BRE Approved Certifiers: Certification of Design
BRE Scotland has held a launch event to announce the opening of two new certification schemes – one for Approved Certifiers of non domestic buildings and one for Approved Certifiers of homes.
Scotland architecture designs
Scotland architecture designs and architects
New Scotland architecture designs with Scottish building news and architectural images, plus architects offices. Find modern properties from across this country in the north of the United Kingdom (UK).
PPP Scottish Schools: PFI Scotland construction news
Scottish Government finance committee PPP Inquiry: Written evidence to be submitted by 7 Dec, oral testimonies planned for Jan-Jun 2008. Significant changes are being suggested. Edinburgh schools £100m project reportedly on hold whilst the review takes place.
Shetland Museum Building: archives, café, shop, exhibitions
Shetland Museum and Archives, designed by BDP, has won the Gold Award in this year’s Wood Awards. The project was shortlisted in three categories, and won the Commercial and Public Access category, eventually going on to win the top prize at the award ceremony.
Scottish Church Repairs: Chapels Scotland
Scottish Church Architecture: seven dilapidated churches across Scotland, each reflecting very individual styles of architecture, are to be repaired thanks to over half a million pound funding package announced today by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Castle Precision Engineering Aerospace Factory, East Renfrewshire
Bennetts Associates has recently won the design competition for Castle Precision Engineering (Glasgow) Ltd’s new advanced manufacturing facility and headquarters in East Renfrewshire.
RIAS Certification of Design Scheme Scotland
Minister launches Certification of Design Scheme for Section 6 Domestic. The application by RIAS and BRE to the Scottish Executive to establish a Certification of Design Scheme has received ministerial approval.
Saltire Awards 2007, Scottish housing design awards winners
Saltire Awards 2007, Scottish housing prize – winners, architects & buildings – Saltire Society prize, Scottish housing design awards, residential architecture in Scotland: 2007
Achiltibuie Houses, Ross-shire Housing Coigach
Achiltibuie houses: Coigach property, Ross-shire Council Housing, northwest Scotland – Coigach homes photos
Dunfermline Museum Competition, Scotland library design
Organisers: The Dunfermline Museum and Library Competition was advertised in 2006 and coordinated by the RIAS & Fife Council, site: adj. Dunfermline Abbey & first Carnegie Library, central Dunfermline, west Fife.
Glencoe Visitors Centre, Scotland, Argyll building
National Trust for Scotland Glencoe Visitor Centre: a pleasant building, subtle in its siting amongst this small patch of woodland at the west end of the famous Glecoe valley, Argyll. This Scottish architecture practice lost its leader in 2012.
Uig House Skye: Hebrides island property by Dualchas
Uig property, new Isle of Skye House design by Dualchas architects: a challenge to design a two storey modern building on an elevated site in Uig, Skye, which could exploit the views, yet be unobtrusive.
Harrapool House, Skye guesthouse property
Planning restrictions on height meant that this four-bedroom guest house, in Harrapool on the Isle of Skye, had to be kept relatively low, so as not to block neighbours’ views.
Coll Byre Hebrides property: Dualchas Building Design
The existing Coll byre was converted and improved for holiday lettings. Part of a phase development, this conversion forms one side of a proposed courtyard of holiday-let buildings.
Aqualibrium Campbeltown, Mull of Kintyre swimming pool
Argyll & Bute Council produced a strategic plan for the Kintyre Peninsula which identified the need to regenerate the Campbeltown Town Centre and to attract people to the area, in particular professionals such as doctors and nurses.