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Any UK built environment strategy must address deep systematic failures relating to competence, compliance, accountability and professional competence, the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has said. The UK Government is currently consulting on its forthcoming strategy for industr

Scottish Historic Buildings Trust (SHBT) has launched the search for a conservation design team to lead the restoration of the Bernat Klein Studio, Peter Womersley's Category A-listed modernist building near Selkirk in the Scottish Borders. The appointed team will develop designs for the full restor

The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) has confirmed its long-awaited plan for the fire-ravaged Mackintosh Building, drawing a broadly supportive response from professional architecture bodies after a weekend of confused reporting about the building's fate.

Architects and builders based in Shetland attended a breakfast networking event, jointly hosted by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) and the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS), which intended to boost synergy between the two professional disciplines. 

Architecture and Design Scotland brought together key industry leaders at an event at its base at Edinburgh Futures Institute to announce its Business Plan for the year ahead and two new strategic partnerships. The Scottish Government’s architecture and design agency also previewed A&

The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has named its 2026 special category award winners. The seven award winners are: 

The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has announced ten outstanding buildings as winners of its annual awards programme, recognising the very best in Scottish architecture. As this year’s list of winners demonstrates, the RIAS Awards recognise all types and sizes of architec

The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has written to the Scottish Government to call for a fundamental rethink of Scotland’s Draft Infrastructure Strategy, warning it does not sufficiently address building safety, design quality or procurement risks highlighted by recent pub

Libby Heathcote has been elected as the next president of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS), taking over from the current president, Karen Anderson. Her two-year term will begin once she is installed at the RIAS Annual General Meeting on 24 June. 

The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has been awarded grant funding by the Scottish Government for a research project into the context, opportunities and implications of practicing architecture in Ukraine – marking the next step in Scotland’s commitment to supporting

The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has revealed the 14 projects shortlisted for the 2026 RIAS Awards. Once again, the shortlist for the annual RIAS Awards is striking in its diversity in terms of scale, location and purpose.

Scottish households and businesses are set to benefit from a clearer, more reliable framework on how to make homes, offices and places of leisure more energy efficient, as work begins on a new national approach to identify suitable improvements to buildings, including a move to low carbon heating.

A dozen architects and a dozen builders walked into a room — and found a great deal of common purpose. That was the spirit of the inaugural joint CPD and networking breakfast hosted by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) and the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) Scotland

Ahead of the elections to the Scottish Parliament on 7 May, the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has published its policy manifesto, offering an agenda for the built environment that reverses a cycle of decline and puts design at the heart of Scotland’s communities. As a ch

The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has welcomed the Scottish Government’s recent consultation on raising tender threshold values under the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014. The body said the move represents a long overdue review and much-needed update to support sma