A bridge lined with local granite and the restoration of a remote tower in the Scottish Highlands are among the four buildings shortlisted for RIAS' 2025 Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland award. More about RIAS unveils shortlist for Scotland's best building 2025
A repurposed 19th-century farm and a dwelling clad in burnt larch feature in New Scottish Houses, a book celebrating modern homes in rural Scotland. More about Eight "deeply contextual" rural Scottish houses
Scottish architecture studio Pend has updated a heritage-listed Georgian farmhouse in East Lothian, adding an extension clad in fluted, blush-toned blocks of precast stone. More about Pend wraps extension to historic Scottish home in fluted pink-toned stonework
Architecture studio Loader Monteith has renovated and extended an 18th-century cottage in Scotland, creating a series of open and accessible spaces for a resident living with Alzheimer's disease. More about Loader Monteith renovates 18th-century Scottish cottage to be a "safe haven"
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a cottage in the Scottish Highlands finished with a natural material palette of local timber, clay plaster and earthenware tiles. More about "Unpretentious, lovely human scale" says commenter
A natural material palette of locally sourced Douglas fir, clay plaster and earthenware tiles characterise this cottage by Baillie Baillie Architects in the Scottish Highlands. More about Iorram cottage explores "a distinctly Scottish approach to natural materials"
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the renovation of a dilapidated farm building in Scotland by architecture studio Loader Monteith. More about "The beauty is in its simplicity" says commenter
A glass tower provides facilities for experimental whisky-making at Glenmorangie's new distillery in Tain, Scotland, designed by Paris studio Barthélémy Grino. More about Barthélémy Grino's Glenmorangie Distillery is an experimental whisky lab
Architecture studio Loader Monteith has replaced a dilapidated farm building in Angus, Scotland, with a home finished with stone, black-painted pine and a red corrugated-metal roof. More about Loader Monteith celebrates rural Scottish architecture at Cairnconon Byre house
Architecture studio Brown & Brown and interior designer Sam Buckley have completed a house in southern Scotland, comprising stacked geometric volumes with large openings that look out onto tidal flats. More about Tidal House on Scottish coast opens up to reveal views of estuary
Architecture studio Archer + Braun has renovated a listed home in Edinburgh, adding a limestone-clad extension punctured by expansive glazing. More about Archer + Braun adds "modernist extension" to Limestone House in Edinburgh
Danish designer David Thulstrup has completed the TimeSpirit restaurant inside RSHP's Macallan distillery building in Scotland. More about David Thulstrup adds oak and slate restaurant to RSHP's Macallan Distillery
The renovation of the Burrell Collection museum in Glasgow by British studio John McAslan + Partners has won the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland award for 2024. More about Burrell Collection museum in Glasgow named Scotland's best new building
This video produced by Jim Stephenson features the Ardoch residence in Aberdeenshire by locally-based studio Moxon Architects, which has been shortlisted for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award. More about Moxon Architects revives residential ruin using "Scottish craftsmanship and local tradespeople"
This video produced by Jim Stephenson spotlights the University of Aberdeen Science and Teaching Hub by Reiach and Hall Architects, which has been shortlisted for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award. More about Reiach and Hall Architects renews "dated" science facilities at the University of Aberdeen
This video produced by Jim Stephenson features the updated Burrell Collection museum in Glasgow by architecture studio John McAslan + Partners, which has been shortlisted for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award. More about John McAslan + Partners refurbishes 20th-century Burrell Collection museum in Glasgow
This film produced by Jim Stephenson spotlights the North Gate social housing project in Glasgow by Page\Park Architects, which has been shortlisted for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award. More about North Gate social housing by Page\Park designed for residents to "embrace as their own"
This video produced by Jim Stephenson features a renovated gallery in Edinburgh by Reiach and Hall Architects, which has been shortlisted for this year's RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award. More about Fruitmarket Gallery renovation by Reiach and Hall Architects draws on "its previous histories"
Aeroplane seat covers designed for neurodivergent passengers and a knitted landscape filled with giant mushrooms were among the designs showcased at this year's Dundee Design Festival. More about Eight highlights from Dundee Design Festival 2024
Local studio Mary Arnold-Forster Architects has updated an old schoolhouse in Scotland, adding two slate-clad extensions designed to contrast its original sandstone structure. More about Mary Arnold-Forster Architects extends Applecross Schoolhouse in Scotland