Kirkmichael Primary School, Ayrshire education building

Kirkmichael Primary School Ayrshire building

The outstanding new Primary School promotes a locally distinctive and contemporary design solution which is based upon an understanding of South Ayrshire’s rural character – its landscape, settlements and the way in which they interact.

Ayr College Kilmarnock Campus, secondary schools

Ayr College Kilmarnock Campus

Architects: Keppie Design. East Ayrshire Council, in partnership with leading architectural practice Keppie Design and Ayrshire College, yesterday launched the new brief for Interaction, an enterprise education challenge in which eight secondary schools will participate.

House no 7 Tiree, Inner Hebrides property

House no 7, Isle of Tiree

This restoration and extension of a ruined, B-listed, Tiree black-house effectively provides two houses within a single curtilage. The extensions follow the spirit of local agricultural buildings in their materials, roof forms and particularly in the use of corrugated cladding.

Oban Maritime Visitor Facility Building

Oban Maritime Visitor Facility

Oberlanders Architects have gained planning consent from the Argyll & Bute Council for a new £1.5 million state-of-the-art visitor orientation and marine tourism facility at Oban North Pier.

Scottish Provident Institution in Edinburgh

Scottish Provident Institution in Edinburgh

There’s a wonderful thread on the Hibernian Supporters website titled “1960’s architecture in Edinburgh… is good for the city”, where a group of Hibbys debate the merits of the best of Edinburgh’s modern buildings, offering sophisticated praise for buildings they agree to be “masterpieces”.

Kirkwall Grammar School, Orkney education building

Kirkwall Grammar School Orkney 1

Designed by Keppie and built by Morrison Construction as part of Orkney’s £58million Schools Investment Programme, Kirkwall Grammar can accommodate 900 secondary school pupils and provides teaching and learning spaces in support of Scotland’s ‘Curriculum for Excellence’.

Outlandia Fieldstation Glen Nevis, Forestry Commission land

Outlandia Fieldstation

Design: Malcolm Fraser Architects. As part of the Year of Highland Culture 2007, we were asked to design a multi-purpose platform for the use of diverse community groups as well as artists, writers, filmmakers and other groups on Forestry Commission land in Glen Nevis.

Scottish Design Awards 2014 prize winners

Scottish Design Awards Event 2014 5

Sponsored by e-architect. The annual event which celebrates the best in Scottish architecture and design. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service were honoured at the Scottish Design Awards

Scottish Design Awards Shortlist 2014

Vale Centre For Health Care

Scottish Design Awards 2014. Shortlist announced for major architectural prize in Scotland Architecture Panel: Ben Addy of Moxon, Chris Wilkinson of Wilkinson Eyre Architects, Tony Skipper of JMP, Graham Stirk of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners.

Auchmuty High School, Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland

Auchmuty High School, Glenrothes 1

Design: Fife Council Property Services. The new Auchmuty High School is part of the Fife Council’s Building Fife’s Future programme to construct a series of schools throughout the County to deliver the Curriculum for Excellence in high quality, stimulating educational environments which are the hub of the community.