Potterrow, Edinburgh
Bennetts Associates
Castlemilk House Stables Block, Glasgow
Elder & Cannon Architects
2007
Pier Arts Centre, Orkney
Reiach & Hall Architects
2006
Maggie's Highland Cancer Care Centre, Inverness
Page\Park Architects
2005
Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh
EMBT/RMJM
2004
St Aloysius College, Glasgow
Elder and Cannon Architects
2003
An Turas, Tiree
Sutherland Hussey Architects with Jake Harvey, Glen Onwin, Donald Urquhart and Sandra Kennedy
2002
Dance Base, Edinburgh
Malcolm Fraser Architects
Links to all these buildings located down this page chronologically
7 Nov 2008:
Joint Winners:
Potterrow, Edinburgh by Bennetts Associates
Castlemilk House Stables Block, Glasgow by Elder & Cannon Architects
Special Mention:
Culloden Battlefield Visitor Centre, Inverness by Gareth Hoskins Architects Ltd
RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award 2008
Shortlist, alphabetical by location:
Tigh Na Dobhran (single family dwelling), Argyll by Studio KAP
Dawyck Gateway Visitor Centre, Dawyck by Simpson & Brown Architects
Todlaw Supported Housing, Duns by Oliver Chapman Architects
Quartermile Development, Edinburgh by Foster + Partners
Telford Drive (housing development), Edinburgh by GM + AD Architects
Potterrow, Edinburgh by Bennetts Associates
Castlemilk House Stables Block, Glasgow by Elder & Cannon Architects
Jordanhill School New Teaching Block, Glasgow by Elder & Cannon Architects
Heart of Hawick, Hawick by Gray, Marshall & Associates
Culloden Battlefield Visitor Centre, Inverness by Gareth Hoskins Architects Ltd
Eden Court Theatre (refurbishment), Inverness by Page\ Park
Andrew Doolan Award for Architecture : details on each building
Shortlist announced: 9 Oct
Exhibition of shortlist: tours RIAS Chapters from mid-October
Prize announcement: Scottish Parliament, 7 Nov 6-8pm reception
2007 Prize Winner: Pier Arts Centre Orkney: Reiach & Hall Architects
Andy Doolan Awards winner
Andrew Doolan Award Shortlist - RIAS PR 5 Nov 2007:
The Pier Arts Centre in Orkney wins major architecture prize
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) celebrated the very best in Scottish architecture at a stylish award presentation and dinner at The Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh on Friday 2 November, when the prestigious RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award 2007 was presented to The Pier Arts Centre in Orkney designed by Reiach and Hall Architects. The prize, £25,000, is the biggest cash award in British Architecture.
One of seven buildings short-listed for this significant architecture award, and one of two projects submitted by the Edinburgh architectural practice, The Pier Arts Centre is situated in the Orkney town of Stromness comprises of a permanent gallery space housing a collection of British contemporary art and new temporary galleries. The project involved the complete refurbishment of the historic pier buildings along with a new gallery structure.
Douglas Read, jury member said, “The jury had considerable debate in cutting the 20 entries down to the short-list of seven. That this should be so is a tribute to strength of Scottish Architecture today. The jury was particularly impressed with The Pier Arts Centre because of the seemingly effortless way in which the new gallery has been settled in beside its neighbours as an integral part of the townscape.”
The RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award is presented annually to the practice of architects which the jury considers has designed the winning building.
Andrew Doolan Award Shortlist - RIAS PR 1 Oct:
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) today revealed the buildings which the jury has agreed should be short-listed for the prestigious RIAS Andrew Doolan Award 2007.
