ARCHITECTURE: Commercial/Office/Hotel Building or Project

New Headquarters for St Andrews Links Trust

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St Andrews Links Trust operates, maintains and promotes the seven public golf courses that constitute the internationally renowned “Home of Golf” in St Andrews, Scotland. Their new HQ, designed by Nicoll Russell Studios following an invited competition, is located near the Eden Clubhouse in a semi-defined area of historical development within the wider links landscape. Remnant boundary walls and mature trees on the site sit in contrast to the open outlook across the immediately adjacent Eden, Strathtyrum and Balgove golf […]

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Phase 1 – Borders Innovation Park

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Located within a former quarry opposite The Tweedbank Railway Terminus is the first building within the Borders Innovation Park. Set against the backdrop of the Eildon Hills, the new office takes the form of a contemporary rural steading. Drawing on inspiration from the local rural vernacular, the building is a 2-storey with simple pitched roofscape separated by gable end walls. The primary civic façade and main entrance face the railway terminus to the west and a landscaped courtyard containing the […]

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Bridgeton Civic Hub

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Bridgeton Civic Hub, Landressy Street is a new build office pavilion located on a vacant plot in Bridgeton, Glasgow. The site is situated within Bridgeton’s Conservation Area opposite the renowned Glasgow Women’s Library and will become the new headquarters for the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC). The team navigated through unprecedented times while on site throughout 2020 and the project was completed April 2021. The aim was to achieve a distinctive, architecturally stimulating and innovative design solution. The key requirements […]

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