THE Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) announced 12 winners, representing the very best of current Scottish architecture, at its annual Awards Dinner held in Edinburgh.
The judging panel was Iain Dickson PPRIAS (Chair), Julia Barfield RIBA, representing the Royal Institute of British Architects, Karen Cunningham, Director of next year’s Festival of Architecture, Hugh Dutton Hon FRIAS of Hugh Dutton Associés, Paris and Stuart Goodall, Chief Executive of Confor.
Willie Watt, President of the RIAS, said, “65 submissions from throughout Scotland, ranging in cost from £30,000 to £26m, is a tremendous vote of confidence. It absolutely confirms that this award, in only its fourth year, is now the single most important recognition of architectural achievement in Scotland.”
In the fourth year of the restyled awards the RIAS has again teamed up with Forestry Commission Scotland/Wood for Good, Historic Scotland, The Scottish Government and Zero Waste Scotland for our four prestigious sub-category awards.
The RIAS Awards 2015 winners are:
Arcadia Nursery, Edinburgh
Malcolm Fraser Architects for The University of Edinburgh
Dalmunach Distillery, Moray
Archial Norr (Inverness Studio) for Chivas Brothers (part of Pernod Ricard)
Highland Steading
Marcus Lee/FLACQ and cameronwebster architects for a private client
Lamb’s House, Edinburgh
Groves-Raines Architects Ltd for Groves-Raines Architects
Laurieston Transformational Area, Glasgow
Page\Park Architects and Elder and Cannon Architects for New Gorbals Housing Association
Maggie’s Lanarkshire, Airdrie
Reiach and Hall Architects for Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres
The Mill, Southside Steading, Peebles
WT Architecture for a private client
Regency Dormer, Edinburgh
Konishi Gaffney Architects for a private client
Rosefield, Edinburgh
A449 LTD for Format Scotland Ltd.
The Shields Centre, Glasgow
Anderson Bell + Christie Architects for hub West Scotland
Theatre Royal, Glasgow
Page \ Park Architects for Scottish Opera
West Burn Lane, St Andrews
Sutherland Hussey Harris for EASTACRE Investments LLP
Special Category Award – the Best Use of Timber
The winner of the Wood for Good/Forestry Commission Scotland Award for the Best Use of Timber was:
Arcadia Nursery, Edinburgh
Malcolm Fraser Architects
Special Category Award – Conservation and Climate Change
The winners of the Historic Scotland Award for Conservation and Climate Change were:
South Beach Medical Centre, Ardrossan
Reiach and Hall Architects
and
The Speirs Centre, Alloa
LDN Architects LLP
With a commendation to:
Howan, Egilsay, Orkney
Simpson and Brown Architects with Rachel Mayhew Architect
Special Category Award – Resource Efficiency
The winner of Zero Waste Scotland’s Resource Efficiency Award was:
Arcadia Nursery, Edinburgh
Malcolm Fraser Architects
With a commendation to:
The Noust Boathouse, Tiree
TOG Studio
Special Category Award – Scotland’s Client of the Year
The winner of the Scottish Government Scotland’s Client of the Year Award was:
New Gorbals Housing Association
Project: Laurieston Transformational Area, Glasgow (Architect: Page\Park Architects and Elder and Cannon Architects)
From the 12 RIAS 2015 winners, five projects have won RIBA Awards for Scotland. These are:
Arcadia Nursery, Edinburgh
Malcom Fraser Architects for The University of Edinburgh
Dalmunach Distillery, Moray
Archial Norr (Inverness Studio) for Chivas Brothers (part of Pernod Ricard)
Laurieston Transformational Area, Glasgow
Page\Park Architects and Elder and Cannon Architects for New Gorbals Housing Association
Maggie’s Lanarkshire, Airdrie
Reiach and Hall Architects for Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centre
West Burn Lane, St Andrews
Sutherland Hussey Harris for EASTACRE Investments LLP
The shortlist for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award, supported by the Doolan family and the Scottish Government (to be presented in November at the National Museum of Scotland) consists of all 12 of the RIAS Awards 2015 winners.
