RIAS Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Honoured

RIAS Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Honoured

At the annual RIAS Awards Dinner in Glasgow last night, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs, Fiona Hyslop MSP, made a special presentation from the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service in recognition of their outstanding work at the Glasgow School of Art fire on Friday 23rd May this year.

VIVA Best-of-the-Best Sustainability Award

VIVA Best-of-the-Best Sustainability Award 2

Hysan Place Wins ICSC Global Sustainability Award

Benoy is honoured to announce that Hysan Place has won the 2014 VIVA (Vision-Innovation-Value-Achievement) Best-of-the-Best Sustainable Design and Development Award. The Hong Kong development was one of five winners announced by the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC).

VELUX International Design Award 2014, Architecture

International VELUX Award 2014 for Students of Architecture Winners

International VELUX Award 2014 for Students of Architecture – winners news. Hyunjeong Kim from the Berlin University of the Arts in Germany won first prize for her project, ‘Ferro Fluid Scales’.

The second prize went to Iris van den Brink and Anneloes de Koff from the University of Technology in Delft in the Netherlands, for their project called ‘The Swipe’.

The RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship 2014

RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship 2014 3

Opportunities resulting from climate change are often overlooked as these changes are seen as problematic. However, it is my intention to explore how severe weather conditions can be taken advantage of to provide new opportunities for inhabiting these resourceful landscapes in the future, thus helping our larger cities to prosper.

RIAS Awards 2014: Buildings, Architects

Charlotte Square offices

The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has announced a 27 strong shortlist for its 2014 awards. 83 buildings range in scale from £26k for a little garden pavilion to £125m for a nationally important entertainment arena. This architecture award is now the single most important recognition of architectural achievement in Scotland

Scottish Property Awards – Scotland

The SSE Hydro

The best new commercial and public property developments in Scotland have been announced at the inaugural Scottish Property Awards celebrated. The SSE Hydro, the Dundee Waterfront, the Commonwealth Games Athletes’ Village and Advocates Close in Edinburgh were among the high-profile winners of the awards which recognise commercial and regeneration projects in towns and cities.