Edinburgh

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) has secured £50 million of funding from the Scottish Government for its Edinburgh Biomes project. The Low Carbon Fund backing covers five years’ work on the development, creating world-class facilities producing climate, economic, wellbeing

Plans have been submitted for 24 homes on the site of an existing car park on Meadow Place Road in Edinburgh.

A timeline for the completion of works at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People (RHCYP) in Edinburgh has been agreed which will see the much-delayed project finished by the end of January next year.

As the new Queensferry High School (QHS) welcomes its first influx of pupils, international design practice Ryder Architecture has outlined the building's low carbon qualities.

Plans have been lodged to replace disused car wash buildings on Edinburgh's London Road with a 76-bed Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) development.

International winch specialist Huisman has begun fabrication of a £1 million energy storage demonstrator destined for trial by Gravitricity in Edinburgh early next year.

A proposed housing-led vision for the Leith Walk/Halmyre Street area has been published by the City of Edinburgh Council to help shape future development of the site following consultation with the local community and other groups.

An application by Edinburgh-based Kiltane Developments Ltd for a mixed-use development at the city's Gorgie Road has today been granted planning permission subject to conditions.

A spreadsheet error in 2012 led to a series of events which delayed the opening of the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People in Edinburgh, a new report has revealed.

Dunedin Canmore has delivered a major boost to affordable housing across Edinburgh after completing 174 new homes in four communities across the capital. The social landlord has completed 110 new, energy-efficient houses and flats for social rent and another 64 for mid-market rental.

A prime site with detailed planning consent for a new office scheme on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile has been placed on the market by developer Summix Capital.

Edinburgh building firm Rollo Developments has opened a new headquarters in the city as part of a £100,000 business development plan.

A City of Edinburgh Council project to repurpose the B-listed Powderhall Stables as artists’ studios and offices has taken a major step forward with the submission of a planning application by Collective Architecture.

The developer behind proposals for a major new housing and commercial development at a disused site near Edinburgh Airport has signalled its commitment to the project with the submission of an outline masterplan.

Motor racing driver Paul di Resta has taken the chequered flag in a battle to convert an office building into one of Edinburgh’s most ­luxurious homes.