The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) is working in partnership with Scottish Natural Heritage, Architecture and Design Scotland and the Scottish Government to support more innovative, greener designs in the housing sector. Building on the social housing sector’s track record
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Ann Allen Scottish Ministers have announced the appointment of the new chair of the Architecture and Design Scotland (A&DS) Board following a recruitment process.
Housing minister Kevin Stewart has announced £90,000 to support pilot projects to assist people wanting to build their own homes with a new Challenge Fund. Speaking at the closing event of the Festival of Architecture in Edinburgh, Mr Stewart will confirm the new fund will be open for applications
The award-winning Place Standard tool A new way to evaluate systematically what a “good place” means and a first attempt to create an integrated planning framework to guide marine development and protect the quality of the marine environment around Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters have been reco
Image:Bent Primary School. Photographer: Daniel Hopkinson New guidance has been launched to help local authorities improve their school estate by refurbishing existing buildings.
Neal Whitaker's winning design A student at the University of Strathclyde has been honoured at the annual Architecture and Design Scotland (A+DS) and the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) Scottish Student Awards for Architecture for his design for a sustainable brickmaking company
Jim MacDonald and minister for local government and community empowerment Marco Biagi at the Stalled Spaces Scotland Seminar Seven local authorities have been chosen to roll out the Legacy 2014 programme Stalled Spaces Scotland led by Architecture and Design Scotland (A+DS).
Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen was under the spotlight last week, as part of the world’s biggest architecture festival.