They are: Princess Gate, a housing development in Edinburgh designed by Malcolm Fraser Architects; Hazelwood School in Glasgow for students with multiple disabilities, designed by Gordon Murray & Alan Dunlop Architects; Maggie’s Centre, a cancer care centre in Kirkcaldy designed by Zaha Hadid Architects; Fettes College Sixth Form Centre & Residence in Edinburgh, designed by Page\Park Architects; Bridge Arts Centre in Glasgow designed by Gareth Hoskins Architects; New Arts Faculty building for the University of St Andrews and the Pier Arts Centre in Orkney, both designed by Reiach & Hall Architects.
The jury will be visiting the short-listed projects during October and the winner will be announced at the award presentation and dinner on the evening of Friday 2 November at The Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh.
RIAS Andrew Doolan Award 2007 Jury
Louisa Hutton, Sauerbruch Hutton Architects, Berlin
Rob Joiner, Reidvale Housing Association, Glasgow
Douglas Read, Dignan Read Dewar Architects, Edinburgh & Past President of RIAS
Richard Murphy, Richard Murphy Architects, Edinburgh
Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award 2007 Presentation:
Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh – 2 Nov
Tickets £65 or £600 for table of ten
Contact: Maureen McKellar 0131 229 7545 / mmckellar@rias.org.uk
photo from RIAS 151007
Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award 2007 entries:
Eligible projects to have been completed between 1 Jan 2006 & 31 May 2007, with an architect as lead designer / project manager
Entry deadline now passed
Winner, online 16 Nov 2006:
Maggie's Highland Cancer Care Centre, Inverness
Page\Park Architects
photo © Adrian Welch
Best Building in Scotland - Maggies Highlands
Andrew Doolan Award - shortlisted buildings 2006:
Maggie's Highland Cancer Care Centre, Inverness (Page\Park)
The Scottish Storytelling centre, Edinburgh (Malcolm Fraser Architects)
Perth Concert Hall, Perth (Building Design Partnership Ltd)
St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral redevelopment, Edinburgh (LDN Architects)
The Bridge Arts Centre, Easterhouse, Glasgow (Gareth Hoskins)
JKS Workshops, Clydebank (Gordon Murray + Alan Dunlop Architects)
The Saltire Centre, Glasgow (Building Design Partnership Ltd)
Kelvingrove New Century Project, (Building Design Partnership Ltd)
Three Seton Mains, Longniddry (Paterson Architects)
Royal Bank of Scotland HQ, Gogarburn, Edinburgh (Michael Laird Architects)
Best Building in Scotland - 2005
Winner: Scottish Parliament Building, Edinburgh
Shortlist for the 2005 RIAS Andrew Doolan Award for Architecture - the UK's biggest architecture prize:
Sentinel Office Development, Glasgow
Gordon Murray + Alan Dunlop Architects
Edinburgh Quay, Phase One, Edinburgh
Michael Laird Architects
A' Chrannag, Rothesay
G Deveci, Architect
Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh
EMBT/RMJM
Community Centre for Health, Partick
Gareth Hoskins Architects
The four architect judges - Douglas Read, Kathryn Findlay, David Porter and Tony Reddy - were extremely impressed by the quality of all the buildings visited and, in particular, those that reached the final shortlist.
The objective of this major award is simple - find the best new building in
Scotland. Buildings projects of all sizes and types from all over Scotland have
been considered.
The architects of the winning building will receive £25,000, making this the biggest architecture prize in the UK and one of the most significant architecture awards in the world. The winner will be announced at a ceremony at the Point Conference Centre, Edinburgh at 1pm on Wed 5 Oct 2005.
Unofficial BBC Poll: Scottish Parliament Building currently favourite
RIAS ANDREW DOOLAN AWARD FOR ARCHITECTURE
BEST BUILDING IN SCOTLAND
Supported by the Scottish Executive and Mrs Margaret Doolan
SHORTLIST
Sentinel Office Development, Glasgow
Gordon Murray + Alan Dunlop Architects
The Sentinel building is located on the corner of Waterloo Street and Douglas Street at the entrance to Glasgow's international financial business district. The
architects succeeded in convincing the planning authorities of the urban qualities
of a taller building at this site and of the positive contribution to the city's
lighting strategy by using an innovative lighting scheme.
