Mount Stuart Rothesay Visitor’s Centre, Bute

Mount Stuart Rothesay Visitor's Centre, Bute

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.

The Houl, Castle Douglas Property: Home

The Houl, Castle Douglas property

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: Architects Conference

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, Peebles, Borders

Kingsland Primary School Peebles building

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 Loch Moidart, Scotland

Castle Tioram Loch Moidart, Ardnamurchan

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.

Pod Isle of Muck: Andrew McAvoy, Blast Architects

Pod Isle of Muck: Andrew McAvoy, Blast Architects

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.

Castle Tioram Scotland: Loch Moidart

Castle Tioram Scotland - Loch Moidart

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.

Delivering Better Places in Scotland: RICS & A+DS

Loch Ard Boathouse Scotland

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.