Gleneagles Hotel Spa: Scottish Hot Tubs

Gleneagles Hotel building in Perthsire Scotland

Gleneagles Hotel has a £3m Fitness centre called The Club complete with a 20 metre lap pool, leisure pool, jacuzzi, outdoor hot tub, gymnasium, aerobics dance studio, steam baths and saunas.

Architect in the House, Scotland – Shelter

TV presenter and RIBA architect George Clarke today launched Architect in the House, a fantastic fundraising initiative offering the public the opportunity to transform their homes, whilst raising money for the housing charity Shelter Scotland.

Blairs College, Deeside Golf Course Resort

Blairs College Golf Course + Housing: plans include a championship course – designed by former Open winner Paul Lawrie – a hotel & conference centre in the listed former Catholic seminary, and 280 homes.

Dunblane House: Scottish Arts & Crafts property

Ault Wharrie, in Dunblane acquired by Burrell Company, in association with Places for People. Grade A listed Arts and Crafts red brick mansion in 14 acres to be split into four, with designs by Simpson and Brown Architects.

Skara Brae, Orkney Isles, Scotland

Skara Brae Orkney Isles buildings Scotland

Work is about to begin on strengthening the foundations of the sea wall near the Neolithic village of Skara Brae. The waves have undermined a section of the concrete toe on which the protective walling was built and could cause damage if left unrepaired.

Scottish Building News 2008 : Architecture

Maxim Business Park in Lanarkshire - Office Park Scotland

Scottish building news 2008 – key architectural developments in Scotland: major construction projects, property images & architects – architectural updates, such as RIBA President Sunand Prasad becomes Honorary Fellow of RIAS

RIAS Honorary Fellow Sunand Prasad

Sunand Prasad, President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) at a special ceremony in the historic St Thomas’s Church in Edinburgh. The Fellowship was presented by Ramesh Chander, Consul General of India.

Dingleton Boiler House Melrose Building

Dingleton boiler house studio dub design

The boiler house, located in the Border town of Melrose, demonstrates Womersley’s sculptural talent in designing with concrete, adding flair to functional necessity. The austerity of the design is softened by the care in the level of finish.

Housesteads Roman Fort, Hadrian’s Wall

Housesteads Roman Fort - Hadrian’s Wall Visitor Centre

Gareth Hoskins Architects, have been selected by the National Trust and English Heritage to deliver a major reworking of the visitor experience and facilities at Housesteads Roman Fort, a World Heritage Site located on Hadrian’s Wall.

Craigievar Castle Aberdeenshire, Scotland

One of the North-East’s most beautiful castles has been wrapped up for winter. The National Trust for Scotland’s Craigievar Castle in Alford, Aberdeenshire has been swathed in heavy hessian to protect it through the winter months.

Scottish Planning System Reform News

News release from Culture Minister Linda Fabiani MSP launching Listing and Listed Building Consent policy; and a consultation on a new Joint Working Agreement between Historic Scotland and COSLA. Both have been launched today in accordance with the Scottish Government’s Planning Summit.