Architecture & Design Scotland

A new campaign has been launched to highlight the vital role that design plays in creating successful places across Scotland. Architecture and Design Scotland, Scotland’s design agency for place, launched the Value of Design campaign to showcase how thoughtful design can transform communities,

With more individuals and organisations looking at the potential for more housing in Scotland’s town centres, design agency Architecture and Design Scotland will host a discussion on Wednesday 17 April about how to work together and use design to deliver liveable town centres.

More than 200 people have taken part in a series of events to inspire and influence the drive to have more people living in Scotland’s town and city centres.

Kieran Findlay is joined by Steve Malone and Johnny Cadell, both principal architects at Architecture & Design Scotland, and Grant Baxter, the planning & building standards team leader at Clackmannanshire Council, to tell the story of a town centre development at Primrose Street in Alloa. To

Housing minister Paul McLennan MSP has officially opened Townhead House, Kingdom Housing Association’s £8.9 million dementia-friendly development at Primrose Place, Alloa. The 60 affordable new homes, all for social rent, have been designed to support Clackmannanshire Council’s sus

Six local authorities have been confirmed for the Key Agencies Group collaborative support offer following today’s release of the new Scottish Government guidance for producing Local Development Plans (LDPs). Pilot work on the Collaborative Local Development Plan Offer will be taken forward wi

A charity with ambitious plans to create a flagship complex-needs facility has engaged its service users in the design phase with support from Architecture and Design Scotland (A&DS). Scotland’s design champion, which typically supports the design of publicly-funded projects, has supp

Architecture and Design Scotland’s Climate Action Towns project brought together people from across the country to celebrate achievements and exchange ideas on howto take community action on the climate emergency.

A report that highlights the barriers and constraints to town centre living and identifies some good practice case studies has been published today. ‘Town Centre Living – more homes at the heart of great places’  was produced by the Scottish Futures Trust with input from

Architecture and Design Scotland has launched a new event series for practitioners and decision-makers to get together and learn from each other to collectively tackle key challenges.

An open day has been held for a new housing development in Primrose Place, Alloa. The development is a partnership project between Kingdom Housing Association, Clackmannanshire Council, and The Scottish Government and was developed in collaboration with Architecture and Design Scotland (A&D

Architecture and Design Scotland, Scotland’s design agency, has launched its review of 2022 highlighting its achievements and announced details of its work in 2023. As Scotland adopts a new National Planning Framework – with place at its heart –Architecture and Design Scotland will

Seven towns have been chosen to help tackle the impact of climate change and secure a just transition to net zero. The Climate Action Towns programme launched by the Scottish Government will empower communities to come together and engage in collective climate action, taking account of the unique ch

Architecture and Design Scotland, Scotland’s design champion, has today launched its 10-year corporate strategy, calling for collaboration to ensure Scotland’s places are created for the benefit of people in Scotland and ensuring that the voice of communities is central to how places are

Three projects funded by the Social Housing and Green Infrastructure Fund are set to be launched at this year's Scottish Federation of Housing Association's (SFHA) annual Development Conference.