Judges' comments:
"A powerful urban statement using a minimal palette of natural gray slate and glass - a real "Glasgow" building with ingenious use of modern technology to produce a light, airy, colourful building that literally glows in the dark. Proof that
commercial architecture is not an oxymoron."
Edinburgh Quay, Phase One, Edinburgh
Michael Laird Architects
Michael Laird Architects identified the Lochrin Basin site as a development
opportunity in 1996 and approached Miller Developments. Ultimately a joint venture company, Edinburgh Quay Ltd, was set up with British Waterways to promote the regeneration. It is the first mixed-use canal side development in Scotland.
Judges' comments:
"A wonderful piece of urban placemaking. great use of contemporary commercial
architectural language to set a standard for the continuing redevelopment of a
previously run-down area."
A' Chrannag, Rothesay
G Deveci, Architect
A' Chrannag is located on the edge of the town centre in a brownfield site. The
brief was to build 14 two and three bedroom homes for rent to meet local needs for affordable housing. The client, Fyne Homes, specified that the dwellings should be sustainable and innovative, and that the local community should be encouraged to participate in the planning process.
Judges' comments:
"A great achievement by the architect within a limited budget. intelligent and
sensitive, it enriches the lives of the residents and the wider Rothesay community. Much credit has also to go the client for their enormous enthusiasm and belief in their architect."
The project is exemplary in its commitment to sustainability and to community
involvement.
Scottish Parliament building, Edinburgh
EMBT/RMJM
The vision for the Scottish parliament building was for a unique institution - open,
anti-classical and non-hierarchical. The brief demanded that the building must be
of such a quality, durability and civic importance as to reflect the Parliament's
status and operational needs; it must be secure but also accessible to all people; it must promote modern and efficient ways of working and good environmental practice.
Judges' comments:
"The building has the richness of a small city compressed into a difficult and
demanding site. On one side it is warm and humane, on the other, imbued with an extraordinary richness of architectural references."
Community Centre for Health, Partick
Gareth Hoskins Architects
In 2002 Greater Glasgow NHS Primary Care Trust commissioned the design of a new community centre for health in the Partick area of Glasgow, replacing a day nursery housed previously on the site and combining it with an existing clinic on the adjacent site of Sandy Road. The emphasis of the brief was to provide open flexible spaces that promote an awareness of healthcare in the community but which would allow an evolution for the provision of any future service.
Judges' comments:
"An elegant addition to the townscape, which works both as an urban development and as a sensitive community facility, responding well to the needs of both its users and its staff. A very clear circulation such that the first time visitor can navigate the building with ease."
RIAS ANDREW DOOLAN AWARD FOR ARCHITECTURE
BEST BUILDING IN SCOTLAND
Supported by the Scottish Executive and Mrs Margaret Doolan
£25,000 prize
The award was renamed the RIAS Andrew Doolan Award for Architecture (previously RIAS Award for Architecture) in 2004 in memory of its founder and patron, the architect Andrew Doolan, who died in April of that year. The award would not exist without his extraordinary generosity and vision. The award was established by the RIAS and Andrew Doolan in 2002.
Previous winners of this major Scottish Building Award are:
Dance Base, Edinburgh designed by Malcolm Fraser Architects (2002)
An Turas, Tiree, created by Sutherland Hussey Architects with Jake Harvey, Glen Onwin, Donald Urquhart and Sandra Kennedy (2003)
St Aloysius College, Clavius Building designed by Elder and Cannon Architects (2004).
The judges for the 2005 award are:
Douglas Read, President, Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland & Partner, Dignan Read Dewar Architects LLP, Edinburgh
David Porter, Head of Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow
Kathryn Findlay, Director Ushida Findlay Architects and Director Fieldwork
Architecture at the University of Dundee
Anthony Reddy, President, Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland and Director, Anthony Reddy & Associates, Dublin
The winner will be announced on 5 Oct 2005
RIAS Andrew Doolan Award for Architecture 2005
The RIAS is seeking entries for its annual architecture award, now known as the RIAS Andrew Doolan Award for Architecture, Best Building in Scotland.
