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Mosaic Architecture + Design has secured a grant of £93,400 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for urgent masonry work and external fabric repairs to the iconic bell tower at St Aloysius’ Church on behalf of the Archdiocese of Glasgow. The grant, added to a £140,000 grant awarded

Construction work is underway on the much anticipated £6.1 million Birthplace Project to transform The David Livingstone Centre in Blantyre into a world-class visitor attraction. Clark Contracts has been appointed as the main contractor on the multi-million pound operation to restore and renovate t

Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre has received a grant of £4.8 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to go towards its transformational redevelopment project. The project will result in the conservation, repair and expansion of one of Scotland’s oldest, and much loved, working theatres. It will

Work on a £66 million overhaul to transform the Burrell Collection museum in Glasgow will get underway within months after the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) confirmed the £15m it had earmarked for the project back in April 2015. The A-listed building in Pollok Country Park, which closed to the publi

A grant of almost £4 million from the National Lottery is set to complete the restoration and preservation of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Willow Tea Rooms Building in Glasgow. The award from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) will ensure the completion of The Willow Tea Rooms Trust’s mission to co

Work on a major renovation of the Scapa Flow Visitor Centre and Museum in Lyness looks set to start in spring next year after the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) approved a grant of up to £1.155 million. Designed by Studio MB, the project will involve the restoration of the historic buildings, the enha

A £25 million renovation is in the pipeline to prevent the sudden closure of Edinburgh’s King’s Theatre. Under a blueprint aimed at safeguarding the venue’s future for another 50 years, radical improvements will be carried out to its stage, auditorium, backstage areas, bars and cafe areas, Th

Projects set to be improved under the initiative include (clockwise from top left) Brechin’s Bar & Cardell Halls; public realm improvements at Govan Cross; the Pearce Institute and Water Row Glasgow City Council has approved funding to proceed with the next stage of a regeneration scheme in Go

A plan to transform the derelict St Peter’s Seminary in Cardross into a unique arts venue and heritage destination has today been awarded £4.2 million of funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Creative Scotland. The HLF awarded funding of £3,806,000 to arts organisation&n

Artist’s impression of Dundee’s new V&A museum Chancellor George Osborne has announced that a City Region Deal for Edinburgh and South East Scotland is being negotiated and pledged £10 million towards two building projects in Scotland.

Argyll and Bute Council is to issue a tender for a contract in the region of £2 million for the major redevelopment of Helensburgh’s Hermitage Park. Firms interested in bidding for the contract itself or sub-contracting for smaller works are invited to a meet the buyer event where they can speak

Architect Chris Bowes (centre, dark jacket) and Kirkmichael Trust members (from left) George Mackay, Helma Reynolds, Jim Mackay, Verity Walker (behind) and Lilah Dowsett inspecting plans outside Kirkmichael Church. Photograph by Andrew Dowsett. The Kirkmichael Trust is inviting tenders from contract

Gareth Hoskins Argyll & Bute Council is to dedicate Helensburgh’s Hermitage Park to late architect Gareth Hoskins following the award of a £2.3 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Plans to transform one of East Dunbartonshire's most iconic buildings into a centre for heritage, arts, culture and community use have been handed a double boost. The Kirkintilloch Town Hall project secured the final piece of its required funding package following a grant of £666,600 from the Herit

The last standing reminder of Edinburgh’s rubber mill is to be transformed into a printmaking facility after a grant of £4.5 million was secured from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). Renowned for being the birthplace of the Wellington boot, the modern motor car tyre, and the first ever traffic co