Plans have been submitted for a five-storey office development at Rubislaw Quarry in Aberdeen.

Carterra Private Equities has announced plans to build on the lisp of the biggest manmade hole in Europe.

If approved, the plans will see the development of a narrow strip of land along the curve of the quarry edge to form 100,000sq/ft of office accommodation.

Michael Gilmour Associates has designed the scheme, which will be made possible by the excavation of 7m of spoil to form two levels of underground parking.


Above this will be stacked office accommodation and a rooftop restaurant, all positioned to maximise views out across the flooded quarry.

The design includes light grey aluminium curtain walling with render and glazing.

The development will follow the quarry edge in a sinuous curve.

Commenting on their design, Michael Gilmour Architects stated: "We believe this will reintegrate Rubislaw Quarry, an icon of Aberdeen's unique industrial granite heritage, with the cities current status as the oil capital of Europe by providing iconic world class accommodation for the next generation of oil extraction companies in the heart of Aberdeen city."

(IT)