Humpty House, Perthshire – Ben Scrimgeour Building Workshop

News

The latest news and important updates from the RIAS.

RIAS Doolan Shortlist

The five extraordinary buildings competing to be Scotland’s building of the year

Sitting Pretty

Last December Design Exhibition Scotland launched an Open Call inviting proposals to design a prototype park bench for the grounds of Mount Stuart on the Isle of Bute.

Refiring The Pipe Factory

Invitation for Expressions of Interest for architect-led design services

RIASJobs - Events Co-ordinator

RIAS is looking for an Events Co-ordinator who will help us manage a range of high-profile events for both members and the public.

The Crichton Project: Design competition launched for major new Scottish cultural project

RIAS Consultancy – the competitions and procurement arm of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland – has today launched a design competition to find an architecture team for a major new cultural building with a focus on mental health and well-being.

RIAS response to ARB on Professional Indemnity Insurance.

RIAS response to Public Sector Construction Procurement Survey

The RIAS would welcome the opportunity to address any of the points raised in this paper
and to assist the Scottish Government further, alongside any calls for evidence that may
follow.

RIAS Awards 2022 – High Sunderland wins Conservation Award

Loader Monteith’s restoration of High Sunderland – one of Scotland’s most important post-war private houses – has been named as the winner of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland’s Conservation Award.

Chris Stewart elected as new RIAS President

Glasgow-based architect Chris Stewart has been elected as the new President of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland for a two year term which begins following the Incorporation’s AGM on 29 June 2022.

Ostro Passivhaus wins Circular Economy Design Award

Ostro Passivhaus – a contemporary and exemplary low-energy home designed by Paper Igloo - has been named by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) as winner of the annual Circular Economy Design Award, sponsored by Zero Waste Scotland.

RIAS Awards 2022 – Scottish Borders Council wins Client of the Year Award for pioneering Jedburgh school

Scottish Borders Council has been named by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) as Client of the Year, in recognition of its role as client at Jedburgh Grammar Campus. The new school, designed by Stallan-Brand Architecture + Design, is an exceptional new building that places students’ mental health and well-being at the heart of its design.

RIAS Presidential and AGM voting

Voting open for members to decide the next RIAS President

New Governance Presentation Available to View

RIAS Fellow Nicholas Groves-Raines awarded an MBE

Nicholas Groves-Raines, FRIAS, RIBA, RSUA, RIAI, Director at Edinburgh based Groves-Raines Architects Studios Ltd., receives an MBE for services to Architecture, Heritage and Conservation.

RIAS Awards 2022 – Lockerbie Sawmill wins Scottish Forestry/Wood For Good Award

Lockerbie Sawmill – a new flagship building for Scotland’s timber industry designed by Konishi Gaffney - has won the Scottish Forestry/Wood For Good Award, a special category award of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland’s (RIAS) Awards.

2022 RIAS Award Winners Announced

Drawn from all across Scotland, the winners of the RIAS Awards 2022 include a new secondary school that places students’ mental health and well-being at the heart of its design, the rescue and restoration of an iconic Modernist house, and an exquisite rural office building on the edge of the Balmoral Estate.

RIAS Presidential and AGM voting

Voting open for members to decide the next RIAS President

Martin Jones Scholarship Award 2022

£10,000

Architecture at the University of Dundee and the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) are pleased to announce the launch of the Martin Jones Scholarship Award - 2022

Martin Jones specified that he wished to provide an opportunity for an outstanding student or graduate of Architecture at the University of Dundee, to pursue a personal line of creative investigation and research.

RIAS names six new Honorary Fellow

Enriching Scotland’s architecture scene

The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) is delighted to announce the names of six new Honorary Fellows – honoured in recognition of their significant contribution to Scotland’s cultural, academic, business or political life.

RIAS Student Representative Elections

Want to make a difference to architecture in Scotland?

Standing for election is your chance to help make the RIAS you want it to be, and help shape its future. By standing, you ensure that the RIAS has a diverse range of voices to keep us moving forward.

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 20TH MAY 2022

The Charles McKean Memorial Prize - Applications Invited

The Charles McKean Memorial Prize is open to all students of Architecture, Architectural Conservation and Architectural History in Scotland. The winning entry will receive a £1,000 prize.

Presidential Candidates Announced

Following the vetting process by Nominations Committee and Council Members, the RIAS is delighted to announce two candidates that will be standing for election to be the next RIAS President.

RIAS Ukraine Statement Update

The RIAS are currently in communication with CANaction, Architects Council of Europe and other architectural organisations to offer support to Ukrainian architects and architectural students both in Scotland and Ukraine.

RIAS Statement on Ukraine

The RIAS stands in solidarity with the National Union of Architects of Ukraine.

On behalf of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland I would like to declare our support for all Ukrainian architects and citizens in the wake of the catastrophic events which are unfolding and the unimaginable situations that they are facing.

The 2022 RIAS Elections

Want to make a difference to architecture in Scotland?

Standing for election is your chance to help make the RIAS you want it to be, give back to the architecture industry and help shape its future. By standing, you ensure that the RIAS has a diverse range of voices to keep us moving forward. This year we are electing our new RIAS President, Council members and Student representatives.

RIAS Honorary Fellows Call for Nominations

RIAS responds to ARB Consultation- Scheme for CPD

Aberdeen Art Gallery Announced as Building of the Year

The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) is delighted to announce that Aberdeen Art Gallery – designed by Hoskins Architects – is the winner of the 2021 RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award

WATCH THE FULL VIDEO HERE

RIAS/RIBA Awards in Scotland 2022

Entries to the RIAS / RIBA Awards for Scotland 2022 are now invited.

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 13TH JANUARY 2022

RIAS responds to call for evidence on the Review of Architects Regulation

RIAS Inspiring Futures - COP26

Talks, conferences, CPD sessions and activities from the RIAS Chapters and affiliate organisations

ARB announces fundamental reforms to architectural education

The Architects Registration Board (ARB) has set out a new vision for the way that future architects are educated and trained which, if approved, could be the most significant changes to architectural education and training in 50 years.

RIAS inspiring futures

COP26

In November 2021 Glasgow will host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26). The President and Chapter members will be attending.

RIAS/RIBA Awards in Scotland 2022

Entries to the RIAS / RIBA Awards for Scotland 2022 are now invited.

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 13TH JANUARY 2022

Conservation Autumn Seminar

adapt, retrofit, re-use

Presentations will cover HES heritage priorities, Glasgow’s re-located structures, an approach to existing building retrofit and the sustainable, low energy refurbishment of traditional and historic buildings supported by case studies, application of the building regulations when considering the conversion of a listed office building to flats and salvaging and re-use of materials in the circular economy.

Special General Meeting of the Royal Incorporation

(SGM 2021)

At the instruction of the RIAS Council (15th September 2021) a Special General Meeting of the Royal Incorporation is called on the 3rd November 2021 to consider the introduction of revisions to the 2018 Interim Bye-laws to form new RIAS 2021 Interim Bye-laws.

Blether

Blether is our online meet up for RIAS Members. An informal get together where you can connect with others, find out more about the work of RIAS and how you can get involved or share your ideas through committees, events, and other activities. For each session Christina Gaiger PRIAS will be joined by guest facilitators for discussions on various key topics.