Scottish Housing : Information

Housing Shortfall Increase from existing 25,000 new houses per year to 35,000 demanded for Scotland. Communities & Sport Minister said the “current rate of new house building - almost 25,000 new houses last year - is simply inadequate". It’s essential the majority of this supply is located in dense developments on brownfield land; the planning system also requires immediate root & branch reform. Glasgow Housing Edinburgh Housing Key contemporary Scottish Housing Project: Homes for the Future Scottish Housing Major Glasgow Housing masterplans Glasgow Harbour Crown Street Housing Tradeston Recent Glasgow Housing projects Cochrane Square Festival Park Apartments Glasgow Cross Lancefield Quay Queen Elizabeth Square River Heights The Axiom Housing Recent Edinburgh Housing projects Donaldsons College redevelopment Anchor Apartments New Street Edinburgh Keep up with news re emerging Scottish Housing projects on the Glasgow News + Edinburgh News pages Scottish Housing - Background Scottish housing stock generally varies from wee bungalows to sixties high rises; in the Highlands traditional crofts mingle with new properties which often look like they could be from anywhere ie non-indigenous. After the Second World War a massive housing construction commenced in Scotland (& across Europe) with slab blocks and tower blocks mostly located around the edges of the major cities such as Glasgow and Edinburgh, and in New Towns in the Central Belt such as Cumbernauld. glasgow tower blocks - image © adrian welch In the Seventies this major building programme stalled and low-scale dense housing took its place, mainly built by private housing developers. Styling was generally regressive but in the Nineties some more contemporary Scottish housing emerged. Notable were the Homes for the Future scheme in Glasgow and the Slateford Green housing in Edinburgh. One-off houses such as those by Richard Murphy also encouraged a shift in thinking towards contemporary architecture. glasgow tower blocks - image © adrian welch Tower Block Modern Public Housing in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (Paul Mellon Centre) Stefan Muthesius, Miles Glendinning Price varies Order Tower Block Today! Hardcover 428 pages (1994) Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN: 0300054440 Glasgow Houses Glasgow Edinburgh Lotte Glob House International Housing: Palm Island Dubai Hong Kong Architecture Copenhagen Housing George St & Broomlands St housing, Paisley, Renfrewshire 2003 Page & Park Architects Housing development for Loretto Housing Association Inchyra Place – housing, Grangemouth 2003 Page & Park Architects 50 houses for Loretto Housing Association Stanley Mills – conversion + restoration, Stanley, Perth & Kinross 1996-2003 LDN Architects A Listed Converted to flats + houses for The Phoenix Trust Victoria Parade residential development, Dunoon, Argyll & Bute 2003 Elder & Cannon For Fyne Homes / Queens Cross Housing Association Scottish House