Useful Links

Below are links a range of organisations we work with or work in architecture, design and the built environment.  

Partner Organisations

Commission for Architecture and the Built Environement (CABE)  www.cabe.org.uk

Design Commission for Wales - http://www.dcfw.org/

ScottishArchitecture.com

The Lighthouse  - Scotland's Centre for Architecture, Design and the City - www.thelighthouse.co.uk

SUST - http://www.sust.org/

Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/

Built Environment Forum For Scotland (BEFS) http://www.befs.org.uk/

The Scottish Renaissance Towns Initiative http://scottishrenaissancetowns.com/

Scottish Government and other public bodies

Scottish Government Architecture and Place Division (APD)

Scottish Government Planning Department

Scottish Government Health Department  Property and Capital Planning Division (section on Design Quality) - http://www.pcpd.scot.nhs.uk/design.htm?

Historic Scotland - http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/

The Sustainable Development Commission - The Scottish Government's independent advisory body on sustainable development.    www.sd-commission.org.uk/scotland.php

Professional Bodies

RIAS - The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland - http://www.rias.org.uk/

RIBA - Royal Institute of British Architects - www.riba.org

RICS - Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors - http://www.rics.org/

RTPI - The Royal Town Planning Institute - http://www.rtpi.org.uk/rtpi_in_scotland/

Landscape Institute -the Royal Chartered body for Landscape Architects - www.landscapeinstitute.org

Education / Research Organisations

Centre for the Built Environment - Glasgow Caledonian University - http://www.cbe.org.uk/

Department of Urban Studies, Glasgow University - http://www.gla.ac.uk/urbanstudies/

School of the Built Environment - Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh. http://www.sbe.hw.ac.uk/

Schools of Architecture - see RIAS - www.rias.org.uk/content/default.asp?page=s5_4

Town planning - for a full list of university courses accredited by the RTPI  - see www.rtpi.org.uk/education_and_careers/education/

ScotMARK - Scottish Matrix for Architectural Research and Knowledge http://www.scotmark.eca.ac.uk/

Building Connections - a resource for schools which aims to help teachers and pupils by providing a stimulating and extensive range of educational materials, ideas and case studies that can enrich learning and teaching across the entire curriculum. www.buildingconnections.co.uk

Voluntary sector / Campaign organisations

Scottish Ecological Design Association - http://www.seda2.org/

Urban Design Alliance (UDAL)- http://www.udal.org.uk/

Scottish Civic Trust - http://www.scottishcivictrust.org.uk/

Civic Trust - http://www.civictrust.org.uk/

Urban Design Group http://www.udg.org.uk/  

Centre for Accessible Environments  http://www.cae.org.uk/

The Carbon Trust -  www.thecarbontrust.co.uk

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