Scottish Design Awards winners revealed
May 26 2012
The presentation of the Architecture Grand Prix was made to Glasgow-based JM Architects at the Scottish Design Awards last night.
The glittering ceremony, which took place in Glasgow’s Radisson Blu Hotel, celebrates the best of Scottish architectural genius.
The Awards, now in their fifth year, are sponsored by Urban Realm, Scotland’s premier architecture magazine.
A panel of distinguished judges, chaired by Jim Heverin, an associate director of the world-renowned Zaha Hadid Architects,
considered entries in more than a dozen categories (complete list below).
The Grand Prix is presented to the design which the judges felt was the most outstanding.
John Glenday, Editor of Urban Realm said: “On behalf of Urban Realm I would like to congratulate JM on their well-deserved win.
“This year was a particularly rich one for the education sector which I am sure will make JM’s triumph all the sweeter.”
Elsewhere Page\Park architects picked up the coveted architectural practice of the year gong following a remarkable year which saw completion of the Scottish Natural Portrait Gallery, the Centre for the Scottish War Blinded, St Andrews University and the University of Warwick.
Photograph by Andrew Lee.
Architecture Results by Category
Architecture Grand Prix AWARD
Company: jmarchitects
Client: Glasgow City Council Education Services
Title: ‘Hillhead Primary School’
Chairman’s Award for Architecture AWARD
Company: Buro Happold
Client: Wexford City Council
Title: ‘Wexford City Council Offices’
Architectural Practice of the Year AWARD
Page \ Park
Contractor of the Year
AWARD
BAM
Lighting
COMMENDATION
Company: Speirs & Major
Client: Borough of Poole
Title: ‘Twin Sails Bridge, Poole’
Interior Design
AWARD
Company: 442 design
Client: Compass Group
Title: ‘Edinburgh Zoo’
COMMENDATION
Company: Kier Construction
Client: South Lanarkshire Council
Title: ‘Woodhead Primary School’
COMMENDATION
Company: Ian Springford Architects
Client: Apex Hotels
Title: ‘Apex Temple Court’
NOMINATION
Company: CM Design Consultants
Client: Epicures of Hyndland, Glasgow
Title: ‘Epicures of Hyndland’
Regeneration
AWARD
Company: Haworth Tompkins & McGregor Bowes
Client: Fruitmarket Gallery (Artworks) / City of Edinburgh Council
Title: ‘The Scotsman Steps’
COMMENDATION
Company: Hypostyle Architects
Client: Whiteinch & Scotstoun Housing Association
Title: ‘Fore Street’
NOMINATION
Company: Collective Architecture
Client: Garrion peoples Housing Co-operative
Title: ‘Centre Point, Gowkthraplle’
Residential
AWARD
Company: Gareth Hoskins Architecture limited
Client: Private Client
Title: ‘Marlaw – private House – Pollokshields, Glasgow’
AWARD
Company: Dualchas Building design
Client: Dominic Houlder
Title: ‘House at Boreraig’
COMMENDATION
Company: cameronwebster architects
Client: Private Client
Title: ‘Cape Cove’
NOMINATION
Company: GAIA Architects
Client: N/A
Title: ‘Plummerswood’
NOMINATION
Company: Dualchas Building Design
Client: Mr and Mrs Monks
Title: ‘Church Conversion, Garve’
Affordable Housing
AWARD
Company: Hypostyle Architects
Client: Whiteinch & Scotstoun Housing Association
Title: ‘Fore Street’
COMMENDATION
Company: Maryhill Housing Association
Client: Maryhill Housing Association
Title: ‘Maryhill Primary School Residential Development’
NOMINATION
Company: Collective Architecture
Client: Blochairn Housing Association
Title: ‘Blochairn Place’
NOMINATION
Company: Collective Architecture
Client: Fyne Homes
Title: ‘The Old Court House, Rothesay’
NOMINATION
Company: Gokay Deveci
Client: Sylvan Stuart Ltd, Timber Engineers and Log Construction
Title: ‘ Model ‘D’ House’
NOMINATION
Company: Page \ Park
Client: University of Warwick
Title: Bluebell View Student Residences
Leisure / Culture Building or Project
