Our Design Advice workshop guidance document, with contact details for anyone looking to learn more about our programme of work.
(updated August 2018)
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
The focus of this series is on supporting better place quality through considering location and place priorities for new housing led developments.
Scotland’s climate is changing. How Scotland’s places are adapted and used can help futureproof against the impacts of climate change.
The Andy MacMillan 2020 Memorial Lecture will take place on Thursday 24th of September at 6pm with Jude Barber of Collective Architecture speaking.
Across our built environment schools, we looked at the ways Scotland’s architecture degree showcases are being held online this year.
Ian O'Brien writes about the challenges of building in a remote location, and the opportunities of using timber from a storm-felled oak.
In our Annual Review of 2019 we look at how the work we do supports the Place Principle.
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.