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Due to open in May 2016, Ayrshire College’s £50m Kilmarnock Campus has just achieved the highest vailable BREEAM rating of ‘Outstanding’ at design stage and is on target to translate the achievement to the post construction phase.
The urban regeneration of Laurieston, Glasgow, has been praised by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS), by way of a Special Mention at the annual Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland awards ceremony.
The team behind the regeneration of Laurieston, Glasgow, has won the Delivering in Partnership category at the Scottish Governments Quality in Planning Awards 2015.
The public is being asked for their views on the future of Glasgow’s civic square: the SNP has raised a motion calling on the local authority to consider the views of city dwellers before any decisions are made about George Square.
Earlier this year the RIAS warned Glasgow City Council not to delay the long-awaited renovation of the city’s centrepiece civic square after fresh stumbling blocks to the project emerged.
110 Queen Street offers the best business address in Glasgow’s central business district with 143,000 sqft of prime office over nine floors and a garage with space for 56 cars. The development has 20,000sqft of retail located behind a striking contemporary, double height frontage.
City Science Park Glasgow property design by Page Park Architects – Scottish Enterprise building development news: urban business quarter for science and technology
e-architect have been doing guided architectural city walking tours since 2000, in cities such as Glasgow, Edinburgh, Barcelona and Rome. During the last few years we have expanded to include walking tours in cities such as Singapore, New York and New Delhi – with 74 cities at the time of writing.
The Clyde Arc (known locally as the Squinty Bridge), is a road bridge spanning the River Clyde in Glasgow, in west central Scotland, connecting Finnieston, near the Clyde Auditorium and SECC with Pacific Quay and Glasgow Science Centre in Govan
Glasgow building news: Strathclyde buildings designs – architectural developments in the West of Scotland, 2015 – new Glaswegian property development
Design: Keppie. Planning permission and listed building consent applications for a new council office building in Dumbarton have been submitted by Keppie, on behalf of West Dunbartonshire Council.
The GIA Design Awards 2015 are now open for entry. Pictured is past Supreme Award winner The SSE Hydro building designed by architects Foster + Partners
New photos added: the lower part of a chapel built by James III, housing the shrine of St Triduana, a Pictish saint. The Hexagonal vaulted chamber at St Triduana’s is reputedly unique. Located in the Restarig district of Edinburgh, St. Triduana’s Well comprises a low hexagonal building lying next to St Margaret’s Parish Church.