The architecture projects reshaping Scotland

Bannockburn Battlefield Visitor Centre, Bannockburn by Reiach and Hall Architects 
The design approach to the new Bannockburn Battlefield Visitor Centre, according to Prof. Neil Gillespie of Edinburgh based Reiach and Hall Architects, is an 'attempt to find an equivalent memorable and indelible image that alludes to the importance and seriousness of the battle, made manifest through ordinary forms and materials'. In this case the form alludes to the blackhouses of the Highlands, 'an example of an enduring iconic architectural image,' explains Gillespie. This recognisable shape has here been transformed through an exploration of material, surface, shadow, texture and pattern. Brick is robust and durable, improves with age, but also makes this cultural building stands apart from its domestic white rendered neighbours. The centre was unveiled on the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn. 
Photography: Keith Hunter

Bannockburn Battlefield Visitor Centre, Bannockburn by Reiach and Hall Architects 
The design approach to the new Bannockburn Battlefield Visitor Centre, according to Prof. Neil Gillespie of Edinburgh based Reiach and Hall Architects, is an 'attempt to find an equivalent memorable and indelible image that alludes to the importance and seriousness of the battle, made manifest through ordinary forms and materials'. In this case the form alludes to the blackhouses of the Highlands, 'an example of an enduring iconic architectural image,' explains Gillespie. This recognisable shape has here been transformed through an exploration of material, surface, shadow, texture and pattern. Brick is robust and durable, improves with age, but also makes this cultural building stands apart from its domestic white rendered neighbours. The centre was unveiled on the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn. 
Photography: Keith Hunter

Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock by LDN Architects
The Beacon Arts Centre is the new venue designed by LDN Architects for the Greenock Arts Guild. Part of the wider redevelopment of formal industrial land, The Beacon is situated on a stretch of waterfront, which Greenock had previously turned its back on. The basic form of the building is driven by a compact plan providing an economic arrangement of the performing spaces. External materials are a combination of sandblasted and cast structural glass planks, clear glass, pre-cast concrete, and anthracite zinc, which - in conjunction with the stepped profile - reflects the area's hard industrial legacy and creates a bold, distinctive identity.  
Photography: Paul Zanre 

Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock by LDN Architects
The Beacon Arts Centre is the new venue designed by LDN Architects for the Greenock Arts Guild. Part of the wider redevelopment of formal industrial land, The Beacon is situated on a stretch of waterfront, which Greenock had previously turned its back on. The basic form of the building is driven by a compact plan providing an economic arrangement of the performing spaces. External materials are a combination of sandblasted and cast structural glass planks, clear glass, pre-cast concrete, and anthracite zinc, which - in conjunction with the stepped profile - reflects the area's hard industrial legacy and creates a bold, distinctive identity.  
Photography: Paul Zanre 

Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock by LDN Architects
The Beacon Arts Centre is the new venue designed by LDN Architects for the Greenock Arts Guild. Part of the wider redevelopment of formal industrial land, The Beacon is situated on a stretch of waterfront, which Greenock had previously turned its back on. The basic form of the building is driven by a compact plan providing an economic arrangement of the performing spaces. External materials are a combination of sandblasted and cast structural glass planks, clear glass, pre-cast concrete, and anthracite zinc, which - in conjunction with the stepped profile - reflects the area's hard industrial legacy and creates a bold, distinctive identity.  
Photography: Paul Zanre 

Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock by LDN Architects
The Beacon Arts Centre is the new venue designed by LDN Architects for the Greenock Arts Guild. Part of the wider redevelopment of formal industrial land, The Beacon is situated on a stretch of waterfront, which Greenock had previously turned its back on. The basic form of the building is driven by a compact plan providing an economic arrangement of the performing spaces. External materials are a combination of sandblasted and cast structural glass planks, clear glass, pre-cast concrete, and anthracite zinc, which - in conjunction with the stepped profile - reflects the area's hard industrial legacy and creates a bold, distinctive identity.  
Photography: Paul Zanre 

Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock by LDN Architects
The Beacon Arts Centre is the new venue designed by LDN Architects for the Greenock Arts Guild. Part of the wider redevelopment of formal industrial land, The Beacon is situated on a stretch of waterfront, which Greenock had previously turned its back on. The basic form of the building is driven by a compact plan providing an economic arrangement of the performing spaces. External materials are a combination of sandblasted and cast structural glass planks, clear glass, pre-cast concrete, and anthracite zinc, which - in conjunction with the stepped profile - reflects the area's hard industrial legacy and creates a bold, distinctive identity.  
Photography: Paul Zanre 

Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock by LDN Architects
The Beacon Arts Centre is the new venue designed by LDN Architects for the Greenock Arts Guild. Part of the wider redevelopment of formal industrial land, The Beacon is situated on a stretch of waterfront, which Greenock had previously turned its back on. The basic form of the building is driven by a compact plan providing an economic arrangement of the performing spaces. External materials are a combination of sandblasted and cast structural glass planks, clear glass, pre-cast concrete, and anthracite zinc, which - in conjunction with the stepped profile - reflects the area's hard industrial legacy and creates a bold, distinctive identity.  
Photography: Paul Zanre 

Cliff House, Isle of Skye by Dualchas Architects
In the north west of Skye, overlooking Loch Dunvegan, Cliff House is something of a milestone in terms of recent rural domestic design, in that it departs from the popular architectural idiom of the past 15 years - principally the vernacular Scottish blackhouse abstracted into modern forms. Cliff House still looks to the past for inspiration (taking as its starting point the existing ruin that marks the croft entrance) but appears hewn out of the heathery cliffside, and slotted into its ridges. The building is barely visible when viewed from the road. Once you are inside the house, the sea view unfolds via a fully glazed screen. This has been achieved by addressing the site conditions and creating two volumes; one closed, containing all the serving functions, the other open, including the main living areas. 
Photography: Andrew Lee

Cliff House, Isle of Skye by Dualchas Architects
In the north west of Skye, overlooking Loch Dunvegan, Cliff House is something of a milestone in terms of recent rural domestic design, in that it departs from the popular architectural idiom of the past 15 years - principally the vernacular Scottish blackhouse abstracted into modern forms. Cliff House still looks to the past for inspiration (taking as its starting point the existing ruin that marks the croft entrance) but appears hewn out of the heathery cliffside, and slotted into its ridges. The building is barely visible when viewed from the road. Once you are inside the house, the sea view unfolds via a fully glazed screen. This has been achieved by addressing the site conditions and creating two volumes; one closed, containing all the serving functions, the other open, including the main living areas. 
Photography: Andrew Lee

Cliff House, Isle of Skye by Dualchas Architects
In the north west of Skye, overlooking Loch Dunvegan, Cliff House is something of a milestone in terms of recent rural domestic design, in that it departs from the popular architectural idiom of the past 15 years - principally the vernacular Scottish blackhouse abstracted into modern forms. Cliff House still looks to the past for inspiration (taking as its starting point the existing ruin that marks the croft entrance) but appears hewn out of the heathery cliffside, and slotted into its ridges. The building is barely visible when viewed from the road. Once you are inside the house, the sea view unfolds via a fully glazed screen. This has been achieved by addressing the site conditions and creating two volumes; one closed, containing all the serving functions, the other open, including the main living areas. 
Photography: Andrew Lee

Cliff House, Isle of Skye by Dualchas Architects
In the north west of Skye, overlooking Loch Dunvegan, Cliff House is something of a milestone in terms of recent rural domestic design, in that it departs from the popular architectural idiom of the past 15 years - principally the vernacular Scottish blackhouse abstracted into modern forms. Cliff House still looks to the past for inspiration (taking as its starting point the existing ruin that marks the croft entrance) but appears hewn out of the heathery cliffside, and slotted into its ridges. The building is barely visible when viewed from the road. Once you are inside the house, the sea view unfolds via a fully glazed screen. This has been achieved by addressing the site conditions and creating two volumes; one closed, containing all the serving functions, the other open, including the main living areas. 
Photography: Andrew Lee

Cliff House, Isle of Skye by Dualchas Architects
In the north west of Skye, overlooking Loch Dunvegan, Cliff House is something of a milestone in terms of recent rural domestic design, in that it departs from the popular architectural idiom of the past 15 years - principally the vernacular Scottish blackhouse abstracted into modern forms. Cliff House still looks to the past for inspiration (taking as its starting point the existing ruin that marks the croft entrance) but appears hewn out of the heathery cliffside, and slotted into its ridges. The building is barely visible when viewed from the road. Once you are inside the house, the sea view unfolds via a fully glazed screen. This has been achieved by addressing the site conditions and creating two volumes; one closed, containing all the serving functions, the other open, including the main living areas. 
Photography: Andrew Lee

