Our Design Advice workshop guidance document, with contact details for anyone looking to learn more about our programme of work.
(updated August 2018)
Assisting those responsible for the development of the built environment by offering informed advice on the design quality of proposals.
Find out more about Local Design Review Panels
This service will support a small number of selected Local Authorities to develop spatial plans for places which prioritise decarbonisation.
The Garden of the Senses: Amber Roberts is a landscape architect - in this blog she writes about age-friendly design in Stockholm - a caring place.
The Andy MacMillan Memorial Lecture 2019 is given by Ben Addy, Guest Judge of the A&DS and RIAS Scottish Student Awards for Architecture 2019.
A&DS has developed a series of Case Studies to illustrate how the Place Standard tool has been used within the planning process.
A&DS has developed a series of Case Studies to illustrate how the Place Standard tool has been used within the planning process.
A&DS has developed a series of Case Studies to illustrate how the Place Standard tool has been used within the planning process.
A&DS has developed a series of Case Studies to illustrate how the Place Standard tool has been used within the planning process.
This series of case studies from A&DS illustrates how the Place Standard tool has been used in a variety of ways.
Our Health Design Advice service, delivered with Health Facilities Scotland, helps those who commission new, or substantially redeveloped, facilities.
One of our key areas of work is to provide advice on design - A&DS supports investment in homes and public buildings, and everything in between.
