2015 Saltire Housing Design Awards launched
THE 2015 Saltire Housing Design Awards are launched this week by the Saltire Society, recognising design excellence across five categories – including a brand new...
Malcolm Fraser Architects closes down
Malcolm Fraser Architects has announced it ceased trading on August 21as a result of being unable to make the business profitable.
The practice was established...
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...
RIAS names shortlist for Camphill works
RIAS has announced a six-strong shortlist in a competition to select an architect and design team to deliver a £10 million project at Camphill...
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...
RIAS launches ‘Architect in the Hoose’ 2015
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) is launching Architect in the Hoose to help homeowners and raise money for the Architects Benevolent...
7N Architects to lead Lerwick Lanes masterplan
7N Architects has secured the contract to undertake the Lerwick Lanes masterplan, Shetland Islands Council has announced.
The local authority said the tender exercise attracted...
Trio of Scottish projects win RIBA Awards
THREE Scottish projects are among the winners of the 2016 RIBA National Awards.
The City of Glasgow College, Riverside Campus (Michael Laird Architects/Reiach and Hall...
Threesixty to design Stromness campus
Threesixty Architecture will be responsible for the design of the redevelopment of the old Academy and former Primary School of Stromness.
Highlands + Islands Enterprise and...
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...
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...
Ossian Architects celebrates B Corp certification
OSSIAN Architects has become a certified B Corporation joining a global movement of businesses that meet high standards of social and environmental performance,...
Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries claims Scotland’s best building award
THE Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries has won the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award for 2017.
Designed by Richard Murphy Architects and built...
Threesixty Architecture to help develop ‘transformative’ Fort William masterplan
THREESIXTY Architecture has been appointed to assist in developing a 'transformative' masterplan for Fort William's town centre.
The creation of the masterplan is a collaborative...
Graham + Sibbald appoints director of architectural services
GRAHAM + Sibbald has announced the promotion of Rachel Murray to director of architectural services.
Rachel first joined the firm's architectural team in 2022, with...
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...
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...
Iconic church bell tower set for repair in Glasgow
ON behalf of the Archdiocese of Glasgow, Mosaic Architecture + Design has secured a grant of £93,400 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for...
Holmes Miller supports Glasgow Institute of Architects
Tim Gray, director at architectural firm Holmes Miller, has been appointed president of the Glasgow Institute of Architects (GIA).
Tim assumed the mantle at the...
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...