Judges for the Best Building in Scotland Awards 2005 included David Porter, Head of Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow School of Art and Kathryn Findlay, Director of Ushida Findlay Architects
RIAS 2005 PR: ANDREW DOOLAN AWARD FOR ARCHITECTURE
Supported by the Scottish Executive and Mrs Margaret Doolan
The RIAS is now seeking entries for its annual architecture award, now
known as the RIAS Andrew Doolan Award for Architecture, Best Building in Scotland.
The objective of this major award is simple - find the best new building in Scotland. Buildings projects of all sizes and types from all over Scotland will be considered.
The architects of the winning building will receive £25,000, making this
the biggest architecture prize in the UK and one of the most significant architecture awards in the world. In 2004 the prize went to Elder and Cannon Architects for St Aloysius College, Clavius Building, Glasgow.
John Pelan, RIAS Director of Communications said:
'The RIAS Andrew Doolan Award for Architecture has established itself as
one of the top architecture prizes in the world. The quality of the buildings that
have been submitted over the last three years show what an incredibly exciting time this is for Scottish architecture. For such a small country, Scotland is definitely punching above its weight.'
The RIAS now invites architects from Scotland and beyond to submit building projects for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Award for Architecture 2005.
RIAS ANDREW DOOLAN AWARD FOR ARCHITECTURE
BEST BUILDING IN SCOTLAND
Supported by the Scottish Executive and Mrs Margaret Doolan
£25,000 prize
The award was renamed the RIAS Andrew Doolan Award for Architecture
(previously RIAS Award for Architecture) in 2004 in memory of its founder and patron, the architect Andrew Doolan, who died in April of that year. The award would not exist without his extraordinary generosity and vision. The award was established by the RIAS and Andrew Doolan in 2002.
Previous winners of the Award are:
Dance Base, (2002)
An Turas (2003)
St Aloysius College (2004).
The judges for the 2005 award are:
Douglas Read, President, Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland &
Partner, Dignan Read Dewar Architects LLP, Edinburgh
David Porter, Head of Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow
Kathryn Findlay, Director Ushida Findlay Architects and Director Fieldwork
Architecture at the University of Dundee
Anthony Reddy, President, Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland and
Director, Anthony Reddy & Associates, Dublin
The deadline for entry is Tue 31st May 2005.
The winner will be announced at a ceremony in September 2005
RIAS Best Building in Scotland 2004
28 Oct
The Winner of the RIAS Award for Architecture 2004:
St Aloysius College, Clavius Building, Glasgow
Elder and Cannon Architects
'Big, tough, unmistakeably Glasgow' building wins RIAS Best Building in Scotland £25,000 prize
St Aloysius College, Clavius Building, Glasgow, designed by Elder and Cannon
Architects has won the RIAS Award for Architecture, Best Building in Scotland 2004.
The award was presented on 28 Oct, at Point Conference Centre, Edinburgh by Mrs Margaret Doolan, mother of the late Andrew Doolan who, with the RIAS, created the award in 2002.
St Aloysius College Clavius Building was completed in Aug 2002 as part of the College's progressive expansion and renewal plan. The "Clavius Building" forms the second phase of the College's masterplan, meeting the requirements for a new Maths, Science and Technology Block for the Upper School, providing 25 specialist classrooms and related facilities and giving the College flexibility to reorganise the existing accommodation.
