2025 RIAS Awards shortlist announced
TWO distilleries, Scotland’s first Passivhaus-certified primary school in Perth, and a North Lanarkshire community hub are among 21 projects shortlisted by the Royal Incorporation...
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...
Holmes Miller expands into south east England with new studio
HOLMES Miller Architects has announced an expansion into south east England with the opening of a new studio in St Albans, Hertfordshire.
The move is...
Mosaic lands BCO award for Glasgow office redevelopment
MOSAIC Architecture + Design is celebrating after triumphing at the British Council for Offices (BCO) Scotland awards for its work on an office redevelopment...
Architecture practice ramps up sustainability drive
ARCHITECTURE practice Holmes Miller has published a refreshed sustainability charter as part of its commitment to a carbon neutral built environment.
Described as an 'active...
Aspirations heat up for low energy building design standard
A passive house construction specialist says the time has come for the private sector to embrace the ultra-high energy efficient standard, to improve buildings...
‘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...
HAUS founders get on their bike for gruelling charity challenge
TO mark ten years of practice, the founders of Glasgow-based architecture studio HAUS Collective are aiming to raise £10,000 for homelessness charity, The Marie...
GLM unveils new website as part of brand ‘evolution’
GLM, the architecture, building surveying, and project management firm, has announced the launch of its new website.
Part of its broader brand evolution, this new...
Climate policy must roll forward, not backward
By Peter Exley, professor and dean, Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment, Robert Gordon University
No moral case seems strong enough to compel...
Borders architect leaves practice to further develop dementia-friendly technology
A director of a Borders-based architectural practice is stepping down after 21 years to continue the development of a technology created to improve the...
Firm shortlisted for four gongs at Learning Places Scotland Awards
FOUR Holmes Miller projects have been nominated for honours at the Learning Places Scotland Awards later this month.
Held in partnership with the Scottish Government,...
Montrose architectural practice transitions to Employee Ownership Trust model
MONTROSE-based Crawford Architecture has officially transitioned to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT).
The move puts the firm’s future in the hands of its team, giving...
Reiach and Hall to lead Fruitmarket Gallery redevelopment
REIACH and Hall Architects have been appointed to lead the refurbishment of The Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh.
The project will involve redeveloping the existing gallery...
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...
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...
Scottish architectural surveying firm expands into Manchester
ABERDEEN-headquartered architectural surveying company Archilink Ltd has announced it is expanding into Manchester after achieving 'significant growth' this year.
The company revealed it uses 'cutting-edge'...
McBains names new director of architecture team
CONSTRUCTION consulting and design agency McBains has appointed Mark Baseby as director of its architecture team.
He has been with the firm since 2000, working...
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...
Updated national marine centre plans unveiled
THE Scottish Seabird Centre has unveiled details of the updated architectural plan for the proposed national marine centre in north Berwick.
The designs for the site have...
