Urban Realm

23/09/2025

It has arrived! the Architecture Scotland Annual 2025, showcasing the most outstanding architecture completed in Scotland over the past year. This book is evidence of the brilliance and ambition of Scottish practices — those who build and deliver their legacy. Let’s celebrate another year of remarkable buildings, spaces, and the visionary creators behind them. Your copy is sent to you as part of Urban Realm’s subscription.: https://bit.ly/4pzirLW
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15/07/2025

Tune into tonights News at Seven for a discussion on Blindwells

30/05/2025

Stenhouse Mansion: Keep your eyes peeled to UR for a new feature on buildings hidden in plain sight.

08/05/2025

King of the swingers

31/03/2025

A mix of 46 apartments for social rent will pick up where the newly completed Old Victoria housing development left off under new plans by Sanctuary and CRGP:

More homes to build out Battlefield Rest junction, March 2025, News, Architecture and the built environment is an integral part of our society and we hope to provide a useful platform for debate, information and inspiration.

18/03/2025

Murphy makes waves with a twin frontage Princes Street vision.
The accidental rise of Princes Street as Edinburgh's lopsided shopping thoroughfare could be put in balance for the first time since the Georgian era under a double-barrelled vision set out by Richard Murphy Architects.

Murphy makes waves with a twin frontage Princes Street vision, March 2025, News, Architecture and the built environment is an integral part of our society and we hope to provide a useful platform for debate, information and inspiration.

19/02/2025

A disused railway viaduct spanning the River Clyde could become an active travel route connecting Carmyle and Westburn: https://www.urbanrealm.com/news/11367/Disused_viaduct_to_connect_Carmyle_and_Westburn_again.html

10/01/2025

Urban Realm kicks off 2025 at scale

Urban Realm begins 2025 at scale with the reveal of UR100, a century of the top practices to watch. More than just a list of the biggest and best our dynamic representation of the architecture profession shows who has made the greatest strides and the new entrants to watch for.

Away from the limelight, we make time to cover the less glamorous side of urbanity from the introduction of a new citizen science tool to map poverty and visit a disused torpedo testing range in Arrochar, where some tourism-related projects have been testing the waters.

This limbers us up for our in-depth look at accessibility, an exploration of how provisions can and should extend beyond a bolt-on ramp. A varied series of building reviews run with these concepts, from Edinburgh’s data-driven Usher Institute to the community-led Strathblane Library and East Calder Primary, which is triangulating a fresh approach to economics, education and energy.

Have a look at our full list of features: https://www.urbanrealm.com/magazine

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10/12/2024

An emerging forest of towers in Glasgow's Anderston district will be given a new centrepiece with plans for a svelte Neo Deco tower that seeks to evoke 1920's opulence over 2020's austerity.

31/10/2024

mysterious house

23/10/2024

The Thomas Graham Community Library begins a fresh chapter for Strathblane. Find out more in the winter issue of Urban Realm.

14/10/2024

Our newest issue is now available! Take a look inside.
UR59: Bridging the social mobility gap https://bit.ly/3NrDkGY

UR59: Bridging the social mobility gap, October 2024, News, Architecture and the built environment is an integral part of our society and we hope to provide a useful platform for debate, information and inspiration.