Plaudits for Allan Murray, Reiarch and Hall, Page/Park and Collective Architecture
A 拢26.3m high school in Edinburgh, a leisure centre near Glasgow and a university concert hall are among Scotland鈥檚 best buildings of the year, according to the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland.
The 12-strong list, announced last night at RIAS鈥� awards dinner in Glasgow, also features a list of bespoke individual homes, ranging from city centre infill to rural hideaways exposed to the full force of nature, and multi-unit schemes.
A judging panel 鈥� including RIAS president Stewart Henderson, Joanna van Heyningen of van Heyningen and Haward Architects, and Scottish Government chief architect Ian Gilzean 鈥� described Allan Murray Architects鈥� Boroughmuir High School in Edinburgh as 鈥渆xceptional鈥�.
The judges said Kennedy Fitzgerald Architects鈥� 拢21.9m Clydebank Leisure Centre was 鈥渃onfident whilst being restrained鈥�, and described Reiach and Hall Architects鈥� Nucleus project for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Caithness Archive as 鈥渆thereal and beautifully sculpted鈥�.
Reiach and Hall also won a 2018 RIAS Award in conjunction with HES for the Engine Shed project in Stirling, valued at 拢5.3m. The project value of Nucleus was not disclosed.
Collective Architecture was the only other practice to notch up a double win, for Barmulloch Residents Centre in Glasgow, and for the Leith Fort project 鈥� in conjunction with Malcolm Fraser Architects.
RIAS president Henderson said he and his fellow judges had been 鈥渟truck by the continuing high standard of submissions鈥� for 2018 鈥� the seventh year of the awards.
鈥淭he quality of architecture being produced the length and breadth of the country is hugely impressive,鈥� he said.
鈥淧ractices large and small continue to demonstrate the strength and purpose of the profession in Scotland. The quality of contemporary Scottish architecture is well worthy of celebration. These awards demonstrate that buildings of all scales and throughout the country are exemplary in their design, execution and in what they deliver for their clients, users and communities.鈥�
Allan Murray鈥檚 Boroughmuir High School, Reiach and Hall鈥檚 Nucleus project, and Haysom Ward Miller鈥檚 Lochside House were RIAS鈥� three picks for RIBA鈥檚 National Awards, and 鈥� therefore 鈥� are on the long list for this year鈥檚 Stirling Prize.
RIAS Awards 2018
Barmulloch Residents Centre, Glasgow: Collective Architecture
Bath Street Collective Custom Build, Edinburgh: John Kinsley Architects
The Black Shed, Isle of Skye: Mary Arnold-Forster
Boroughmuir High School, Edinburgh: Allan Murray Architects
Clydebank Leisure Centre, West Dunbartonshire: Kennedy FitzGerald Architects
The Engine Shed, Stirling: HES with Reiach and Hall Architects
Humpty House, Angus: Ben Scrimgeour 好色先生TV Workshop
Leith Fort, Edinburgh: Collective Architecture & Malcolm Fraser Architects
Lochside House, West Highlands: Haysom Ward Miller Architects
McEwan Hall, Edinburgh: LDN Architects for The University of Edinburgh
Nucleus, The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Caithness Archive, Wick: Reiach and Hall Architects
St Cecilia鈥檚 Hall Concert Room and Music Museum, Edinburgh: Page/Park Architects
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