Category: Master Planning

Threesixty Architecture led a team that included Stantec UK and KMA supporting Glasgow City Council in creating a 20/30 year Vision for the traditional retail core of Glasgow city centre, known as the Golden Z. Comprising Argyle Street, Buchanan Street and Sauchiehall Street, the ‘Z’ is the architectural, cultural and employment epicentre of a region that covers 35% of Scotland’s population- over two million citizens. This vision is a roadmap demonstrating the key moves to ensure the city centre is […]

A masterplan for a major campus expansion to one of Scotland’s oldest universities to stimulate greater interaction between disciplines, with business and the local community. The University of Glasgow appointed 7N Architects and AECOM and to develop a masterplan for the significant expansion of their historic Gilmorehill Campus in the West End of the city. Incorporating the adjacent 14 acre site of the former Western Infirmary, the Campus expansion is an integrated development and placemaking framework to realise the University’s […]

A Moray Growth Deal Housing Mix Delivery project, Dallas Dhu proposes the creation of a new low carbon, multi-generational exemplar community on the edge of Forres. The project is a collaboration between Moray Council and Altyre Estate, in partnership with Grampian Housing Association, building on the work previously developed by Urban Animation. The design of the masterplan has been inspired by the extraordinary built fabric of the nearby Altyre Estate, along with the settlement patterns evident in the burgh towns […]

The goal of the development is to create a new vibrant residential scheme for Newcraighall, providing high quality, mixed tenure housing and a new urban park which will see the reinvigoration of this site in East Edinburgh. The new Linear Park is designed with residents at the forefront, with the aim to enhance the biodiversity of the area, increase the variety of park environments in the neighbourhood and help to promote physical active travel for all abilities. The site provides […]

Glasgow City Council appointed a team led by Austin-Smith:Lord, working with Studio for New Realties and in collaboration with Urban Movement and a wider multi-disciplinary team to prepare four District Regeneration Frameworks; (Cowcaddens, the Learning Quarter, Merchant City and Townhead), the last four in nine regeneration frameworks for the city centre. The plans will be delivered over the next decade through District Regeneration Frameworks (DRFs) for each of the areas, with recent public and stakeholder consultation (including involvement from over […]