City of Glasgow College claims seven design awards for Riverside Campus

CoGC Riverside Campus External 3City of Glasgow College scooped seven awards for its Riverside campus at the Scottish Design Awards this week.

Michael Laird Architects and Reiach and Hall Architect lifted the award for Best Public Building and Architectural Grand Prix on Wednesday for after their joint venture conceived and designed Riverside through a combination of ideas about the city and the student experience.

Principal and chief executive officer at the college, Paul Little, said: “To have our Riverside campus pick up so many awards in such a short space of time is utterly brilliant. All these accolades underline what staff and students - and the 5,000 visitors we’ve welcomed to date - know and love about our campus; that it is a stunning building which is an inspiring place to learn and work in, and which truly has the wow factor.”

Riverside campus is also in the running for the AJ100 Building of the Year and British Construction Industry Building Project of the Year (between £10 milllion and £50m).



Glasgow City College - New Riverside Campus - September 2015To date the building has won the Glasgow Institute of Architects Design Award when it was highlighted as a memorable civic landmark. The Scottish Property Awards: Architectural Excellence (Public Buildings); Considerate Contractors: Riverside and City campuses won a Silver National Award; RICS Award: Design through Innovation, and the British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM) Scotland Project of the Year.

The Scottish Design Awards reward top architecture firms and design agencies for their contribution to the country’s historic and contemporary design culture.

Joining both design teams on the winner’s podium were Here +Now C.IC. which picked up Jestico + Whiles board director Heinz Richardson’s chairman’s award for architecture and Page\Park who were named architecture practice of the year.

The Scottish Design Awards 2016 Award winners are presented below in full:



  • LIGHTING
  • AWARD



    Company: 442 Design Ltd

    Client: SSE Hydro

    Title: SSE Hydro VIP Members Bar & Restaurant



    • INTERIOR DESIGN
    • AWARD

      Company: 442 Design Ltd

      Client: University of Edinburgh

      Title: Levels Café

      COMMENDATION

      Company: Graven Images Ltd and Michael Laird Architects

      Client: Royal Bank of Scotland

      Title: 36 St Andrew Square

      • REGENERATION
      • AWARD

        Company: HERE+NOW C.I.C.

        Client: City Link Festival, Sustrans, The City of Edinburgh Council, Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership, Friends of King George V Park.

        Title: Hold Me Dear

        COMMENDATION

        Company: Collective Architecture

        Client: Glasgow Women’s Library

        Title: Glasgow Women’s Library

        • RESIDENTIAL
        • AWARD

          Company: University of Dundee / LJR+H Chartered Architects

          Client: Richard & Jackie Callison

          Title: Zinc-House

          COMMENDATION

          Company: Carson & Partners

          Client: Alumno Developments Ltd.

          Title: All Saints Green Student Residences

          COMMENDATION

          Company: HLM Architects

          Client: John & Jeanette Fenwick

          Title: Tigh na Croit

          • LEISURE/ CULTURE BUILDING OR PROJECT
          • AWARD

            Company: Brown + Brown Architects

            Client: Scottish Traditional Boat Festival

            Title: Portsoy Boatbuilding Centre

            • HEALTH BUILDING OR PROJECT
            • AWARD

              Company: Reiach and Hall Architects

              Client: NHS LANARKSHIRE

              Title: NHS LANARKSHIRE HEALTH CENTRES

              COMMENDATION

              Company: Keppie Design

              Client: Ronald McDonald House

              Title: Ronald McDonald House, Glasgow

              • EDUCATION BUILDING OR PROJECT
              • AWARD

                Company: Page \ Park Architects

                Client: Dollar Academy

                Title: Dollar Academy Modern Languages Building

                AWARD

                Company: Walters & Cohen Architects

                Client: East Dunbartonshire Council, led by development partner Hub West Scotland, delivered by main contractor Morgan Sindall

                Title: Lairdsland Primary School

                COMMENDATION

                Company: ATKINS

                Client: Cumbria County Council

                Title: Harraby Community Campus

                COMMENDATION

                Company: Stallan-Brand Architecture + Design Ltd.

                Client: South Lanarkshire Council

                Title: St Bride’s Primary School

                • COMMERCIAL/OFFICES BUILDING OR PROJECT
                • COMMENDATION

                  Company: Marc Kilkenny-Architects

                  Client: Boys and Girls Ltd

                  Title: Bloomfield House - Office Refurbishment

                  • PUBLIC BUILDING
                  • AWARD

                    Company: Michael Laird Architects and Reiach and Hall Architects

                    Client: City of Glasgow College

                    Title: City of Glasgow College - Riverside Campus

                    • PROPOSED BUILDING
                    • AWARD

                      Company: GRAS

                      Client: Private

                      Title: Rutherford Burnside House

                      • RE-USE OF A LISTED BUILDING
                      • AWARD

                        Company: Groves-Raines Architects

                        Client: Groves-Raines Architects

                        Title: Lamb’s House

                        • LOW COST PROJECT (FOR SCHEMES UNDER £200K)
                        • AWARD

                          Company: Capital A Architecture Ltd

                          Client: Emma Russell and Donal McBreen

                          Title: Contemporary Extension to a Suburban House in Edinburgh

                          COMMENDATION

                          Company: Sean Douglas & Gavin Murray

                          Client: Scottish Canals on behalf of Scottish Scenic Routes

                          Title: Laggan Locks

                          • PUBLIC REALM/LANDSCAPING
                          • AWARD

                            Company: Rankinfraser Landscape Architecture

                            Client: Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centre

                            Title: Garden of Maggie’s Lanarkshire

                            AWARD

                            Company: Austin-Smith: Lord

                            Client: Argyll & Bute Council

                            Title: Helensburgh Town Centre Public Realm

                            • FUTURE BUILDING
                            • AWARD

                              Company: Reiach and Hall Architects

                              Client: Sportscotland \ Heriot Watt University \ City of Edinburgh Council

                              Title: Oriam

                              COMMENDATION

                              Company: Stallan-Brand Architecture + Design Ltd.

                              Client: Scottish Borders Council

                              Title: Broomlands Primary School

                              COMMENDATION

                              Company: Moxon Architects Ltd

                              Client: Argent LLP

                              Title: Somers Town Bridge

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