"Perfect setting for a quasi-religious sect" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Denizen Works' house with "a sense of drama" that overlooks a Scottish loch. More
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Denizen Works creates house with "a sense of drama" overlooking Scottish loch
Recycled TV screens cover the walls of the seven-bedroom Hundred Acre Wood house, which architecture studio Denizen Works has created on a site overlooking Loch Awe in Scotland. More
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Kengo Kuma's whisky for The Dalmore is "a kind of cultural exchange"
In this talk filmed by Dezeen at V&A Dundee for The Dalmore, Japanese architect Kengo Kuma explains how creating a whisky with the Scottish distillery led him to find an affinity between architecture and whisky. More
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Walk-Up Avenue is a public space for locals to "take ownership of" in Edinburgh
Architecture studio New Practice has transformed an unused site in the town centre of Craigmillar, Edinburgh, into a multi-purpose public space for the local community. More
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Jedburgh Grammar Campus avoids traditional school layout "where you trudge round a corridor"
A school in Jedburgh by Stallan-Brand that is vying for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award is the focus of this video produced by Stephenson&. More
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Visitor centre at UK's largest sawmill designed to be "interesting but not too interesting"
This video by Stephenson& captures the pared-back visitor centre that architecture studio Konishi Gaffney designed for Lockerbie Sawmill, which is in the running for this year's RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award. More
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Reiach and Hall completes "low-key" campus for Forth Valley College
Reiach and Hall Architects used a palette of pale brick, concrete and aluminium to give this college campus in Falkirk, Scotland, a modest appearance that reflects its purpose as a facility for serving students. More
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Fire damage to Peter Womersley's High Sunderland house was "like a personal bereavement"
This video offers a glimpse of Loader Monteith's restoration of the fire-torn High Sunderland house in the Scottish Borders, which is shortlisted for this year's RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award. More
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Moxon Architects' remote self-designed studio is "a good place for wildlife"
This video shot by Stephenson& highlights Moxon Architects' self-designed Quarry Studios in Aberdeenshire, which is among the five buildings shortlisted for this year's RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award. More
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Konishi Gaffney converts 1950s garage into artist's studio with a sense of "civic grandeur"
Architecture studio Konishi Gaffney has overhauled a 1950s garage in an affluent Edinburgh suburb, adding a rhythmic facade made up of wooden battens. More
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Cooking Sections and Sakiya explore importance of non-human species in joint exhibition
Turner Prize-nominated art duo Cooking Sections and Palestinian research collective Sakiya have created an exhibition in Edinburgh called In the Eddy of the Stream, which reevaluates the significance of plants and other organisms in our ecosystems. More
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Konishi Gaffney repurposes church into versatile community hub
Timber cladding features in this church in Edinburgh, which has been converted into a community centre by Scottish architecture firm Konishi Gaffney. More
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Scottish designers create benches informed by Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute
A bench made from reclaimed sandstone and a series of marble-patterned chairs are among the seats created for Mount Stuart House's Sitting Pretty installation. More
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Loader Monteith uses reclaimed stone and red aluminium for Scottish home
Scottish studio Loader Monteith has completed Ceangal House, a home on a working farm in South Lanarkshire with a layout and materials that were drawn from the original 19th-century buildings on the site. More
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Denizen Works references relics of agricultural buildings for Mannal House on Tiree
Architecture studio Denizen Works has completed a house on the Scottish island of Tiree, featuring a gable-shaped glass wall that recalls the outline of the derelict stone cowshed it replaced. More
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New Practice brings warmth and colour to Glasgow's century-old Kinning Park Complex
A historic community centre that was saved from demolition by activists – including Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon – has been given a new lease of life by architecture studio New Practice. More
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Loader Monteith completes "invisible" restoration of Peter Womersley's High Sunderland house
Architecture studio Loader Monteith has renovated a modernist house in the Scottish Borders that was damaged in a fire, using a light touch to reinstate its original design by architect Peter Womersley. More
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Demolition of Cumbernauld's brutalist town centre "a complete outrage"
News that the brutalist town centre of Cumbernauld, Scotland, is set to be demolished and replaced as part of a council-led regeneration project has led to criticism. More
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Loader Monteith adds modern courtyard extension to 19th-century Scottish villa
Scottish architecture studio Loader Monteith has added a courtyard extension to a Victorian merchant's house near Glasgow, Scotland, which complements the existing building's materiality and enhances its connection with the garden. More
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David Chipperfield Architects to reinstate "former splendour" of Jenners department store in Edinburgh
British studio David Chipperfield Architects has released visuals of the renovation it has planned for the iconic Jenners department store in Edinburgh, Scotland. More
