Sheppard watches over student flock

Architecture practice Sheppard Robson has completed a £14m remodelling of two university buildings in Glasgow city centre. Strathclyde University’s Lord Hope and Curran buildings were...

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...

Delivering modern homes that reflect rural setting

Page/Park's Jonathan Walsh, who was project architect on a new 23-unit housing project in Kirkintilloch, provides an overview of the initiative to deliver much-needed...

A new name for architecture practice as business targets UK-wide expansion

AN Edinburgh-based employee-owned architecture practice is rebranding and targeting a period of growth as it eyes expansion throughout the UK. Founded in 1994, AMA Studio...

Two BDP projects nominated in national retrofit competition

TWO BDP-designed education projects - Ayr Grammar Campus and the University of Strathclyde Learning and Teaching Project - have been shortlisted in the annual...

RIAS seeks architect-led team for Dundee project

RIAS Consultancy is managing a value based selection process for the appointment of an architect-led multidisciplinary design team for The High School of Dundee. The...
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...

Austin-Smith:Lord helps restore London’s Great Pagoda

Architecture firm Austin-Smith:Lord is working with Historic Royal Palaces on the restoration of The Great Pagoda in London. The restoration of the 163 ft 18th century...

Local school wins design award

  AT this year’s Glasgow Institute of Architects Design Award ceremony, held in Oran Mor on Friday 14th November, Holmes Miller secured the 2014...

Architecture and planning practice in the frame for hat-trick of awards

HALLIDAY Fraser Munro is celebrating after being named as a finalist in three separate categories in the Scottish Property Awards. The architecture and planning practice...

Inverurie practices to combine following acquisition

ARCHITECTURAL practice and planning consultancy Lippe Architects + Planners has been bought by fellow Inverurie-based business RJM Architectural Design. All staff will transfer to the...

How Scottish architecture is making its mark on global design

By Christoph Ackermann, architect and principal at BDP Glasgow THE proud architecture of Scotland has always reflected social movements, imitated prevailing ideas and influenced design...

Glasgow launches competition to redesign fire-damaged landmark

GLASGOW City Council is set to launch a new competition to redesign Albert Cross after it was gutted by two major fires. In the first...
ARPL's design

Designed to prosper

As the construction industry continues to toil under the strain of a weak economy the need to ensure the final product lives up to...

Creating a challenge culture to deliver positive impact

By Martin Stevens, managing director and co-founder of HarrisonStevens AS an organisation with challenge engrained in our business culture, we are used to taking ourselves...
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Aberdeen base for architects

WILLIAM Lippe Architects Ltd opened a new office in Aberdeen recently to complement their existing premises in Inverurie. The office will be managed by Associate,...
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...

2015 Saltire Housing Design Awards launched

THE 2015 Saltire Housing Design Awards are launched this week by the Saltire Society, recognising design excellence across five categories – including a brand new...

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...
Gordon Barr, Scotland development manager for the AHF

Glasgow exhibition celebrates 50 years of Architectural Heritage Fund

AN exhibition is taking place in Glasgow to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF). The Briggait is the venue for the...