RIAS backs payment reforms that ‘protect suppliers without destabilising contracts’
THE Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has submitted its response to the UK Government’s consultation on tackling poor payment practices, urging for...
New biomimetic design courses to ‘derive inspiration from nature’
THE Glasgow School of Art (GSA) is developing a series of academic courses and collaborative research practice in partnership with the Eden Project and...
Threesixty Architecture appoints trio of new directors
THREESIXTY Architecture has welcomed Gina Colley, Neal Hemingway and Paul Hegarty to its board. The appointments have been described as reinforcing the practice's commitment...
Strong Scottish shortlist revealed for RIAS/RIBA Awards 2015
THE Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has announced a 24 strong shortlist for its 2015 awards.
The judging panel for this year, chaired by...
Lippe Architects mark 30 years in business
North East Architects Practice, Lippe Architects held a Celebration Dinner recently to mark 30 years in business.
Amongst the 130 invited guests to the Meldrum House Hotel,...
Collective Architecture to deliver Camphill campus project
COLLECTIVE Architecture has won the competition to deliver a £10 million capital investment development over two of Camphill School Aberdeen's three campuses.
The firm was chosen...
‘Microhomes’ tipped to help address Scotland’s housing crisis
A Scottish architectural practice is pioneering new ‘microhomes’ to help address the nation’s housing crisis.
Lorne Haycock, founder of Linwood-based LH Architecture, told Project Scotland...
LDN Architects to lead Elgin Town Hall design team
LDN Architects is to lead a design team tasked with revamping Elgin Town Hall, as part of the £31.6 million project to create a...
RIBA workload trends research shows ‘first glimpse of positivity’
THE RIBA Future Trends Workload Index rose to +3 in July - up from -17 in June and a major step forward after four...
Architecture students take top prizes in Women in Property Scotland Student Awards
THREE architecture students from the universities of Strathclyde, Edinburgh and Dundee have been announced as the regional winners at the Women in Property Central...
Bracewell Stirling Consulting makes series of key appointments as new Oban office opens
BRACEWELL Stirling Consulting has made a series of key hires to bolster its team and support the launch of an enhanced master-planning service.
Additionally, the...
New Highland prison plans a step closer to reality
THE first new prison in the north of Scotland for more than a century has moved a step closer after planning permission in principle...
Elaine C Smith supports ‘Architect in the Hoose’ 2014
THE Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) is launching Architect in the Hoose to help homeowners and raise money for the Architects Benevolent Society...
Vision unveiled for ambitious Capability Scotland Perth project
ANDERSON Bell + Christie (AB+C) has unveiled its vision for Capability Scotland’s Our Inclusive Community Project (OICP) at Bertha Park Village in Perth.
The architects...
Entries sought for Perth site design challenge
ARCHITECT and TV presenter George Clarke has issued the final call for entries to a creative challenge designed to help shape the design of...
Architecture and Design Scotland appoints new director of design
HEATHER Claridge has been appointed director of design at Architecture and Design Scotland.
She joins from Glasgow City Council and will direct the organisation's advice...
Architects appointed to George Square design project
JOHN McAslan + Partners has been commissioned to reconsider the 'synergy and balance' between George Square and the surrounding streets in relation to contemporary...
RIAS unveils four-strong shortlist for Scotland’s building of the year
A public realm project in Aberdeen, a rural infrastructure scheme that preserves a bridge in Glengairn, a new education building for University of Edinburgh,...
Architect appointed to reactivate Glasgow’s Union Street fire site
O'DONNELL Brown has been appointed by Glasgow City Council to develop a concept design for the 'meanwhile use' of the Union Street fire site.
A...
GLM ‘immensely proud’ as architectural technologist shortlisted for major award
EDINBURGH-headquartered GLM's Taylor Davison has been shortlisted for the prestigious Chartered Architectural Technologist (AT) of the Year Award.
Taylor was nominated by colleagues at GLM...
