Former RIAS president appointed chairman of Glasgow Wood

GLASGOW Wood has appointed Robin Webster OBE as its new chairman to replace Brian Young. The charity and social enterprise provides volunteering opportunities to locals...
Laura McCrossan, Aitken Turnbull Architects

Are women breaking the architecture ‘glass ceiling’ in 2025?

By Laura McCrossan, associate director, Aitken Turnbull Architects WOMEN are steadily gaining ground in UK business, with the 2025 FTSE Women Leaders Review reporting that...

Double award joy for architecture and planning practice

HALLIDAY Fraser Munro is celebrating after a double triumph at the Scottish Property Awards. The firm was awarded the Business Resilience Award for its response...

3DReid promotes six senior team members to directors

3DReid has announced six leadership team promotions in the architecture, masterplanning and interior design practice. Andrew Marshall and Doug Pearson in the Edinburgh studio, Jen...

Graham + Sibbald bolsters architecture team across the UK

GRAHAM + Sibbald has revealed that the firm's architecture team completed a busy second half of 2023 with a number of key senior appointments...
Andrew Dobbie, Danny Campbell and Amir Noori

HOKO adds new board members to help accelerate growth plans

HOKO, the Glasgow-headquartered architecture firm founded by architect and BBC Scotland’s Home of the Year judge Danny Campbell, has announced two senior appointments. The company...
ABC carbon lifecycle assessment

Anderson Bell Christie unveils embodied carbon lifecycle assessment offering

ANDERSON Bell Christie (ABC) has announced it is now offering clients an in-house embodied carbon lifecycle assessment using One Click LCA. The software is compliant...
Exterior of Holmes Miller’s new office in Leeds

Architectural practice announces third UK hub

HOLMES Miller has established a new office in Leeds to support demand for public sector projects across England. The office is the third UK hub...
Politicians in Orwell Farm visit

Kinross architecture practice details Orwell Farm progress to local politicians

KINROSS-based architecture practice Studio LBA recently welcomed Jim Fairlie MSP, minister for agriculture and connectivity, alongside councillor Richard Watters, for a tour of its...

Dr Francesco Bandarin presented with RIAS Honorary Fellowship

DR Francesco Bandarin has been honoured with an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS). The UNESCO consultant was presented with the accolade...
Stephen Lynas

Bracewell Stirling Consulting appoints business development manager

ARCHITECTURAL firm Bracewell Stirling Consulting has announced the appointment of Stephen Lynas to the new role of business development manager. He will support Bracewell Stirling's...

Why Scotland’s architects have designs on England’s green and pleasant land!

The Scottish architecture & design sector is strong. There’s a huge range of talent and an ability and desire to deliver projects at a...

Celebrating heritage through design

By Bruce Kennedy, architect director, BDP’s Glasgow studio WE walk in the footsteps of our predecessors. Just as the inherited values of past generations shape...

Edinburgh practice honoured for sustainable development

EDINBURGH-based Kettle Collective is calling for architects to be at the forefront of tackling carbon reduction after winning a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Sustainable Development. This...

Architecture practice looks to improve safety at three Glasgow junctions

AN architecture practice has launched a campaign to identify specific solutions aimed at improving safety at three traffic junctions in Glasgow. New Practice's Waiting to...

Architects embrace online professional development during pandemic

NEW research has revealed a 'surge' in demand for online CPD content for architects and specifiers during the the Covid-19 pandemic. SpecifiedBy, a specification-led marketing...

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...

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...

Architects reappointed to NHS SBS framework

NORR Consultants has announced it has been reappointed to the NHS SBS Construction Consultancy Services Framework. The architecture practice, which has three offices in Scotland,...

Glasgow-based architecture practice switches to nine-day fortnight

GLASGOW-headquartered architecture practice Holmes Miller has officially switched to a nine-day fortnight following a successful trial. In an employee-led decision, the practice has made the...