AWARD - Culture
Company: Page\ Park Architects
Client: National Galleries of Scotland
Title: ‘Scottish National Portrait Gallery’
AWARD - Leisure
Company: LDN Architects LLP
Client: George Heriot’s Trust
Title: ‘George Herriot’s Sports Hall’
NOMINATION - Leisure
Company: S&P Architects
Client: City of Edinburgh Council
Title: The Royal Commonwealth pool Edinburgh
NOMINATION - Culture
Company: Gareth Hoskins Architects
Client: National Museums Scotland
Title: National Museums of Scotland Redevelopment
Education Building or Project
AWARD
Company: jmarchitects
Client: Glasgow City Council Education Services
Title: ‘Hillhead Primary School’
COMMENDATION
Company: Holmes Miller
Client: South Ayrshire Council
Title: ‘Heathfield Primary School’
NOMINATION
Company: Ingenium Archial
Client: The Vine Trust
Title: ‘The Vine Trust Barage’
NOMINATION
Company: RMJM Scotland Limited
Client: University of the West of Scotland
Title: ‘Ayr Campus, University of the West of Scotland’
NOMINATION
Company: Kier Construction
Client: South Lanarkshire Council
Title:’Woodhead Primary School’
Commercial/Offices Building or Project
AWARD
Company: Buro Happold
Client: Wexford City Council
Title: ‘Wexford City Council Offices’
COMMENDATION
Company: Nicoll Russell Studios
Client: Hillcrest Group
Title: ‘New Headquarters for the Hillcrest Group’
NOMINATION
Company: Micheal Laird Architects
Client: Scottish Enterprise
Title: ‘Plot 9, Edinburgh BioQuarter for Scottish Enterprise’
NOMINATION
Company: Cooper Cromar
Client: Clyde Gateway Developments Ltd
Title: ‘Eastgate’
Public Building
AWARD
Company: Avanti Architects
Client: NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Title: ‘Barrhead Health and Care Centre’
NOMINATION
Company: BDP
Client: West Lothian Council
Title: Bathgate Partnership Centre
NOMINATION
Company: Cooper Cromar
Title: Clydesmill Community Fire Station
NOMINATION
Company: S&P Architects
Client: City of Edinburgh Council
Title: The Royal Commonwealth Pool Edinburgh
Proposed Building
AWARD
Company: Atkins
Client: Network Rail
Title: ‘Dalmarnock Station’
Re-use of a Listed Building
AWARD
Company: S&P Architects
Client: City of Edinburgh Council
Title: ‘The Royal Commonwealth Pool Edinburgh’
NOMINATION
Company: Malcolm Fraser Architects Ltd
Client: Thirza Wilson
Title: ‘Linlithgow Burgh Halls’
NOMINATION
Company: Holmes Miller
Client: Aberdeen City Council
Title: Marischal College
NOMINATION
Company: Company: JFS Architects LLP
Client: Morton Properties (Dundee) Limited
Title: Aystree House, Gate-Lodge & Stables
NOMINATION
Company: Page/Park Architects
Client: Archdiocese of Glasgow
Title: ‘St Andrew’s Cathedral’
NOMINATION
Company: jmarchitects
Client: Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust
Title: ‘Maryhill Burgh Halls’
NOMINATION
Company: Maryhill Housing Association
Client: Maryhill Housing Association
Title: ‘Maryhill Primary School Residential Development’
Low Cost Project
AWARD
Company: Icosis Architects
Client: TRACKS / Scottish National Heritage
Title: ‘Loch Leven Bird Hide’
COMMENDATION
Company: Gokay Deveci
Client: Sylvan Stuart Ltd. Timber Engineers and Log Construction
Title: ‘Model ‘D’ House’
Student Architecture
AWARD
Company: Jurij Vanostalavista
Client: N/A
Title: ‘Hospice at the Edge of Glasgow Green’
NOMINATION
Company: Colin Blair
Client: N/A
Title: ‘Kelvin grove Park Hospice’
NOMINATION
Company: Agnieszka Zagorska
Client: N/A
Title: ‘Unknown’
Engineering Design
AWARD
Company: Buro Happold
Client: Glasgow Life
Title: ‘Riverside Museum’
Public Realm/Landscaping
AWARD
Company: Smith Scott Mullan Associates
Client: Dumfries and Galloway Council
Title: ‘Castle Square, Stranrear’
NOMINATION
Company: Harrison Stevens
Client: West Dunbartonshire Council/Clydebank re-built
