A&DS & RIAS Scottish Student Awards for Architecture 2026 shortlist

We're delighted to announce the shortlisted students for the A&DS and RIAS Scottish Student Awards for Architecture 2026.

This year, we received more than 70 entries from the five Scottish schools of architecture. After much discussion and careful consideration, our judges selected a shortlist across five categories that showcases some of the most exciting and inspiring student work in Scotland today.

The awards celebrate the talent, creativity and fresh thinking coming out of Scotland's architecture schools, giving us a glimpse into the future of the profession and the ideas that could shape our built environment for years to come.

Thank you to everyone who entered and shared their work with us. The quality of submissions was incredibly high, and we extend our congratulations to all of the students who have been shortlisted.

RIAS Rowand Anderson Silver Medal for Best 5th Year Student (Category 1)

• Civic Praxis by Marcelina Anna Janas, Mackintosh School of Architecture
• After Extraction, RE-commissioning, RE-use and RE-mediation at Leith Dock by Daisy Foster, Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
• Nourishing Life; Restoring Yangsheng along the Fangjia Hutong by Alexander Gordon Greig, Mackintosh School of Architecture
• The Eucalyptus Project: O Caminho dos Baldios by Bridget Schneider, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design
• Caravanserai of Spoken and Written Word by Mats Borgen, Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture

A&DS Best Third Year Student Award (Category 2)

• Klambra - Reykjavik Rewilding Centre by Amelia Mackintosh, Mackintosh School of Architecture
• Earthsea by Ailsa Jane Carrigan, Mackintosh School of Architecture
• Vaulting the Cordiner's Edge: Crafting Lost Grounds by Xindi Su, Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
• A CENTER FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT by Maxwell Raymond Berner, Mackintosh School of Architecture
• The Living City by Claire Aiken, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design
• Vessels of Tapestry: Anchoring On by Hannah Geng, Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture

A&DS Urban Design Award (Category 3):

• After Extraction, RE-commissioning, RE-use and RE-mediation at Leith Dock by Daisy Foster, Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
• A Village Between Waters: Revealing the Hidden Polder Landscapes of Vrouwenpolder by Antonia Graham and Charlie Young, Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
• Govan Makes: Cultural Framework & The Lyceum Theatre of Making by Tyrese Tackie, University of Strathclyde
• Nourishing Life; Restoring Yangsheng along the Fangjia Hutong by Alexander Gordon Greig, Mackintosh School of Architecture
• The Doric Commons by Lucas Pradel, Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment
• Entangles Interfaces by Siya Kulkarni, Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture

A&DS Designing in a Changing Climate Award (Category 4):

• Civic Praxis by Marcelina Anna Janas, Mackintosh School of Architecture
• Earthsea by Ailsa Jane Carrigan, Mackintosh School of Architecture
• A Village Between Waters: Revealing the Hidden Polder Landscapes of Vrouwenpolder by Antonia Graham and Charlie Young, Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
• Entangles Interfaces by Siya Kulkarni, Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture

RIAS Andy MacMillan Drawing Award (Category 5):

• Civic Praxis by Marcelina Anna Janas, Mackintosh School of Architecture
• After Extraction, RE-commissioning, RE-use and RE-mediation at Leith Dock by Daisy Foster, Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
• Becoming Architecture - Metamorphosis as Metabolic Flux by Davide Uccello, Duncan Jordanstone College of Art & Design
• Nourishing Life; Restoring Yangsheng along the Fangjia Hutong by Alexander Gordon Greig, Mackintosh School of Architecture
• Caravanserai of Spoken and Written Word by Mats Borgen, Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
• Entangles Interfaces by Siya Kulkarni, Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture