Retrofit work overshadows new builds at 2024 RIAS Awards
June 4 2024
Eleven award-winning projects have been named by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in the 2024 edition of the annual RIAS Awards.
Judged on architectural integrity, usability, context, execution and sustainability the awards are notable this year for counting a greater number of retrofit works than new builds.
Commenting on this shift jury chair Nick Hayhurst, director of Hayhurst & Co, said: “... what does unite this year’s winners is a clear approach to how energy and carbon reduction is enmeshed within a distinctively Scottish architectural language focussed on craft, materials and story-telling: projects that successfully synthesise the key issues facing building design today in a way that is joyfully rooted in its context and locality.”
The winners are:
- An Office and Two Houses, Bunchrew, Highland by Loader Monteith
- Ardoch, Ballater, Aberdeenshire by Moxon Architects
- Croft 3, Isle of Mull by fardaa Danube Street, Edinburgh by John Jeffery
- Danube Street, Edinburgh by John Jeffery
- HydroNess, Inverness by Leslie Hutt Architect
- Kinning Park Complex, Glasgow by New Practice
- North Gate Social Housing, Glasgow by Page\Park Architects
- Simon Square, Edinburgh by Fraser/Livingstone Architects
- The Burrell Collection, Glasgow by John McAslan + Partners
- The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh by Reiach and Hall Architects
- University of Aberdeen – Science Teaching Hub by Reiach and Hall Architects
Each winner will be automatically entered into a ‘longlist’ for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award.
A ruined croft has been repurposed and extended as a restaurant – retaining the croft’s intimate and simple character while harnessing the awesome surrounding landscape and views.
John McAslan + Partners have refurbished this internationally significant building, opening up the heart of the museum to create a three-storey atrium, unlock additional space and improve connections throughout the building.
North Gate is an urban social housing scheme on the south side of Glasgow, primarily designed to suit the needs of older residents and enabling them to lead active, independent lives.
Overlooking the River Dee, this hillside farmstead has been restored, reinstated and reinvented following a decade-long project of careful reconstruction
Reflecting the shape and colours of a salmon, this highly sculptural building encloses the hydroelectric infrastructure that generates over 500,000kWh of renewable energy every year to power the Inverness Leisure Centre.
This building enables, promotes and signifies the importance of scientific learning to the University, city and the wider region.
This mixed-use development for transforms a tricky brownfield site into a tranquil haven for cycle enthusiasts. Offices, bike storage and accommodation for the mountain bike hire business owners are contained within two low-energy timber buildings
This modest housing development unlocks the potential of an old builder’s yard, successfully fitting into the tight and eclectic urban grain of Edinburgh’s Southside.
This popular gallery has been refurbished and extended, bringing an neighbouring warehouse building into use.
This retrofit of a Category A listed early 19 th century tenement demonstrates that historic properties can be successfully adapted to create joyful, contemporary homes, fit for a climate-conscious future.
When the Kinning Park Neighbourhood Centre was threatened with closure in 1996, the local community fought hard for its survival. Now owned by the community itself, the Edwardian building has been inventively brought back to life.
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