Edinburgh

Murphy House in Edinburgh (RIBA/Keith Hunter) A unique house designed and built by leading architect Richard Murphy has been named the best new house designed by an architect in the UK.

View of the development looking south A two-year development programme set to revitalise the St James Church site in Portobello is set to start early next year after phase one of the Edinburgh project was given the go-ahead.

Work is now underway to build a new state-of-the-art energy-from-waste plant serving Edinburgh and Midlothian. Environment leaders from the City of Edinburgh and Midlothian Councils visited the site at Millerhill in Midlothian this week where construction of the Millerhill Resource and Energy Recove

The Scottish Cities Alliance has today announced the Smart City projects that will be taken forward in order to transform Scotland’s seven cities into world-leading digital hubs. The Alliance, which is the collaboration of Scotland’s seven cities and the Scottish Government, aims to use Smart Ci

TH Real Estate has announced its residential partners for the £1bn revamp of the St James Centre in Edinburgh. Native Land, the internationally recognised residential and mixed-use developer, and Scottish residential development firm Queensberry Properties, have teamed up to become TH Real Estateâ€

Deals have been agreed to build hundreds of much-needed new homes in Midlothian and the south east of Edinburgh. Shawfair LLP has confirmed that housebuilders Bellway Homes and Miller Homes, with the support of Midlothian Council, will deliver a mixture of up to 358 new homes for sale and affordable

24 & 25 Charlotte Square The Charlotte Square Collection has announced plans for a £2 million refurbishment of two townhouses on Edinburgh’s iconic Georgian square.

Harry Thorburn Morgan Sindall has secured places on two major Scottish local authority main contractor frameworks in the last month.

A derelict piece of land in North Sighthill is to be completely transformed after the City of Edinburgh Council finalised contracts with Keepmoat for a £35 million regeneration scheme that will also provide investment in the wider community. Work is due to start on site in February 2017 and will co

Edinburgh's Old Town A conservation charity has warned Edinburgh’s world heritage site status is at serious threat after it found that nearly three quarters of the buildings in the historic city centre are in need of repair.

Orwell Terrace (Image: CCG) CCG has completed a new, state-of-the-art new student apartment complex in the heart of Edinburgh city centre.

Multi-disciplinary design practice, HTA Design LLP, is relocating its Edinburgh office to Bridgeside House at 97-99 McDonald Road, in a deal brokered by joint agents Knight Frank and Montagu Evans.

Michael Laird Architects have unveiled plans for a residential-led mixed use redevelopment of land owned by Royal Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh. The practice has prepared a planning in principle application for the redevelopment of land at Dundas Street/Fettes Row.

An Edinburgh builder who stole almost £120,000 of VAT that he had charged his customers has been jailed for 20 months after he was investigated by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). David Hay, 56, from Hyvot Grove, ran firms that oversaw major building and renovation works in Edinburgh, Northern Irelan

Charitable trust IMPACT Scotland and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO) have developed a proposal to create a new “world-class” arts centre in the heart of Edinburgh. The facility, set immediately behind Dundas House at 36 St Andrew Square, would be the new home of the SCO, as well as