced the arduous task of singling out projects which stood head and shoulders above the rest, gravitating toward thos
Architecture practice BDP has picked up the top prize in the Higher Education and Campus category for its University of Strathclyde Learning and Teaching Project in this year’s AJ Retrofit Awards. The awards celebrate the design expertise behind the vital renewal and repurposi
Christoph Ackermann, a principal at BDP, outlines how good design of healthcare buildings can deliver improved wellbeing for all. What is a hospital’s primary purpose? To offer a diagnosis for disease. To treat the sick and injured. Or to provide shelter in a series of buildings for those duri
The new-build BioHub project set to accelerate the growth of pioneering life sciences companies in Aberdeen has received a £2 million funding boost from Scottish Enterprise.
A proposed new learning campus that will bring Neilston and St Thomas' primaries and Madras Family Centre together on a shared site has been granted planning permission.
The BDP-designed Ayr Grammar Campus and the University of Strathclyde Learning and Teaching Project have been shortlisted in an annual awards event that celebrate the design expertise behind the vital renewal and repurposing of existing buildings. The AJ Retrofit Awards ceremony will take
Architecture practice BDP picked up a special conservation award at this year’s Glasgow Institute of Architects (GIA) Design Awards for its Ayr Grammar Campus project. The full refurbishment of a Grade B Listed building that was originally home to Ayr Academy also received a commendation
BDP is celebrating after it was named Architectural Practice of the Year at the annual Learning Places Scotland Awards this week. The awards bring together education and architecture expertise to recognise excellence and achievement in the Scottish education sector, with this year’s them
Bruce Kennedy details how BDP's design approach at Queen Street Station was informed by the building's Victorian history. We walk in the footsteps of our predecessors. Just as the inherited values of past generations shape our society, their aspirations are cast in stone in the built fabric of
Deanestor has hailed its work on an award commendation winning new primary school and community campus in Ayr.
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
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon visited Glasgow Queen Street station yesterday to mark the official completion of the station’s £120 million Scottish Government-funded transformation.