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The brief for the Mount Stuart Visitor’s Centre project was to create a modern, original visitor centre building in its own right, distinct from the existing Mount Stuart House – to excite visitors as well as accommodate them.
Stratheden Mental Health Units, Cupar, for NHS Fife: the proposals were to provide an 18 bed low security and 24 bed medium security dementia units in the grounds of NHS Fife Stratheden Hospital.
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) will announce the recipients of the 2011 RIBA Awards on Thursday 19 May. Ten exceptional buildings in Scotland are recognised for their architectural excellence.
The Houl, Castle Douglas, Dumfries & Galloway house, Scotland, design by Simon Winstanley Architects: elegant timber-clad, single storey ‘long house’ is set into its hillside setting, commanding long views over the River Ken valley to the Rhinns of Kells.
RIAS Convention Glasgow hosted by RIAS President David Dunbar and incoming President, Sholto Humphries, the single most significant event in the Incorporation’s annual calendar, is also one of the largest architectural conferences in Europe.
Kingsland Primary School, at Neidpath Grazings in Peebles, opened its doors yesterday (22.02.10). One of three primary schools, designed by Archial Architects for Scottish Borders Council, the £8.5 million school accommodates more than 400 staff and pupils and contains 14 classrooms and a nursery.
Castle Tioram may lose its Scheduled Monument status if it is used as a residence and, although it would remain listed, this would mean that there would be less control over future alterations.
This project involved the re-erection of Pod No 4 from the BBC’s Castaway 2000 Project, produced by Lion Television Scotland. The Pods were designed in 1999 by Andrew McAvoy of Blast Architects in direct response to the BBC Castaway survival brief and the landscape of Taransay.
The house is on a spectacular site on the edge of a steep drop down to Loch Bay in Northwest Skye, with the view opening up to the islands of North Uist and Harris.
Castle Tioram, one of Scotland’s most romantic castles. Like Castle Stalker and Eilean Donan it is located on the shoreline but unlike the other two it can be accessed at low tide. This underlines the poetry of the Castle and its environment.
Urban Realm, Carnyx Group – Scottish architecture magazine, Gordon Young, John Glenday, architects news Scotland – Carnyx Group Glasgow: UK architecture magazine
This is a delightful house made using Scottish oak structure and cladding, with a pool space set within a timber vaulted structure. If any readers have any further ifnormation on this property they are welcome to share it with us.
A guide produced in partnership with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Scotland and Architecture and Design Scotland (A+DS) is being launched today, aimed at providing better places in Scotland to live, visit and work.
Highlands architecture – find information + images for Scottish buildings & architects in northern Scotland – discover Scottish Highlands architecture + building designs.
The company produces Scotland’s best-selling single malt whisky and is increasing production in response to rising sales around the world. As well as Glenmorangie, the company produces Ardbeg, and owns the city-based Scotch Malt Whisky Society. It employs 400 people in Scotland and sells products in 150 countries.
Scottish Architecture News 2010: best new buildings in Scotland – selection of major Scottish Architecture News in 2010, with projects arranged chronologically, latest first
The new Robert Burns Birthplace Museum is arranged around a 500 sqm exhibition gallery displaying many of the 5000 artefacts in the Museum’s collection, each one telling in a lively and informative manner about Robert Burns’ life, inspiration, fame and identity.