GORDON MURRAY, Chair of the RIAS Best Building in Scotland Judging Panel and President of the RIAS said:
"This building is a bold contemporary insertion as an end terrace to tenements in a Conservation Area. The building respects this context but responds to it, creating a dialogue not only with the tenement form but also with the Glasgow School of Art by Rennie Mackintosh, its near neighbour. It is an unmistakeably-Glasgow building - big and tough, though full of humanity. It admirably demonstrates how traditional concerns about the integrity of the city can be married to modernist concerns about movement, gathering and an engagement with view and light. That this is done in an urban school is particularly welcome, the daily experience of learning in an environment enriched by the tableaux of a living city."
PATRICIA FERGUSON, Minister for Tourism, Culture & Sport said:
"I offer my warm congratulations to Elder and Cannon Architects and all those
involved in the project.
"St Aloysius College Clavius Building is an imaginative example of how architecture can enrich the lives of those for whom the building is designed. In this case, schoolchildren are learning in an aesthetically pleasing and inspiring environment."
An edition of Artworks, featuring the RIAS Architecture Award, will be broadcast on BBC2 Scotland 28 Oct.
4 PROJECTS COMPETE FOR BEST BUILDING IN SCOTLAND AWARD
RIAS Best Building in Scotland - Sep 2004 PR:
RIAS AWARD FOR ARCHITECTURE
Best Building in Scotland
£25,000 prize donated by Andrew Doolan and Point Hotel
4 new Scottish buildings have been shortlisted for the much-coveted RIAS
Award for Architecture - the UK's biggest architecture prize.
The Best Building in Scotland judging panel - Gordon Murray, RIAS President; Professor Andy MacMillan, Emeritus Professor, Mackintosh School of Architecture; Malcolm Fraser of Malcolm Fraser Architects; and Finnish architect Hennu Kjisik of Harris-Ksijik Architects - visited buildings across Scotland over 3 days in September.
The RIAS Award 2004 shortlisted buildings:-
Eastgate Theatre, Peebles
Architect: Richard Murphy Architects
St Aloysius College, Glasgow
Architect: Elder and Cannon Architects
Maggies Dundee
Design Architect: Frank Gehry (Gehry Partners LLP)
Associate Architect: James F Stephen Architects & Interior Designers
Lotte Glob, Durness, Sutherland
Architect: Gökay Deveci
The winning building will be announced at a ceremony at Point Conference
Centre, Edinburgh. An edition of the BBC Scotland programme, Artworks, will be broadcast on the evening of the announcement.
From the beginning of October the public will have the chance to pick their favourite scottish building from the shortlist.
The RIAS Award for Architecture, Best Building in Scotland was established
in 2002. Its objective is simple: find the best building in Scotland and
reward the architects with £25,000 - the biggest architecture prize in the
UK.
Building projects of all sizes and types - located in Scotland and
designed by an architect - are considered for the award. All longlisted
buildings are visited by a panel of judges. Buildings needed to be
completed by 31 May 2004.
The RIAS Award for Architecture was set up with the support of architect
and businessman, Andrew Doolan and the hotel he designed and owned - Point
Hotel, Edinburgh. Tragically, Andrew died in April 2004.
RIAS Award for Architecture
Best Building in Scotland
£25,000 prize donated by Andrew Doolan and Point Hotel
RIAS Best Building in Scotland Shortlist
Eastgate Theatre and Arts Centre
High St, Peebles
Architect: Richard Murphy Architects
Client: Borders 1996 Company Ltd
£2m
Completed: Mar 2004
St Aloysius College, Clavius Building
29 Scott St, Garnethill, Glasgow
Architect: Elder and Cannon Architects
Client: St Aloysius College, Glasgow
£3m
Completed: Aug 2002
Maggies Centre Dundee
Tom McDonald Avenue, Ninewell's Hospital, Dundee
Architect: Gehry Partners LLP (design architect) with James F Stephen
Architects Interior Designers (associate architect)
Client: Maggie's Centre
£1.3m
Completed: Sep 2003
Lotte Glob House
105 Laid Croft, Loch Eriboll, Durness, Sutherland
Architect: Gokay Deveci
Client: Lotte Glob
£75k
Completed: Nov 2003
The Best Building in Scotland Winner 2003
An Turas, Tiree
Sutherland Hussey Architects with Jake Harvey, Glen Onwin, Donald Urquhart and Sandra Kennedy
RIAS Best Building in Scotland 2003
'LOOKING FOR THE WOW! FACTOR IN SCOTLAND’S NEW BUILDINGS'
The search is on again to find the best new building in Scotland.
