Historic Edinburgh building benefits from £2m conversion

3DReid has completed a £2 million conversion of three of the original Princes Street townhouses to office use. The architectural practice said that by converting...

Scotland’s RIAS buildings of the year announced

THE Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has announced the winners of this year's national architecture awards. As well as new housing, education and...
Graham Edwards HAUS Collective

HAUS Collective appoints new associate director

HAUS Collective has announced the appointment of Graham Edwards as associate director at the Glasgow-based architecture studio. With three decades of experience managing large-scale projects,...

Could the answer to student housing ‘crisis’ be in the shop window?

TRANSFORMING vacant city centre buildings from retail to residential purposes could help ease the student housing crisis, the president of the Royal Incorporation of...

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...
BDP Glasgow office

BDP relocates to Glasgow’s historic Grosvenor Building

DESIGN practice BDP has moved into its new Glasgow studio in The Grosvenor Building in Gordon Street - a space originally designed by renowned...
George Square. Image credit: Shutterstock

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...
White paper on embodied carbon

White paper highlights need to address ‘hidden costs’ of embodied carbon in new buildings

NEW research published by Anderson Bell Christie (ABC), funded by Scottish Enterprise and Innovate UK, has revealed that the 'hidden costs' of embodied carbon...

Architecture students team up with housebuilder on north east design project

STUDENTS from the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment are building their skills with Cala Homes (North), as part of a student...
Phoebe Vendil (left) and Caitlin Griffiths

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...

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...

TV architect to crown design challenge winners at Perth ceremony

ARCHITECT and TV presenter George Clarke will announce the winners of a creative design challenge that will help shape a new £28 million complex-needs...

‘Rebooted’ 3DReid Student Prize returns

ARCHITECTURE practice 3DReid has relaunched its Student Prize after skipping a year in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The firm revealed it has reassessed...

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...
Shareholders and employee EOT members in the JM Architecture offices

Scottish architecture firm transitions to Employee Ownership Trust model

ARCHITECTURAL practice jmarchitects has transitioned to employee ownership. The business is now owned by the 100 employees at its studios in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, and...

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...

Paisley practice helps bring assisted-living to Kenya

A Paisley-based architecture practice has played a key role in what is thought to be Kenya's first assisted-living development. Framed Estates has overseen the delivery...
Holmes Miller acquires Coltart Earley

Holmes Miller completes acquisition of Glasgow-based architectural practice

HOLMES Miller Limited (HM) has completed the acquisition of Coltart Earley Architecture (CEA), a Glasgow-based architectural practice founded in 1990 by Bill Coltart and...
Usher Building, University of Edinburgh by Hassell

‘Exceptional’ shortlist unveiled for 2026 RIAS Awards

AN outdoor swimming pool, a 15th century tower house and doocot, and an Arbroath arts studio are among the projects shortlisted for the 2026 RIAS...

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...