Shortlist unveiled for Edinburgh Architectural Association’s 2018 awards

The Edinburgh Architectural Association has announced the shortlist for the 2018 EAA Awards after receiving 58 submissions.

All projects are designed by registered architects and built within the chapter area, with exception to the Ambassador Award which is built out with the chapter.

The format of the awards changed in 2017 to enable all entries built within the chapter area, Large, Small, Regeneration & Conservation and Wood to become eligible for the highest accolade of Building Of The Year. The awards are now also open to chartered architects working in other areas of the UK, who have completed projects within the chapter area.

2018 EAA Awards shortlist



Large Project:

  • 6 St Andrew Square - Hoskins Architects & CDA
  • Equine Diagnostic, Surgical and Critical Care Unit - Sheppard Robson Architects


  • Leith Fort - Collective Architecture
  • McEwan Hall - LDN Architects
  • New Boroughmuir High School - Allan Murray Architects Ltd
  • St Cecilia’s Hall, Concert Room and Music Museum - Page \ Park Architects


  • Small Project:

    • Contemporary Extension and Interior, Edinburgh New Town- Capital A Architecture


    • Live:Eat:Cook - David Blaikie Architects
    • Porteous’ Studio - Izat Arundell
    • Scone Gardens - Fernandes-Binns Architects


    • Regeneration and Conservation:

      • Greenside – ISA
      • McEwan Hall - LDN Architects


      • St Cecilia’s Hall, Concert Room and Music Museum - Page \ Park Architects
      • The Patrick Geddes Centre - LDN Architects
      • Wood Award:



        • Bath Street Collective Custom Build - John Kinsley Architects
        • Mole End Cottage - Somner Macdonald Architects
        • Scone Gardens - Fernandes-Binns Architects


        • Ambassador Award:

          • An Crùbh - WT Architecture
          • Orchard Brae Complex Needs School - JM Architects
          • Perth Theatre - Richard Murphy Architects Ltd
          • The Coach House - :That Studio Chartered Architects Ltd
          • The Piece Hall and Calderdale Central Library & Archives - LDN Architects
          • Judges this year are EAA council members Rob Goodburn RIAS and Tom Rainey RIAS. Joining Rob and Tom are Denise Bennetts FRIAS, director of Bennetts Associates and Dallas Mechan, museums, archives and galleries manager at ON with Fife Cultural Trust.

            The awards results will be announced at a celebratory drinks event at the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation on May 24 from 6pm-9pm. A limited number of tickets for the event are available free of charge to architects within the Chapter area of Edinburgh, the Lothians, the Borders and south Fife. These can be obtained by applying to Stuart Bryce at events@eaa.org.uk. Tickets will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

            An exhibition showcasing the shortlisted entries is due to be held at the RIAS, Joyce B Deans room at 15 Rutland Square, Edinburgh in May 2018. This will be open to the public from 9.00am until 5.00pm Monday to Friday.

            The shortlisted entry submissions can be viewed here.

            The 2018 EAA Awards are generously sponsored by Fakro, Russwood, T J Ross, Cupa Pizarras, Sika, Forestry Commission Scotland and Wood for Good.

            Top images: 2017 Award winners (from left) Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries by Richard Murphy Architects - © M Lambie, Holyrood North Student Accommodation & Outreach Centre by Oberlanders Architects / JM Architects & John C Hope Architects - © Chris Humphreys, Dalkeith Country Park Including Restoration Yard & Fort Douglas by Buccleuch Estates in association with Malcolm Fraser Architects & Blue Forest - © King Communications, Rievaulx Abbey Visitor Centre & Museum Project by Simpson & Brown Architects - © Giles Rocholl, Trinity by Crew Architects - © Dapple Photography, Thistle Foundation Centre Of Wellbeing by 3D Reid - © Cadzow Pelosi and Ravelston Dykes Lane by Konishi Gaffney Architects - © David Barbour.

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