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...

Heriot-Watt launches new architecture degree with focus on sustainability

EDINBURGH'S historic architecture and the modern architecture of Dubai are among the inspirations for a new master programme being launched by Heriot-Watt University. The new...

Scott Sutherland School students recognised at HIAA Awards

A student from the Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment has won the Highlands + Islands Architectural Association (HIAA) Student Awards 2024 for...

Making junctions safer in memory of Emma

RESPONDENTS to a new campaign launched in memory of a young architect who lost her life whilst cycling in Glasgow city centre have been...

GEZE UK to sponsor RIAS Awards Dinner

GEZE UK has announced it will sponsor the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) Awards Dinner for the fifth year in succession. The event,...

LDN Architects to lead Elgin Town Hall design team

LDN Architects is to lead a design team tasked with revamping Elgin Town Hall, as part of the £31.6 million project to create a...

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...

HAUS Collective promotes Passivhaus designer to associate role

SCOTTISH architecture studio HAUS Collective has promoted certified Passivhaus designer Ewan Proctor-Mason to the position of associate. Ewan, a graduate of the Mackintosh School of...

7N Architects launches Employee Ownership Trust

EDINBURGH-based 7N Architects has set up an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) with owner and founding director Ewan Anderson transferring 100% of his total shareholding...

3DReid announces student prize victor

3DREID has announced Tiia Partanen from the University of Strathclyde as the winner of the firm's student prize. This year's contest had a record number...

Architecture firm becomes employee-owned

CAMERONS Strachan Yuill Architects (CSY Architects) has become an employee-owned business. The move follows a loan from Triodos Bank UK and support from Co-operative Development...

Architecture and planning practice launches Replanet project

HALLIDAY Fraser Munro has announced the launch of its Replanet initiative, designed to underpin the journey to carbon zero and its commitment to a...

RIAS bestows youngest ever Fellowship

A Scottish architect has become the youngest ever inductee to the RIAS Fellowship. Michael Dougall (32), currently President of the Glasgow Institute of Architects (GIA),...
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Libby Heathcote elected as next RIAS president

LIBBY Heathcote, an associate director at Reiach and Hall Architects, has been elected as the next president of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in...
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Elaine C Smith supports ‘Architect in the Hoose’ 2014

THE Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) is launching Architect in the Hoose to help homeowners and raise money for the Architects Benevolent Society...

Architecture firm steps up in the Capital

ARCHITECTURAL and masterplanning firm 10 DESIGN has relocated to a newly refurbished office space in Edinburgh. The company, is headquartered in Hong Kong with five...
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New book charts Glasgow’s 21st-century architectural evolution

A new book marks a celebration of Glasgow's architectural evolution since the turn of the millennium. Glasgow From Above blends architectural commentary with striking aerial...
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Aitken Turnbull staff members celebrate milestone anniversaries

FIVE employees from Aitken Turnbull Architects have celebrated milestone anniversaries, endorsing the firm’s legacy to 'nurture, grow and invest' in its team across four...

Green light for £25m Glasgow Trongate mixed-use development

MOSAIC Architecture + Design has been granted planning permission for a £25 million mixed-use development in Glasgow's Trongate, which will include retail spaces, a...

New Highland prison plans a step closer to reality

THE first new prison in the north of Scotland for more than a century has moved a step closer after planning permission in principle...