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post updated 29 May 2025

13 May 2025
Rosslyn Castle building news
Design: Page\Park Architects

photo : Jim Stephenson

8 May 2025
First opening road bridge over the River Clyde, Strathclyde, west Scotland
Architect: Kettle Collective

photo : Drone Scotland
The Renfrew Bridge – the first opening road bridge across the River Clyde – will open tomorrow (Friday 9 May) at midday (12.00pm) marking the completion of the Clyde Waterfront and Renfrew Riverside project.

3 May 2025
St Nicholas Kirk Aberdeen building news

photo courtesy of ScotArt

30 April 2025
Mass Timber Centre of Excellence launches at BE-ST Campus

photo courtesy of Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST)< /span>

A centre of excellence for mass timber research, innovation and manufacturing was launched today by Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST). Supported by Scottish Funding Council and host institution Edinburgh Napier University, the Innovation Campus at BE-ST will now house £1.5 million pounds of newly acquired, state-of-the-art mass timber post-processing equipment and SuperBlower extraction system:

Mass Timber Centre of Excellence

post updated 16 + 15 April 2025

Historic Environment Scotland awards £574,075 Partnership Funding to BEFS

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has awarded £574,075 in funding to the Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS) as part of the HES Partnership Fund. The Fund supports organisations working to promote, celebrate and enhance Scotland’s rich and diverse heritage.

Rosslyn Chapel Visitor Centre building, Midlothian, southeast Scotland:

photos courtesy of BEFS

BEFS is delighted to announce that it is one of seven organisations to receive Partnership Funding in 2025. The award will support BEFS in its core activity and work over the next three years, encouraging cross-sectoral and interdisciplinary collaboration to benefit the resilience of Scotland’s historic and existing built environment.

Over the funding period 2025-2028 BEFS will continue to work to increase sector capacity to engage holistically with key legislation, policy, and strategy; amplifying the value of the historic environment to Scotland’s economy, environment, culture and society and advocating for the existing and historic built environment across a number of key policy areas including the journey to net zero, traditional construction skills, retrofit and planning.

Hazel Johnson, Director of BEFS:

With continued HES support BEFS looks forward to working with Members, stakeholders and partners – towards a resilient and sustainable sector and sustainable places for the future, amidst the economic and environmental challenges ahead. Hazel Johnson, Director of BEFS, said: “We are extremely grateful to Historic Environment Scotland for this renewed investment and continued commitment to a strategic and partnership led approach and look forward to working together over the next three years, towards a resilient historic environment and positive outcomes for Scotland’s people and places. This funding will allow us to build, strengthen, and deepen BEFS impact and ability to deliver across all areas of our work, working closely with BEFS Members and the wider sector.”

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow:

Gail Williamson, Grants Operations Manager at HES, said,
“We are proud to support the historic environment sector through our Partnership Fund award to BEFS. By advocating for the historic environment and engaging with policy initiatives on behalf of the sector, BEFS is one of the keystones of Scotland’s built heritage. Our ongoing partnership enhances our individual efforts, delivering greater benefits through effective collaboration. We are pleased to continue our work with them and support the delivery of Our Past, Our Future, Scotland’s national strategy for the historic environment.”

For further information visit: https://www.historicenvironment.scot/

18 March 2025
The Laundry Building News, Crichton Estate, Dumfries
Design: O’DonnellBrown, Glasgow, in collaboration with White Arkitekter, Sweden
Scottish Women’s Institutes and The Crichton Trust have announced plans for ‘The Laundry’. They plan to turn the single-storey property into a nationally-significant Visitor Learning Centre that will become a global hub for crafts, heritage, and skills and showcase the rich history of rural Scotland.
Dumfries Architecture

13 February 2025
Historic Environment Scotland Digital Portal News
trove.scot Historic Environment Scotland digital portal
Explore millions of records online as Historic Environment Scotland (HES) unveils new website to access its collections, archives, images and information.

24 January 2025
Scottish Retrofit Work VAT Penalty

In the UK we have some of the oldest building stock in the Western world. Conversely, Scotland also has some of the most ambitious carbon reduction targets, with the Scottish Government having set out its commitment to hit net zero by 2045, five years earlier than the rest of the UK:
Scottish Retrofit Work VAT