Stirling University buildings, Scottish architecture

Juniper Court Halls of Residence

Design: Lewis & Hickey Architects. New photos of Juniper Court Halls of Residence: clean-styled buildings using a simple palette of ivory blockwork and dark grey strips of windows. Picking up on the Modernist architecture by architect Robert Matthew.

Saltire Society Housing Design Awards, Scotland

Ronald McDonald House Glasgow

2016 Saltire Society Housing Design Awards winners – the ceremony on 30 June was at the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation. It featured a special ‘Test of Time’ discussion reflecting the Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design.

RIAS Awards / RIBA Awards for Scotland 2016 news

Pyramid Viewpoint Inveruglas

Winning buildings + architects news. Jury chaired by Willie Watt included Denise Bennetts, Alan Jones, Andy Leitch and Stuart McKill. The Edinburgh house by Richard Murphy Architects won a separate RIBA Award for Scotland

Helensburgh Town Centre Public Realm design

Helensburgh pier Scotland

Design: Austin-Smith:Lord, architects. Helensburgh’s revitalised town centre public realm has been recognised by another national award – a short-listing in the forthcoming Scottish Design Awards which will be announced in May.

Trinity Road Town Houses Edinburgh property

Trinity Road Town Houses

Design: ZONE Architects. A development of five terraced houses in the Trinity Conservation area has been granted planning permission following an appeal to the Scottish Government.

Pyramid Viewpoint Inveruglas, Loch Lomond attraction

Pyramid Viewpoint Inveruglas

Design: BTE Architecture. Located on a peninsula overlooking the UK’s largest stretch of inland water, Loch Lomond: the viewpoint takes the shape of a triangular platform and is positioned at the end of a long curved path stretching form the car park to the highest point of the peninsula.

The Kettle cafe-kiosk, Dunollie Estate, Oban, Argyll

The Kettle cafe-kiosk

‘The Kettle’ cafe-kiosk in Dunollie Museum, Castle and Grounds is the most structurally ambitious live-build project delivered during Tog Studio, an intensive ten-day summer school led by architecture and engineering graduates.

The Fife Arms in Braemar, Deeside hotel

The Fife Arms

Design: Moxon Architects. Highlands Hospitality Ltd granted planning permission to sensitively restore The Fife Arms hotel in Braemar, a significant landmark in the scenic village famed for the Braemar Gathering annual highland games, the Cairngorms National Park and its Royal Deeside connections.