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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...

RIBA workload trends research shows ‘first glimpse of positivity’

THE RIBA Future Trends Workload Index rose to +3 in July - up from -17 in June and a major step forward after four...

Plans unveiled for “pioneering” Glasgow office building

ARCHITECTURAL practice 3DReid has submitted plans for a "pioneering" office building in Glasgow's Merchant City area. The firm's proposals for Inovo2, a building to complement...

Green light for Scottish National Gallery extension

 THE National Galleries of Scotland has received planning approval for a £16.8 million extension to the historic Scottish National Gallery (SNG) in Edinburgh. The planned revamp will treble the...

Green light for National Manufacturing Institute Scotland facility

PLANNING permission has been obtained for the construction of the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) facility near Glasgow Airport. Situated on Netherton Campus at the...

RIAS confirms winners of special category awards

THE Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has announced the special category winners of the 2023 RIAS Awards. The Circular Economy Design Award, sponsored...

Transformative Dundee project sends positive message out to industry

THE transformative Waterfront Place project in Dundee – featuring an urban beach, active travel hub, public art, interactive play area, and public realm and...

Glasgow-headquartered architecture firm reports soaring turnover south of the border

GLASGOW-headquartered architecture firm Holmes Miller has announced it has recorded 100% growth in turnover in the south east of England over the past year...

Thumbs up for nation’s most northernly high school

RYDER Architecture has revealed details of the challenges involved in building the most northernly secondary school in the country. Shetland's Anderson High, which was delivered...

Architects and designers must embrace the circular economy

By Alasdair Rankin, managing director, Aitken Turnbull Architects Recently, I read an article about how academic innovation was helping to spearhead a transition to reduce waste...

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...
Natural materials used in construction

ABC white paper urges government to establish framework for circular construction transition

ANDERSON Bell Christie (ABC) has produced a white paper that identifies 'significant change' is needed across the construction industry to meet the national net...
Taylor Davison

GLM ‘immensely proud’ as architectural technologist shortlisted for major award

EDINBURGH-headquartered GLM's Taylor Davison has been shortlisted for the prestigious Chartered Architectural Technologist (AT) of the Year Award. Taylor was nominated by colleagues at GLM...
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...

Barton Willmore reveals Scottish promotions

BARTON Willmore has announced two major promotions at its operating team in Scotland. Euan Revell, who is based in the planning and design consultancy's Edinburgh...

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...

Graham + Sibbald expands architecture team with double hire

PROPERTY agency and multi-disciplinary consultancy Graham + Sibbald has appointed a new director and associate across its Manchester and Glasgow offices. Carole Latham has joined...

Holmes Miller confirms appointment of new equity director

HOLMES Miller Architects has promoted Ryan Holmes to the position of equity director, based out of the practice's Glasgow design studio. Since joining the business...

Green light for new national leisure destination on the Pentland Hills

SMITH Scott Mullan Associates has announced that its plans for Destination Hillend, a new multi-activity national leisure destination on the Pentland Hills has been...

Architects amongst first occupants of Glasgow office development

ARCHITECTURAL practice Threesixty Architecture and digital services provider Incremental Group have been confirmed as the first occupiers for The Garment Factory, a new office...