Buildings Archive 2018

The project concerns the conversion and extension of the vacant upper levels of three of the few remaining original townhouses on Edinburgh’s Princes Street, for office use. The properties have a rich history, variously used as Victorian...

Hoskins Architects were commissioned to design Firrhill Partnership Centre in Edinburgh to provide accommodation for two local GP practices and a range of Lothain NHS primary care services including: physiotherapy, childrens services and mental...

Good architecture is about place - understanding it, responding to it, making it, inhabiting it. Achieving this requires sensitivity, engagement and empathy, a key challenge when Ryder were commissioned to develop designs for a replacement 1,200...

Built in 1966, Appleton Tower was originally designed by Edinburgh architects Reiach and Hall. The loss of Georgian buildings to accommodate its prominent outline on Edinburgh’s skyline created controversy which still continues. LDN...

A refurbishment of an existing office block to update the common areas and office accommodation to modern standards. The design also achieved a BREAAM Very Good Rating, which is an achievement with a building of the age & construction.

The new Ayr Academy sits within the mature parkland setting of the historic 18th Century Craigie Estate on the banks of the River Ayr. Craigie Estate is currently home to the West of Scotland University, Ayrshire College, Dam Park (track and...

The new Barmulloch Residents' Centre opened in 2017 and was principally funded by The Big Lottery Growing Community Assets Fund. The centre is designed to be highly sustainable and provide flexible activity spaces to meet the needs and...

Bath Street Collective Custom Build is a tenement block, procured direct by the families who live there without the involvement of a developer in order to save costs and provide bespoke homes. Designed to Passivhaus standards with a cross...

Situated within the busy village of Luss, the new development creates a sense of place and privacy via the new common courtyard, off of which each home is accessed. The courtyard is akin to traditional rural steadings, with front gardens open to...

Boroughmuir High School was commissioned directly by the City of Edinburgh Council through an open competition. The design brief aim was to seek an inspirational and innovative design that would be an exemplar school in the city. The steeply...

Occupying a prominent position on the waterfront in the town of Brodick, Arran’s new Ferry Terminal offers a new civic gateway to this beautiful island. The building forms part of a wider harbour redevelopment and is designed as a...

The Horticultural Training & Community Centre located on Mearns Street, Greenock conceived by Inverclyde Association for Mental Health and funded by the Big Lottery and Scottish Regeneration Capital Grant adopts an unconventional approach to...

Broomlands Primary School takes full advantage of its spectacular landscape setting with a design that quite literally reaches out to embrace the surrounding green space and woodland. Stallan-Brand have developed a new generation school design...

The site is set within mature wooded grounds with views through the trees to the River Tay to the south and the Sidlaw hills to the north. Access is provided by a shared private driveway, which serves three other individually designed detached...

Perched just a few meters away from the edge of Kilconquhar Loch, Fife, this small timber cabin is located at the bottom of a private garden and provides a peaceful place to relax and do a bit of bird watching. Kilconquhar Loch is a Site of...