Will it be an art gallery, an office block, a hotel, a school, a hospital or even a straw bale house?
A panel of architect judges will be looking for innovative, exciting and imaginative new buildings that have that WOW! factor. The architects of the Best Building in Scotland will receive £25,000, making this the biggest architecture prize in the UK and one of the biggest in the world.
Last year the RIAS Award for Architecture was won by Malcolm Fraser Architects for Dance Base studios in Edinburgh's Grassmarket, a building described by the judges as 'simple, direct, good architecture'. Dance Base faced stiff competition from many other fantastic new Scottish projects and it is guaranteed that this year's panel will have just as difficult a time choosing the best building.
John Pelan, RIAS Director of Communications said:
"This is an incredibly exciting time for Scottish architecture. Throughout the country architects are designing and building clever, functional, and aesthetically pleasing new buildings - buildings which have a positive long-term impact on Scotland's culture, economy, communities and environment.
The RIAS Award for Architecture recognises the enormous talent within the architectural profession, much of it home-grown, which is helping to restore Scotland to its rightful place as an international centre of design excellence."
The judges for the Best Building in Scotland 2003 Award are:
Andrew Doolan, Andrew Doolan Architects, Edinburgh
Irene Barkley, President, Edinburgh Architectural Association
Professor Andy MacMillan, Mackintosh School of Architecture
Julia Barfield, Marks Barfield Architects, London
The closing date for entries to the RIAS Award for Architecture, Best Building in Scotland is 30 May 2003.
RIAS Best Building in Scotland - PR, 27 Sep 2002
The Best Building in Scotland is … a dance studio
Architects win £25,000 - UK’s biggest architecture prize
Dance Base studios in Grassmarket, Edinburgh, designed by Malcolm Fraser Architects, has won the RIAS Award for Architecture - Best Building in Scotland 2002. The judges were Andrew Doolan, architect and businessman; Gordon Davies, RIAS President; Professor Andy MacMillan; and Benedetta Tagliabue, EMBT architects.
The architects were presented with a cheque for £25,000 at the Point Conference Centre, Edinburgh.
Dance Base is a £5m project employing a use of existing buildings, new build and the natural landscape. The judges said about the winning scheme:
“Dance Base is a facility for all whose well-being will be enhanced by an awareness of movement in space. It is a most enjoyable and clever sequence of well-conceived spaces and circulation. Simple, direct, good architecture, memorable rooms and immaculate contemporary details. A clever solution to a difficult site.
There is innovative use of natural light and views out which anchor the building in its unique location below the castle. This is a building which embraces everyone. The jury suggests that the proposal to let the building spill out into the Grassmarket would enhance the project and add an architectural dimension out of Edinburgh liveliest spaces”
51 buildings were submitted to the award, 14 of which were visited. The other five shortlisted buildings were: Stirling Tolbooth by Richard Murphy Architects; Mount Stuart Visitor Centre, Isle of Bute by Munkenbeck + Marshall; New Byre Theatre, St Andrews by Nicoll Russell Studios; and Graham Square housing by McKeown Alexander Architects.
DETAILS OF SHORTLISTED PROJECTS
WINNER
Dance Base
Architect: Malcolm Fraser Architects
Client: Dance Base
Completed: Jun 2001
Project cost: £5m
Also Shortlisted:
Stirling Tolbooth
Graham Square, New Build 3
Mount Stuart Visitor’s Centre
The New Byre Theatre, St Andrews
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