Newly-built tenement block recognised by capital architecture awards
A NEWLY-built tenement block in the Pleasance / Newington area of Edinburgh has been named the overall winner of awards celebrating the best of the…
Category: Architecture
Architecture team chosen for Venice Biennale arts festival
A CO-curator and co-director of a festival of architecture in Scotland has been named among the creative team to present Scotland’s entry into the architecture…
Lovely proportions
“NOT in Scotland, but almost. This seemingly now former pub in Berwick-upon-Tweed (on Railway Street) immediately struck me as beautifully-proportioned. “It seems an ideal design…
Competition launches for memory and wellbeing building
A CALL to design a new building on the site of a former Dumfries hospital has been issued, in the form of an open competition.…
Proposals sought for Scots submission to Venice Biennale
PROPOSALS that “explore how good architecture and the built environment can be more available to and inclusive for everyone” are being sought, to represent Scotland…
Chris Stewart named new RIAS president
A DIRECTOR of one of Scotland’s busiest architecture practices has been named president of the representative body for the country’s architects. Chris Stewart has been…
Consultation launched on Cumbernauld Centre
VIEWS are being sought, whether to protect one of Scotland’s most iconic but controversial buildings of the 1960s, with ‘listing’ status. Says Scottish Government agency,…
Architecture centre (as a pop-up) to launch in Edinburgh
AN anticipated forerunner to a permanent architecture centre in Edinburgh is being launched, to coincide with an upcoming global conference on climate change, taking place…
14 new buildings recognised in national architecture awards
FOURTEEN new Scottish buildings have been named as winners of a national architecture awards run by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS). This…
Architects’ body, RIAS, appoints new chief
THE professional body for Scotland’s architects has appointed a new chief. Tamsie Thomson has been named chief executive of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in…