Architectural institutes unite for fire and life safety design guidance
THE architectural professional institutes of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland have formed a coordinated body to ensure standardised guidance...
Green light for Glasgow office development
MOSAIC Architecture + Design has been granted Planning in Principle approval for the Carrick Square office development in Glasgow on behalf of the Soller...
Judging panel revealed for Scottish Design Awards 2024
THE judging panel has been announced for the Scottish Design Awards 2024.
Each judge will be tasked with assessing the best architecture and design projects...
Collective Architecture to deliver Camphill campus project
COLLECTIVE Architecture has won the competition to deliver a £10 million capital investment development over two of Camphill School Aberdeen's three campuses.
The firm was chosen...
Bracewell makes strategic investment in Gould Singleton Architects
STIRLING-based Bracewell has announced a strategic investment in Gould Singleton Architects.
The architectural practice said the investment in the Midlands-based firm will expand its reach...
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...
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...
Architects have ‘crucial’ role to play in volume housebuilding
AN architect for a major Scottish housebuilder has emphasised the “transformational” effect good design can have on large-scale housing developments.
Susan Wilson, architectural manager with...
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...
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...
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...
Glasgow School of Art restoration team appointed
THE design team that will lead the restoration of the world-renowned Mackintosh Building has been announced.
Following the fire that devastated the Glasgow School of Art...
Scottish Design Awards unite past and present at 25th anniversary dinner
THE Scottish Design Awards has marked 25 years of celebrating creativity from around Scotland with an anniversary dinner in Glasgow.
Marking a return to live...
Early engagement with architects is key to unlocking site potential
A Glasgow architect is calling for more early engagement with key housing project stakeholders to help unlock the true potential of sites.
George Buchanan, who...
Architecture and planning practice in the frame for hat-trick of awards
HALLIDAY Fraser Munro is celebrating after being named as a finalist in three separate categories in the Scottish Property Awards.
The architecture and planning practice...
Funding challenges remain, but there may be light at the end of the tunnel
By Alasdair Rankin, managing director, Aitken Turnbull Architects
It’s well known that we are in the middle of a housing crisis; high prices and funding...
Architectural workers open first Unite union branch
ARCHITECTURAL workers have opened the sector’s first ever branch in the Unite union.
The Section of Architectural Workers (SAW), set up in 2019, has officially...
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...
TV presenter backs RIAS charity scheme
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has launched Architect in the Hoose to help homeowners and raise money for the Architects Benevolent...
Students showcase how urban village could be created in Aberdeen
ARCHITECTURE students at Robert Gordon University have showcased how an urban village could be created in the historic heart of Aberdeen.
It forms part of...
