Forgan House is a Category C Listed building within the St Andrews Conservation area and the refurbishment was the third and final phase of a series of office refurbishments carried out for The R&A in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
The Wellwood Leslie Team completed the Dundee Kilt Walk 2024.
Spirits were high on the day, along with the temperature.
A few sore muscles and a couple of blisters were picked up along the way and it was all worth it.
The further we walked the tougher it got, but one thing that kept us going was knowing so many of you donated. Whether you are a family member, a close friend, or know us through work, we cannot thank you enough for all your generosity, it really gave us motivation to finish.
Community Fundraiser at Aberlour Children’s Charity has been in contact and has directly noted every penny of your donation that will make a huge difference to disadvantaged children in Scotland and they couldn’t be more grateful to you for choosing to support Aberlour. The monies raised will allow them to continue their vital services and give every child the best possible start in life.
Our just giving page is still LIVE and donations are still coming in. If you still have not donated and can spare a few pounds please do.
Once again thank you very much for your support.
Wellwood Leslie Architects
This Sunday we will be participating the Dundee Kiltwalk 2024 on behalf of Aberlour, Scotland’s Children’s Charity!
While some of the Team have chosen the green landscapes of Stirling for pre-walk training and looked in at Aberlour’s offices at Forthside, some of us have been training independently, and some of us will be shocked on the day! Nevertheless, we are all meeting this weekend to walk in support of a great cause.
We want to thank you for your fundraising support, it is incredibly heartwarming to know you are all with us. All funds raised will go directly to Aberlour, Scotland’s Children’s Charity, with every penny counting.
There’s still time to donate so if you can spare a few pounds and want to help support Aberlour and the incredible work they do, simply go to link.
Thank you once again, see you on the Kiltwalk!
Wellwood Leslie were approached by Abertay University in 2018 to carry out initial feasibility studies for classroom refurbishments across the main University campus.
Wellwood Leslie have completed a feasibility study in conjunction with the University of Dundee School of Medicine to investigate the opportunity for a specialist surgical skills research and teaching facility to be constructed at Dundee Medi-Park.
Wellwood Leslie provided architectural services for the High School’s playing fields facility since 2007.
The Mayfield Sports Centre replaced a range of outdated gyms spread across the city centre campus with a single state of the art Physical Education facility in 2007.
It is at the heart of the Mayfield and Dalnacraig playing fields and is designed to integrate new and existing facilities into a coherent whole by providing a single point of access to all facilities on the site, both internal and external. A new single reception provides access to changing rooms, a six-court multi-purpose games hall, gymnasium, fitness suite, dance studio, classrooms and staff base. Access is also provided to existing external sport changing rooms, and the hospitality lounge.
Wellwood Leslie were invited by the University of Dundee to work with them to develop existing cellular office space into a modern, agile working environment.
Existing accommodation provided two floors of individual private offices for academic staff with little opportunity for staff to meet and collaborate throughout the working day. The University wished to make better and more efficient use of space, to provide a modern working environment for staff and to create an environment that could support an effective, supportive, and collaborative ethos.
The Jacqui Wood Cancer Centre is a medical research facility located at Ninewells Teaching Hospital in Dundee. The building suffered a catastrophic cladding failure in 2021, just 12 years after completion.
Wellwood Leslie worked with the University team to understand the causes of failure and to identify the most appropriate means by which the cladding could be replaced.
Wellwood Leslie Architects has recently secured Planning Permission for the residential redevelopment of the former Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley. This prominent site, which sits between Calside to the west and Neilston Road to the east, is dominated by the original late 19th Century hospital building which is a Category `B` listed building.
The original Royal Alexandra Hospital was constructed between 1897 and 1900 to the designs of local architect Thomas Graham Abercrombie. It comprised four buildings – the main infirmary, a nurses’ home, a dispensary and a lodge. The main infirmary remained in use as a hospital until 1986 at which point the new Royal Alexandra Hospital was built on a different site to the west. Subsequently, the easternmost wing of the infirmary was converted to flats and renamed Alexandra Gate, the nurses’ home was converted to flats in 2005-6 and renamed the Peter Coats Building, whilst the former dispensary and lodge became a children’s nursery.
The remaining two wings of the infirmary building became a care home which eventually closed in 2008. The main building and its surrounding grounds have been vacant for the last 16 years during which it severely decayed.
The project would result in the creation of a high-quality residential development to the south of Paisley city centre. The proposal includes the redevelopment of the late 19th Century hospital building to form mainly two-bedroom flats. Within the site boundary two additional residential buildings are proposed. To the north, a flat-roof extension of later date will be demolished, and a new 4-storey flatted development constructed in its place. To the west, on Calside, a new four-storey residential development is proposed. The surrounding hospital grounds will be restored and re-landscaped to create an appropriate setting. Pedestrians and cyclists will be prioritised in the design, and the necessary shared access roads and parking carefully integrated.
The redevelopment of the original hospital building is designed to preserve its historic features and integrate them into the design. The new buildings being added to the site are designed to harmonise with the existing building through material selection and roof geometry that echo the colour tones of the existing building and its roof profile while utilising modern materials and construction.
This redevelopment promotes sustainability through the re-use of the existing building structures, the integration of low-energy/sustainable design measures in their refurbishment and the new flats incorporate a low-energy design strategy.
In conjunction with the Scottish Cities Alliance and Perth and Kinross Council, Wellwood Leslie Architects took project lead on design and construction of a new purpose-built facility for food production on the outskirts of Perth. The facility is the flagship of a ground-breaking initiative to create stepping-stone facilities for local, small and upstart catering businesses before moving into larger manufacturing facilities.
