Bridge of Orchy House: Stance Cottage Argyll

Bridge of Orchy House - Stance Cottage

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 Livingston shopping centre

Elements Square Livingston

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.

Dumgoyne House: Campsie Fells Property

Braefoot House Dumgoyne Pproperty, Campsie Fells

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.

Mansefield Place Rothesay building, Bute housing

Mansefield Place - Rothesay Building, Bute Housing

Mansefield Place is a new build housing development in Rothesay, Isle of Bute. It was commissioned by Fyne Homes, a housing association who own and maintain social housing across the wider Argyll and Bute area in Scotland.

Pierhead Stromness Harbour Building

Pierhead Stromness Harbour Building design

Malcolm Fraser Architects wins major international design competition, coordinated by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) on behalf of Orkney Islands Council, for the £3million redevelopment of Stromness Pierhead.

RIAS Honorary Fellows, Scotland

RIAS Honorary Fellows, Scotland

The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland is delighted to recognise Robin Harper MSP and Dame Barbara Kelly CBE as Honorary Fellows, the highest honour that the Incorporation bestows upon those outwith the architectural profession.

Forthside Offices – Stirling Building Development

Forthside Offices - Stirling Building Development

Stirling Development Agency (SDA), the newly formed 50/50 joint venture between Valad Property Group and Stirling Council, has submitted a detailed planning application for the development of two office buildings located at the heart of Forthside, Stirling’s 40 acre waterfront regeneration site.

Scotland’s National Showground Edinburgh

Scotland’s National Showground, Edinburgh plan layout

RHASS National Showground news: £353 m price tag for Scotland’s National Showground as public consultation launched. A deliverability study has put the cost of relocating the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society for Scotland’s base from Ingliston to Norton Park at £353 million.

Pier Arts Centre Stromness, Orkney

Pier Arts Centre Stromness Orkney building

Pier Arts Centre in Stromness, Orkney has won a 2009 European Heritage Award. It’s one of only 28 winners from all over Europe. The awards are to be presented on the 5th of June.