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...

Architect blocks out doubts to achieve his dream

AN architect has vowed to help more young deaf people into the profession after becoming only the second deaf person in Scotland to achieve...

Architecture practice secures government-backed loan to help mitigate Covid impact

AWARD-winning architecture practice 3DReid has secured a loan from Barclays through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). Acquired in anticipation of a potential contraction...

Aberdeen-based architectural surveying firm eyes further growth

ARCHILINK has announced that it is on course to surpass £1 million in revenue by the end of the financial year, having achieved 'significant'...

Architecture company scoops top design award

  HLM is celebrating after picking up a major prize at the Scottish Design Awards 2019. The firm triumphed in the Architecture: Residential category, thanks to...

RIAS award winners demonstrate ‘resilience’ of architecture profession

A Jedburgh school, Lockerbie sawmill visitor centre, and Portobello townhouse development are among the eight winners of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland...
Libby Heathcote

RIAS highlights ‘critical opportunity’ to address built environment strategy failings

THE Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has championed 'radical reform' in its response to the UK Government consultation on its forthcoming strategy...

Conservation project complete at historic Edinburgh building

AUSTIN-Smith:Lord has completed a conservation project for The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. The architects were tasked with refurbishing the four upper storeys of...

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...

Holmes Miller projects in the frame for prestigious architectural awards

AN Edinburgh sports centre and a primary school in Morningside, both designed by Holmes Miller, are in the running for a top architectural award. Meadowbank...

How resilient is Glasgow’s architecture?

By Bruce Kennedy, an architect director at BDP IN more than 30 years as a practicing architect in Glasgow, I have witnessed the city’s resilience...

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...

Scots practice recognised for Singapore hospice project

A Glasgow-based architectural practice has been recognised for its work on a Singapore hospice project. Keppie Design's collaboration with local firm, New Space Architects, has...

Ian McKee named new chairman of RICS Scotland

IAN McKee(FRICS FCABE) has been appointed the new chairman of RICS Scotland. Mr McKee, managing director of Edinburgh-based building surveying and architectural practice GLM, will...
Concept design for Glasgow’s fire-damaged Union Corner

Concept design aims to spark debate about future of fire-damaged Glasgow site

A London-based architectural designer whose concept design for Glasgow’s fire-damaged Union Corner went viral on social media is hoping others in the profession use...

RIAS calls for ‘fundamental reform’ of Scotland’s construction procurement approach

THE Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has welcomed the Scottish Government’s recent consultation on raising tender threshold values under the Procurement Reform...

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...
Scotland's National Retrofit Centre

Scotland’s National Retrofit Centre shortlisted for industry award

SCOTLAND'S National Retrofit Centre (SNRC) has been shortlisted in the Adaptive Reuse into Other category at the AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards, organised by...
HMP & YOI Stirling

Holmes Miller earns award recognition for HMP & YOI Stirling project

ARCHITECTURE firm Holmes Miller has won the Health Building or Project category at the Scottish Design Awards. In what was a record for the Glasgow-based...

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...