Dunfermline practice wins top architect accolade
DUNFERMLINE-based ORA Architects is celebrating after being named Best Architect at the Scotland’s Home Improvement Awards 2025.
The practice has delivered a range of projects...
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...
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...
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...
New biomimetic design courses to ‘derive inspiration from nature’
THE Glasgow School of Art (GSA) is developing a series of academic courses and collaborative research practice in partnership with the Eden Project and...
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...
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...
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...
RIAS backs payment reforms that ‘protect suppliers without destabilising contracts’
THE Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has submitted its response to the UK Government’s consultation on tackling poor payment practices, urging for...
BDP returns to Edinburgh following Pattern Design acquisition
ARCHITECTURE practice BDP has opened a new studio at Thirlestane Road in Edinburgh city centre.
The business said the move forms part of its acquisition...
Livingston retail park set for “21st century facelift”
CONSTRUCTION is to start on a £3.5 million transformation of Livingston's Almondvale West Retail Park.
Designed by 3DReid's Glasgow studio, the site is situated adjacent to...
HAUS Collective founders begin gruelling charity cycle to Berlin
THE co-founders of architecture studio HAUS Collective have now set off on a 532-mile charity bike ride from Glasgow to Berlin to mark ten...
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...
Edinburgh-based charity submits plans for new Craigmillar facility
AN Edinburgh-based charity has submitted a planning application for a new facility in Craigmillar.
Thistle, a health and wellbeing charity marking its 75th anniversary this...
Anderson Bell + Christie earns award recognition for Sighthill development
GLASGOW-based architect Anderson Bell + Christie has been awarded a Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) Scotland Award in partnership with The City of Edinburgh...
Anderson Bell Christie hails KTP success with University of Strathclyde
EMPLOYEE-owned architectural practice Anderson Bell Christie (ABC) has completed a two-year Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with the University of Strathclyde, funded by Innovate UK.
The...
Austin-Smith:Lord helps restore London’s Great Pagoda
Architecture firm Austin-Smith:Lord is working with Historic Royal Palaces on the restoration of The Great Pagoda in London.
The restoration of the 163 ft 18th century...
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...
Delivering modern homes that reflect rural setting
Page/Park's Jonathan Walsh, who was project architect on a new 23-unit housing project in Kirkintilloch, provides an overview of the initiative to deliver much-needed...
GEG Capital adds Bracewell Stirling Consulting to portfolio
INVERNESS-based investment group GEG Capital Ltd has acquired a stake in architectural practice Bracewell Stirling Consulting.
The addition of the consultancy, offering design, master...