Clydebank East Workshops, Clydebank by Elder and Cannon Architects
Elder and Cannon have been working on the masterplan of a new industrial estate in Clydebank, the first phase of which is a series of sustainable workshop units. The architects' competition-winning design features an innovative concrete construction providing an airtight and highly insulated envelope for the workshops. The design is dominated by gold and black feature rooflights, above a simple and affordable metal clad base, its form drawing on the principles of the sawtooth roof forms of Modernist industrial developments. The units can be easily adaptable to changing tenancy requirements. 
Photography: Cadzow Pelosi

Clydebank East Workshops, Clydebank by Elder and Cannon Architects
Elder and Cannon have been working on the masterplan of a new industrial estate in Clydebank, the first phase of which is a series of sustainable workshop units. The architects' competition-winning design features an innovative concrete construction providing an airtight and highly insulated envelope for the workshops. The design is dominated by gold and black feature rooflights, above a simple and affordable metal clad base, its form drawing on the principles of the sawtooth roof forms of Modernist industrial developments. The units can be easily adaptable to changing tenancy requirements. 
Photography: Cadzow Pelosi

Clydebank East Workshops, Clydebank by Elder and Cannon Architects
Elder and Cannon have been working on the masterplan of a new industrial estate in Clydebank, the first phase of which is a series of sustainable workshop units. The architects' competition-winning design features an innovative concrete construction providing an airtight and highly insulated envelope for the workshops. The design is dominated by gold and black feature rooflights, above a simple and affordable metal clad base, its form drawing on the principles of the sawtooth roof forms of Modernist industrial developments. The units can be easily adaptable to changing tenancy requirements. 
Photography: Cadzow Pelosi

GSA Reid Building by Steven Holl Architects in association with JM Architects 
Charles Rennie Mackintosh's masterful Glasgow School of Art formed the inspiration for Steven Holl Architect's new Reid Building, recently emergent on GSA's Garnethill estate. Conceived as a 'complementary contrast' to Mackintosh's original masterpiece, which was tragically fire damaged in May, the new Reid Building will house the School of Design, and features 'world class spaces' including workshops, lecture facilities, communal student areas and exhibition spaces alongside a new visitor centre. Three 'Driven Voids of Light' - large concrete tubes - create integration in the structure and bring in natural light. A 'Circuit of Connection' weaves throughout the building, designed to encourage interaction between departments. 
Photography: Mcateer Photograph

GSA Reid Building by Steven Holl Architects in association with JM Architects 
Charles Rennie Mackintosh's masterful Glasgow School of Art formed the inspiration for Steven Holl Architect's new Reid Building, recently emergent on GSA's Garnethill estate. Conceived as a 'complementary contrast' to Mackintosh's original masterpiece, which was tragically fire damaged in May, the new Reid Building will house the School of Design, and features 'world class spaces' including workshops, lecture facilities, communal student areas and exhibition spaces alongside a new visitor centre. Three 'Driven Voids of Light' - large concrete tubes - create integration in the structure and bring in natural light. A 'Circuit of Connection' weaves throughout the building, designed to encourage interaction between departments. 
Photography: Mcateer Photograph

GSA Reid Building by Steven Holl Architects in association with JM Architects 
Charles Rennie Mackintosh's masterful Glasgow School of Art formed the inspiration for Steven Holl Architect's new Reid Building, recently emergent on GSA's Garnethill estate. Conceived as a 'complementary contrast' to Mackintosh's original masterpiece, which was tragically fire damaged in May, the new Reid Building will house the School of Design, and features 'world class spaces' including workshops, lecture facilities, communal student areas and exhibition spaces alongside a new visitor centre. Three 'Driven Voids of Light' - large concrete tubes - create integration in the structure and bring in natural light. A 'Circuit of Connection' weaves throughout the building, designed to encourage interaction between departments. 
Photography: Mcateer Photograph

North Gardner Street, Glasgow by Cameron Webster Architects 
The key aim of this project was to transform a semi derelict workshop and office building into a calm, private, city house, using a limited budget and a carefully considered set of priorities. The project was also an important catalyst for Cameron Webster Architects in terms of initiating an investigation into back land developments, and exploring the reuse of habitable city space within the urban fabric of the west end of Glasgow, offering a sustainable approach to city living. The result is the transformation of a dark and damp building into an energy efficient, low maintenance, light and contemporary home for owners who wanted to stay living and working in the area.
Photography: Andrew Lee

North Gardner Street, Glasgow by Cameron Webster Architects 
The key aim of this project was to transform a semi derelict workshop and office building into a calm, private, city house, using a limited budget and a carefully considered set of priorities. The project was also an important catalyst for Cameron Webster Architects in terms of initiating an investigation into back land developments, and exploring the reuse of habitable city space within the urban fabric of the west end of Glasgow, offering a sustainable approach to city living. The result is the transformation of a dark and damp building into an energy efficient, low maintenance, light and contemporary home for owners who wanted to stay living and working in the area.
Photography: Andrew Lee

