Architects and designers must embrace the circular economy

By Alasdair Rankin, managing director, Aitken Turnbull Architects Recently, I read an article about how academic innovation was helping to spearhead a transition to reduce waste...

Keppie Design becomes employee-owned in firm’s 170th year

GLASGOW-based architecture practice Keppie Design has become the latest company in Scotland to transfer its entire shareholding to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT). The...

BDP earns conservation award for Ayr Grammar project

ARCHITECTURAL practice BDP has won a conservation accolade at this year’s GIA Awards for its Ayr Grammar Campus project. The project also received a commendation...
L-R: Neal Hemingway, Gina Colley, and Paul Hegarty

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...

Judging panel announced for Scottish Design Awards 2023

THE 12-strong judging panel has been confirmed for the Scottish Design Awards 2023. The line-up includes Heather Claridge, director of design at Architecture & Design...

BDP outlines role in landmark mixed-use scheme

BDP has revealed how it has helped complete the delivery of phase one of the new St James Quarter in Edinburgh. Working with client Nuveen...

Architects embrace online professional development during pandemic

NEW research has revealed a 'surge' in demand for online CPD content for architects and specifiers during the the Covid-19 pandemic. SpecifiedBy, a specification-led marketing...

HLM appoints new head of hospitality, leisure and culture

HLM has appointed Patrick Arends as head of hospitality, leisure and culture at the practice. A past winner of the RIBA West Midlands Emerging Architect of...

Ackermann appointed principal at BDP

CHRISTOPH Ackermann has been appointed principal at architectural practice BDP. He will join Scott Mackenzie in the Glasgow Studio, where he will strengthen the design...

Glasgow studio appoints new MD

GLASGOW-based ICA, a studio of 60 architects and interior designers, has announced the appointment of Susannah Macneill as managing director. Susannah has been with the business...
Libby Heathcote

Libby Heathcote elected as next RIAS president

LIBBY Heathcote, an associate director at Reiach and Hall Architects, has been elected as the next president of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in...

Richard Murphy completes Edinburgh Academy hockey pavilion

A £2 million hockey pavilion for Edinburgh Academy has been completed by Richard Murphy Architects. The pavilion forms part of a wider masterplan strategy for...

Architects have pivotal role to stimulate culture of health and wellbeing

By Alasdair Rankin, MD, Aitken Turnbull THE last year has brought into sharp focus that one of the lasting legacies of Covid-19 – when the...

BDP secures ‘perfect’ Glasgow location

RYDEN'S office agency team has said it has found the 'perfect' location for international architectural practice BDP within The Grosvenor Building, originally designed by...
Caledonia High

Carefully designed landscape helps shape outdoor learning at Caledonia High

LANDSCAPE architecture practice OOBE has revealed its role in helping to shape the new £88 million Caledonia High School in Rosyth. Working alongside architects AHR,...

Lifetime Achievement Award for Professor Robin Webster

Professor Robin Webster OBE FRIAS was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual RIAS Awards Dinner this week. The Award was presented by RIAS...

Anderson Bell + Christie earns award recognition for Sighthill development

GLASGOW-based architect Anderson Bell + Christie has been awarded a Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) Scotland Award in partnership with The City of Edinburgh...

Can we trust governments, and ourselves, to address industry’s climate concerns?

By Alasdair Rankin, managing director of Aitken Turnbull architects   As we hopefully begin to emerge from one devastating global crisis, we are able to see...

Nuclear archive facility named Scotland’s best building

NUCLEUS, the Caithness-based national archive facility for the civil nuclear industry, has been crowned the winner of the 2018 RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in...
Union Terrace Gardens in Aberdeen

Aberdeen regeneration project wins Scotland’s top architecture award

UNION Terrace Gardens in Aberdeen has been crowned the winner of the Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award by the Royal Incorporation of...