Title: ‘South Canal Bank, Clydebank’
NOMINATION
Company: Harrison Stevens
Client: Maggie’s Cancer Care Centres
Title: ‘Maggie’s Gartnavel’
Place Making / Master Planning
AWARD
Company: Collective Architecture
Client: Glasgow & Clydevalley Green
Title: ‘7 Lochs (Gartlock Gartcosh)’
NOMINATION
Company: ERZ Limited
Client: NVA
Title: ‘Kilmahew / St Peters’
Sustainable Design
AWARD
Company: Nicoll Russell Studios
Client: Hillcrest Group
Title: ‘New Headquarters for Hillcrest Group’
COMMENDATION
Company: Ingerium Archial Ltd
Client: Fife Council
Title: ‘Carnegie Primary School’
NOMINATION
Company: Sheppard Robson
Client: Edinburgh University
Title: ‘Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine’
8 Comments
#1 Posted by Confused of Caotbridge on 26 May 2012 at 10:30 AM
Why is Wexford City Council Offices registered as Buro Happold when it was designed by Robin Lee Architecture?
#2 Posted by Boab on 28 May 2012 at 06:29 AM
I thought it was NORD
Perhaps there was a falling out ?
Perhaps there was a falling out ?
#3 Posted by urbanrealm on 28 May 2012 at 10:14 AM
==Updated==
Wexford County Council HQ was designed by Robin Lee Architecture, but the practice is London-based (hence no Scottish Design Awards entry).
Buro Happold (Glasgow office) did the environmental services.
Nord LLP changed its name to Robin Lee Architecture in 2011
Alan Pert now runs Nord Architecture Ltd.
Wexford County Council HQ was designed by Robin Lee Architecture, but the practice is London-based (hence no Scottish Design Awards entry).
Buro Happold (Glasgow office) did the environmental services.
Nord LLP changed its name to Robin Lee Architecture in 2011
Alan Pert now runs Nord Architecture Ltd.
#4 Posted by Puzzled of Paisley on 28 May 2012 at 10:26 AM
According to the Architects Journal it was Robin Lee Architecture. Beautiful Project and well deserved but who gets the award, surely not Buro Happold?
#5 Posted by Walt Disney on 29 May 2012 at 10:27 AM
Surely if it was designed by a London based practice - they shouldn't get a Scottish Design Award? Its also so typical of Artichokes to think that Engineers are not designers and therefore deserve Zero praise.
Well done Buro Happold!! You can design my Mechanical Ventilation and Heat Recovery system any day!
Well done Buro Happold!! You can design my Mechanical Ventilation and Heat Recovery system any day!
#6 Posted by Andy T on 29 May 2012 at 11:10 AM
Well done Buro Happold on picking up your awards this year, thoroughly well deserved indeed, I hope you had a great night!
I have to agree with Walt Disney, without Engineers and exemplar ones such as Buro Happold then Architects would struggle to deliver such innovative and fantastic buildings. Stop moaning and celebrate the efforts of all involved.
I have to agree with Walt Disney, without Engineers and exemplar ones such as Buro Happold then Architects would struggle to deliver such innovative and fantastic buildings. Stop moaning and celebrate the efforts of all involved.
#7 Posted by JB on 29 May 2012 at 11:49 AM
Agreed, many projects would be struggling without Buro Happold expertise, including this one. Well deserved and congratulations to BH
#8 Posted by Victor Meldrew on 30 May 2012 at 11:31 AM
Sorry not to share the general euphoria, but it seems to be to be another case of the usual suspects (and a primary school which looks like a car park with a sedum roof, and contributes neither to the town nor the park.) You can't have an awards ceremony in Scotland without Page & Park and Glasgow City Council. As for Buro Happold, well, fine, but what I want to know is did they manage to charge the engineers' time for the award ceremony? Now that would have been ingenious.
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