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...

New images help bring Innovation Hub at MSIP in Dundee to life

NEW photos have been released of the Innovation Hub at the Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc (MSIP), which opened last month. MSIP is a joint venture...
Blairgowrie exterior

Scotland’s first Passivhaus leisure development opens in Blairgowrie

SCOTLAND'S first Passivhaus leisure development has officially been opened in Blairgowrie. Designed by Holmes Miller, the £36 million project was delivered by Hub East Central...
ORA Architects team

Fife-based design and architecture practice sees turnover soar by 11%

FIFE-based ORA Architects has reported a 'significant' uplift in business performance after growing turnover by 11% in 2024/25, with a further 10% growth projected...

Kingfisher Louvres products are now available to specify via the NBS platform

Kingfisher Louvres, a specialist manufacturer of aluminium architectural louvres, has made four of its most popular screening and single bank weather louvres available to specify via the NBS Source platform.

Let’s get together

Christoph Ackermann, architect and principal at BDP, explains why our workplace environments must adapt quicker, following a shift in post-pandemic working patterns With more people...

RIAS launches ‘Architect in the Hoose’ 2015

The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) is launching Architect in the Hoose to help homeowners and raise money for the Architects Benevolent...

‘Minimum intervention’ approach at the heart of GLM success story

“WE do more with less.” That’s what Ian McKee describes as GLM’s Unique Selling Point. Ian is Managing Director of the Edinburgh-based firm, home to an...

Inverurie architecture practice celebrates ‘buoyant and busy’ first half of 2022

AN Inverurie-based architectural practice and planning consultancy has revealed it has secured projects with a total value exceeding £50 million this year so far. Since...
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...

Graham + Sibbald appoints director of architectural services

GRAHAM + Sibbald has announced the promotion of Rachel Murray to director of architectural services. Rachel first joined the firm's architectural team in 2022, with...

Holmes Miller submits plans for transformational rugby project

HOLMES Miller architects has announced it has submitted a planning application on behalf of the Rugby Football League (RFL) to Manchester City Council for...

Evolution of ‘warrior ideology’ shown in Perth construction find

ARCHAEOLOGISTS from the University of Aberdeen have recreated images of a figure found on a Pictish stone discovered during the construction of the A9/A85...

RIAS expresses disappointment at Perth City Hall process

THE Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has expressed disappointment at the procedure which has led to Perth and Kinross Council's plans to...
RIAS president Karen Anderson

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...

Plans submitted for ‘unique’ retirement community near Aberdeen

PLANS have been submitted to create an active retirement community on the outskirts of Aberdeen, which has been tipped to provide a 'unique' model of...

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...

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...
Ossian Architects

Ossian Architects celebrates B Corp certification

OSSIAN Architects has become a certified B Corporation joining a global movement of businesses that meet high standards of social and environmental performance,...

2023 RIAS Awards winners announced

UNIVERSITY buildings, domestic properties and the new home of Scottish golf are among the winners of the 2023 RIAS Awards. The national architecture awards celebrate the...