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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.
Thistles Shopping Centre opened in 1977. It contains over 500,000 sqft of retail. There are 87 shop units. It is located close to the railway station.
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.
Bennetts Associates, architects created the initial concept of Phases 1 & 2 and handed over the role to Keppie to realise Phase 1 and continue the design process through phases 2 and 3.
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
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.
Treasured Places: Creative Connections arrives in the capital on 22 December and will be on display in the main foyer at the Omni Centre, Edinburgh.
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.
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.
Historic Scotland addresses Energy efficiency in traditional buildings. Simple and inexpensive measures can make your home more energy efficient, a conference will hear 26 November at The Hub in Edinburgh.
Photographs by Allan Pollock-Morris are taken from a current exhibition called ‘Close’ which is on at Edinburgh Botanic Garden until January 2009.
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.
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.
The Shed, in Tokavaig on the Sleat peninsula, is the home of Dualchas architect Mary Arnold-Forster, and is one of 24 projects from across the UK to have made the shortlist.
Stance cottage is situated on the old drovers route from Fort William to the south. The drovers would stop in Bridge of Orchy and pay to ‘stance’ their cattle/sheep in the stance below the cottage.
Elements Square, the £130m extension to the Almondvale shopping centre at Livingston in Scotland opened to the public on Thursday 16 October. This marks the sixth major retail-led scheme designed by BDP to open this year.
The project comprises alterations to and extension of a two storey artisan’s cottage dating from the 19th century which is an elongated room thick building which itself had been extended and adapted several times in its life.