FitHome Village in Dalmore, Alness, Speyside housing

FitHome Village Dalmore, Alness, Scotland

A Saltire Award-winning concept that unites the priorities of healthcare, housing provision and tenant welfare is welcoming its first tenants in the Highlands today: FitHome village in Dalmore, Alness, a pilot development delivered by Albyn Housing Society.

Scottish Building News 2018: Architecture

New Macallan Distillery building on Speyside interior lighting

Scottish building news 2018 for months of January to May – including the New Macallan Distillery, Easter Elchies estate, Speyside, Northeast Scotland, design by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP), London.

Spyon Cop in Cairngorms National Park

Spyon Cop in the Cairngorms National Park

Designed by architects Brown + Brown Spyon Cop sits high above the River Don overlooking the ruins of Glenbuchat Castle, on the Eastern edge of the Cairngorms National Park.

Scottish Borders Building Design Awards 2018

Abbotsford House Visitor Centre building

Best designed new buildings in Scottish Borders: Borders Building Design Awards 2018. The awards intend to promote good building design in the Borders and to strengthen links between builders, architects, Council planners and other professionals in the industry.

Hawkhead Centre in Paisley building, Scottish War Blinded

Hawkhead Centre in Paisley

Designed Page \ Park Architects, The Hawkhead Centre is a new activity and support centre for the charity Scottish War Blinded, who provide free support to ex-service men and women who have lost their sight during or after military service

HALO Kilmarnock Masterplan, East Ayrshire urban park

HALO Kilmarnock building facades

HALO Kilmarnock by architects Keppie Design is located on former Johnnie Walker bottling plant site: a multi-faceted brownfield regeneration with an innovative urban park plus dynamic commercial, educational, cultural, leisure and lifestyle quarter.

Anderson High School, Shetland secondary building

Anderson High School, Shetland building

The new Anderson High School is one of the largest structures in Lerwick. A central atrium space and support spine is surrounded by a wrap of teaching spaces. The majority of the classrooms are on an external façade, bringing natural light deep into the rooms. The atrium space brings light down into the heart of the building and provides a social hub for the whole school.

Scottish Great Places Funding News

Carloway Broch on the Isle of Lewis

Nine special places in Scotland are celebrating an injection of £2.4m to help shape their future development. They are the first awards to be made in Scotland through The National Lottery’s groundbreaking Great Place scheme.

Custom House Greenock building, Riverside Inverclyde

Custom House Greenock Building | www.e-architect.com

retailer Joules taking up a three year lease at the iconic Custom House in Greenock. The Grade A listed building recently redeveloped by Riverside Inverclyde. Originally designed by celebrated Scottish architect William Burns.

Scottish Architecture News 2017 Archive: Buildings

Centre for the Scottish War Blinded, Kirknewton, Midlothian

Scottish buildings news 2017 archive – The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), in light of the report into the defects that led to 17 schools closing in Edinburgh, announce formation of a Commission of Past Presidents to investigate build quality in the construction industry, and what needs to be done to address it.