Cushieri Surgical Skills, Dundee Medi-Park

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.

Mayfield Playing Fields & Nursery

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The Mayfield Sports Centre replaced a range of outdated gyms spread across the city centre campus with a single state of the art Physical Education facility in 2007.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.

Old Medical School (OMS), University of Dundee

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.

Cladding Replacement in Jacqui Wood Cancer Centre, Ninewells

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.

Former Royal Alexandra Infirmary- Residential Conversion & Housing Development

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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.

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Perth Food and Drink

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.

Walk with us for Aberlour

This year Wellwood Leslie Architects is dedicated in partnership with Aberlour Children Care.

Aberlour are an amazing charity that provides help and services for disadvantages children and families all over Scotland. They strive to provide the best possible start in life for children, working to beat poverty and provide an equal chance to all.

Abelour provide befriending services for pre/post-natal mothers, guardianship for child refugees, foster and adoption care, manage a poverty relief fund, help new and expecting mother to find the right path and turn their lives around and this is just scraping the surface. As you can imagine in the current climate of inflation, fuels poverty, cost of living crisis, the services they provide are stretched to say the least.

We have and are currently working on a number of projects with Aberlour Children Charity, which has allowed us to see 1st hand what a difference they make to the life of the children they work with.

Wellwood Leslie have chosen to help Aberlour by completing the 5.5 and 21 mile Dundee Kiltwalks in August.

Many miles of training is ahead of us, some blisters, but we are motivated by a great cause.

You can help us by making a donation to Aberlour via our Just Giving Page.

Thank you!

Panbride Stables, Carnoustie

Built in the mid-to-late 1800’s to accompany the adjacent Panbride House, Panbride stables is an excellent example of this ethos where, without intervention, this Category B listed building would likely have been left to deteriorate beyond rescue.

Through a series of feasibility studies, close engagement with Angus Council and Historic Scotland, detailed and technical design, and through the property changing hands amid construction, Wellwood Leslie Architects assisted several clients to successfully strip-out, refurbish, and convert the existing stables to form five luxury boutique holiday rental units.

Aberlour Chirdcare Trust Charity Partner

Wellwood Leslie Chartered Architects are delighted to announce our charity partner for 2024 will be Aberlour Childcare Trust.

We recently met with the organisation to discuss the important work that they do to help disadvantaged children and families in Scotland to have a brighter future. Aberlour play a vital role in Scotland in addressing poverty and inequality and Wellwood Leslie recognises the importance of supporting such organisations in order to create a meaningful difference in the communities where we all live.

Along with a small donation that will contribute directly to Aberlour Childcare Trust's Urgent Assistance Fund we will be encouraging our staff to help raise money this year in support of the charity’s wider causes. As part of that commitment, we will be participating in the annual St Andrews to Dundee KiltWalk to help raise additional funds for the charity. More information will follow in due course.

Our fundraising ambitions and our donation to Aberlour underscore Wellwood Leslie's unwavering commitment to making a positive impact in our community and align with one of our core values of social responsibility. We look forward to seeing what can be achieved this year.

Riverside Changing Room

As part of an ongoing working relationship with the University of Dundee, Wellwood Leslie Architects led a multi-disciplinary team to design and deliver extensive refurbishment works to existing changing room facilities at the Universities Riverside Campus.