North Gardner Street, Glasgow by Cameron Webster Architects 
The key aim of this project was to transform a semi derelict workshop and office building into a calm, private, city house, using a limited budget and a carefully considered set of priorities. The project was also an important catalyst for Cameron Webster Architects in terms of initiating an investigation into back land developments, and exploring the reuse of habitable city space within the urban fabric of the west end of Glasgow, offering a sustainable approach to city living. The result is the transformation of a dark and damp building into an energy efficient, low maintenance, light and contemporary home for owners who wanted to stay living and working in the area.
Photography: Andrew Lee

North Gardner Street, Glasgow by Cameron Webster Architects 
The key aim of this project was to transform a semi derelict workshop and office building into a calm, private, city house, using a limited budget and a carefully considered set of priorities. The project was also an important catalyst for Cameron Webster Architects in terms of initiating an investigation into back land developments, and exploring the reuse of habitable city space within the urban fabric of the west end of Glasgow, offering a sustainable approach to city living. The result is the transformation of a dark and damp building into an energy efficient, low maintenance, light and contemporary home for owners who wanted to stay living and working in the area.
Photography: Andrew Lee

North Gardner Street, Glasgow by Cameron Webster Architects 
The key aim of this project was to transform a semi derelict workshop and office building into a calm, private, city house, using a limited budget and a carefully considered set of priorities. The project was also an important catalyst for Cameron Webster Architects in terms of initiating an investigation into back land developments, and exploring the reuse of habitable city space within the urban fabric of the west end of Glasgow, offering a sustainable approach to city living. The result is the transformation of a dark and damp building into an energy efficient, low maintenance, light and contemporary home for owners who wanted to stay living and working in the area.
Photography: Andrew Lee

North Gardner Street, Glasgow by Cameron Webster Architects 
The key aim of this project was to transform a semi derelict workshop and office building into a calm, private, city house, using a limited budget and a carefully considered set of priorities. The project was also an important catalyst for Cameron Webster Architects in terms of initiating an investigation into back land developments, and exploring the reuse of habitable city space within the urban fabric of the west end of Glasgow, offering a sustainable approach to city living. The result is the transformation of a dark and damp building into an energy efficient, low maintenance, light and contemporary home for owners who wanted to stay living and working in the area.
Photography: Andrew Lee

Wharton Square Housing at Quartermile, Edinburgh by Richard Murphy Architects
Edinburgh's landmark Quartermile development, a high-end mixed-use development on the glorious Meadows site, was previously home to a chunk of stately Victoriana in the form of the Royal Infirmary. As Foster and Partner's masterplan unfolds, an overall increase in homes across the site meant a respective increase in affordable housing. The strategy for this project, designed by Richard Murphy Architects for Quartermile & Hillcrest Housing Association, arranges flats around an octagonal central courtyard, rising five storeys around the shared court and then separating into corner towers. The layout has been developed to maximise daylight but also create a courtyard, as a social heart to the scheme. 
Photography: Neale Smith

Wharton Square Housing at Quartermile, Edinburgh by Richard Murphy Architects
Edinburgh's landmark Quartermile development, a high-end mixed-use development on the glorious Meadows site, was previously home to a chunk of stately Victoriana in the form of the Royal Infirmary. As Foster and Partner's masterplan unfolds, an overall increase in homes across the site meant a respective increase in affordable housing. The strategy for this project, designed by Richard Murphy Architects for Quartermile & Hillcrest Housing Association, arranges flats around an octagonal central courtyard, rising five storeys around the shared court and then separating into corner towers. The layout has been developed to maximise daylight but also create a courtyard, as a social heart to the scheme. 
Photography: Neale Smith

Wharton Square Housing at Quartermile, Edinburgh by Richard Murphy Architects
Edinburgh's landmark Quartermile development, a high-end mixed-use development on the glorious Meadows site, was previously home to a chunk of stately Victoriana in the form of the Royal Infirmary. As Foster and Partner's masterplan unfolds, an overall increase in homes across the site meant a respective increase in affordable housing. The strategy for this project, designed by Richard Murphy Architects for Quartermile & Hillcrest Housing Association, arranges flats around an octagonal central courtyard, rising five storeys around the shared court and then separating into corner towers. The layout has been developed to maximise daylight but also create a courtyard, as a social heart to the scheme. 
Photography: Neale Smith