Buildings Archive 2007

The new offices for the SQA (Scottish Qualifications Authority) were procured at the same time as the adjacent offices of LTS (Learning and Teaching Scotland) as a linked but separate project. The SQA is a government agency with a desire to...

303 Lanark Road is a fine modernist detached villa built in 1961. CiAO have comprehensively refurbished the villa over a phased project. The site is on a south-facing slope with views to the Pentland Hills. The internal layout is arranged over six...

The Grade B Listed former court building for Glasgow lay derelict for 15 years after the new Sheriff Court was constructed on the banks of the river Clyde in the mid 1980's. The original buildings were built in a Greek Revival Style as a...

The new Shetland Museum and Archives, 
created to integrate the current Shetland Museum and the Islands Archives, forms the focal point for the wider heritage and culture services provided by the Shetland Amenity Trust. The project is located...

The Cowgate is one of the few locations within Edinburgh where it is possible to conceive of buildings of some considerable height. There already exist, in this area, examples of both 19th and 20th Century buildings of up to nine storeys. This...

Opportunities to create distinctive new architecture in the centre of Edinburgh are quite rare but the new courtyard development for St Mary’s Roman Catholic Cathedral at the east end of York Place illustrates the potential of simple,...

Douglas for post and beam frame conservatory.

A new shelter for a community woodland built within the forest. The shelter comprises a covered enclosed element with extensive decked areas. Large garage type doors open up to allow access onto the deck. The timber for the shelter was...

Beresford Developments commissioned 3D Architects to convert the Grade B listed Art Deco former Beresford Hotel into 112 apartments with 13,000 sq ft of retail and restaurant space. The Beresford Hotel, built in 1938 for the Empire Exhibition,...

A small community building constructed within the existing walls of old boiler-house building which used to stand on the site. The building creates a focus for the variety of garden based activities organised throughout the year and is designed...

Gareth Hoskins Architects won an open competition in 2000, to design a new arts and community library with life long learning facilities for Glasgow City Council (GCC). The new centre, Platform at The Bridge, provides a naturally ventilated...

This grade C(S) listed building originally comprised two spaces: an entrance vestibule/kitchen area and a meeting hall, all on one level. The brief required a main social space and two double bedrooms. We have respected the existing form of the...

Background: CiAO won an invited competition in February 2004 to design an Arts & Education Centre for Out of the Blue Arts & Education Trust within the 11,000 sq.ft grade B listed former TA drill hall. This regeneration project has...

The Garden is a residential development of 15 flats and houses for Glasgow based residential developer Westpoint Homes. It occupies a leafy corner site on South Oswald Road within the Grange conservation are of Edinburgh, adjacent to an existing...

The Hallion is a private members club situated on Bath Street, Glasgow. The development features a Members’ Lounge, Cocktail bar, Restaurant and Private Dining Spaces as well as Conference facilities. The project comprises the complete...