Ronald McDonald House South Glasgow
Independent charity Ronald McDonald House has announced it has secured planning permission for a new facility at the South Glasgow Hospitals Campus.
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Scottish Provident Institution in Edinburgh
There’s a wonderful thread on the Hibernian Supporters website titled “1960’s architecture in Edinburgh… is good for the city”, where a group of Hibbys debate the merits of the best of Edinburgh’s modern buildings, offering sophisticated praise for buildings they agree to be “masterpieces”.
Kirkwall Grammar School, Orkney
Designed by Keppie and built by Morrison Construction as part of Orkney’s £58million Schools Investment Programme, Kirkwall Grammar can accommodate 900 secondary school pupils and provides teaching and learning spaces in support of Scotland’s ‘Curriculum for Excellence’.
Outlandia Fieldstation Glen Nevis
Design: Malcolm Fraser Architects. As part of the Year of Highland Culture 2007, we were asked to design a multi-purpose platform for the use of diverse community groups as well as artists, writers, filmmakers and other groups on Forestry Commission land in Glen Nevis.
Scottish Design Awards 2014
Sponsored by e-architect. The annual event which celebrates the best in Scottish architecture and design. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service were honoured at the Scottish Design Awards
Monklands Hospital Radiotherapy Facility
Architects Keppie Design appointed to design a new £22m Satellite Radiotherapy Facility located at Monklands Hospital Campus in Airdrie, Lanarkshire on behalf of NHS Scotland.
Scottish Design Awards Shortlist 2014
Scottish Design Awards 2014. Shortlist announced for major architectural prize in Scotland Architecture Panel: Ben Addy of Moxon, Chris Wilkinson of Wilkinson Eyre Architects, Tony Skipper of JMP, Graham Stirk of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners.
Auchmuty High School, Glenrothes
Design: Fife Council Property Services. The new Auchmuty High School is part of the Fife Council’s Building Fife’s Future programme to construct a series of schools throughout the County to deliver the Curriculum for Excellence in high quality, stimulating educational environments which are the hub of the community.
Heritage Lottery Fund Scotland Grants
Scotland’s oldest working theatre and concert hall take centre stage thanks to Heritage Lottery investment. The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) announced support totalling almost £2.7million to help secure the futures of the Theatre Royal in Dumfries, St Cecilia’s Hall Edinburgh, Dunoon Burgh Hall, and Kirkcudbright Art Gallery.
The Haining in Selkirk Building Renovation
Design: Lee Boyd Architects. The Haining is an A Listed Palladian House (c1795-1820) on the edge of Selkirk in the Scottish Borders. The Haining Charitable Trust with assistance from SHBT have embarked on a long-term project to revitalise the house, the grounds and out buildings
Battle of Bannockburn Visitor Centre Stirling
Design: Reiach and Hall, architects. The highly-anticipated new visitor centre – which is due to open on 1 March, ahead of the 700th anniversary of the battle on 23 and 24 June – uses cutting-edge technology to bring the battle to life for visitors, offering an experience which is unlike any other available in the UK. State-of-the-art installations are used to interpret and explain the events which led up to the battle, and its consequences.
Maggies Forth Valley – Cancer Treatment Centre
NORD Architecture granted planning permission for new Maggie’s Centre in the grounds of Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert. This will be the 9th Maggie’s Centre in Scotland with Maggie’s Aberdeen having opened in September last year and the new purpose built Centre in Lanarkshire due to open later this year.
Scottish Property Awards – Scotland
The best new commercial and public property developments in Scotland have been announced at the inaugural Scottish Property Awards celebrated. The SSE Hydro, the Dundee Waterfront, the Commonwealth Games Athletes’ Village and Advocates Close in Edinburgh were among the high-profile winners of the awards which recognise commercial and regeneration projects in towns and cities.
Coldingham Bay House: New Property
Sutherland Hussey Architects receive planning permission for design of two adjacent apartment villas in the small village of Coldingham Bay to the south east of Edinburgh. Each villa consists of 4 independently accessed apartments.
John O’Groats Redevelopment Masterplan
The Victorian baronial-style John O’ Groats Hotel had been left to rot for more than 15 years. The depressing scene had gradually drained the life out of the place but still the visitors came, were disappointed, and left. The project was conceived and inspired by GLM’s client Natural Retreats.
Scottish Scenic Routes Project
The pyramid viewpoint was realised as part of the Scottish Scenic Routes competition, an initiative by the Scottish government with the aim of showcasing young design practices based in Scotland.
Best Building in Scotland – Andrew Doolan Award
WASPS South Block in Glasgow by NORD Architecture has been awarded the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award for 2013. From a shortlist of twelve projects, all winners of RIAS Awards for 2013 (presented in June 2013), the judges selected WASPS South Block as a clear winner.