North Ayrshire Council has submitted a planning application for its pilot project which will allow residents to build their own houses on ready-made plots.
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Today's instalment in our COP26SCN feature highlights the pioneering retrofit of a pre-1919 tenement to Passivhaus enerPHit standards being undertaken on behalf of Southside Housing Association in Glasgow. Glasgow has around 73,000 iconic pre-1919 sandstone tenements. Their age, built form, con
A group of architects are offering free running tours of Glasgow during COP26 to highlight where the city is transitioning towards net zero.
Plans for a pioneering zero-carbon community housing project have been unveiled at ecotourism destination Comrie Croft in Perthshire.
The Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) has announced the launch of its new £450,000 Low Carbon Learning programme, the UK’s first ever training course designed to equip construction workers with the skills to retrofit buildings for a low carbon future.
Residents in the Canongate area of Edinburgh's Old Town will benefit from a range of conservation and energy efficiency improvements on track to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions by over 50%.
Shettleston Housing Association (SHA) has completed a striking new development of 46 affordable homes for rent on its Fenella Street site.
The JR Group has been given the green light to transform the former TA building on Paisley’s High Street.
A £4.5 million retrofit programme to reduce carbon emissions and boost the energy efficiency of 75 terraced homes in Paisley has been cancelled by Renfrewshire Council. The work by the council’s housing investment team was designed to slash heating bills at the 1960s-built crosswall cons
Glasgow-based John Gilbert Architects has been appointed to lead a team of architects, engineers and other specialist consultants to design an innovative community-led project to bring more affordable housing to the Cairngorms National Park. Braemar Community Ltd (BCL) has secured £120,000 in
A new affordable housing development is set to transform a vacant site in Glasgow city centre.
In response to Historic Environment Scotland's proposal to list the M8 Kingston Bridge, John Gilbert Architects has published its thoughts.
The former Territorial Army building on Paisley’s High Street could be transformed into student accommodation for the nearby University of the West of Scotland (UWS) under newly submitted plans.
Redpath Construction has started work on a project to improve the energy efficiency of the Canongate housing development in Edinburgh.
Wheatley Group has gained planning permission to develop 32 mid-market rent flats on the site of a car park in Calton. Designed by John Gilbert Architects, the part six-storey, part four-storey building will be located on land bounded by Great Dovehill, Little Dovehill and Bell Street.