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Modern school courtyard with brick buildings, blue trampoline, green grass, paved pathway, and partly cloudy sky.

Shared Learning Event: Sensory Inclusive Learning Environments

24/06/26 - 10:00 am

Online (Microsoft Teams)

A group of people sit around a white table with multi coloured notes and pens

We are hiring: Design Officer (Fixed-term opportunity)

Three board members sat on a oval table during a meeting.

Why now is the moment to join the Architecture and Design Scotland Board

Architecture and Design Scotland board members sat down in a meeting.

Could you be one of our new Board Members?

Collage of three photos taken from an exhibition of people interactive with models and maps.

Board recruitment information session

25/03/26 - 18:30 pm

People sat down at an event in the background with a Mic stand in the foreground.

Could you be the Chair of Architecture and Design Scotland?

People sat down at an event in the background with a Mic stand in the foreground.

Chair recruitment information session

25/02/26 - 18:30 pm

A multi-level modern interior featuring stone walls and open spaces, with people reading and working in a bright, inviting atmosphere.

A new direction: roundtable sessions

05/02/26 - 13:30 pm

In-person (Edinburgh and Glasgow) and online

AI in the City Public Forum over the backdrop of a digital world and a scottish landmark.

Public forum: AI in the City

30/10/25 - 18:00 pm

Edinburgh Futures Institute

Modern university buildings flank a tree-lined walkway under a clear blue sky, with people strolling leisurely through the buildings.

The Recap: A weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland

Peter Barber presents the 2025 RSA Metzstein Lecture

The Recap: A weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland

The entrance to the A Fragile Correspondence exhibition at V&A Dundee

The Recap: A weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland

People talking around an air fryer at the Place Standard Armadale event.

The Recap: A weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland

Flood resilience design including an integral swale with plants and bridges leading up to the houses at the Inverness Housing Expo

The Recap: A weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland

Andy Burnham, Greater Manchester Mayor speaking at the Design For Planet Festival 2024.

The Recap: A weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland

Elevation of exising building in the Linen Quarter after refurbishment

The Recap: A weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland

A bird's eye view of the Edinburgh Futures Institute Campus

The Recap: A weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland

Board Member Lynn Wilson dishing out the awards. Image credit: Stuart Hay, RIAS

The Recap: A weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland

A group of people listen stand outside the Riverside Museum in Glasgow, listening to a tour guide.

The Recap: A weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland

Rachel filming outside at V&A Dundee.

The Recap: A weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland

All Architecture and Design Scotland staff pose for a photo together behind a table in a boardroom.

The Recap: A weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland

The words RIAS Andy MacMillan Memorial lecture above a blue background and a building beside it.

Andy MacMillan Memorial Lecture 2024

09/10/24 - 18:00 pm

Civic House, 26 Civic Street, Glasgow, G49RH

Value of Design podcast graphic line drawing portraits of a man and a woman.

The Recap: A weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland

People talking during a walk tour beside a community garden in Stranraer.

The Recap: A weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland

Partly built tents for the Edinburgh Book Festival on Edinburgh Futures Institute grounds.

The Recap: A weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland

Locals walking through a square amidst Barcelona's Superblocks.

The Recap: A weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland

People dancing at the West Fest Ceilidh at St Mungo Square, University of Glasgow.

What next for place? Unlocking the power of place: design, data & collaboration

18/09/24 - 09:30 am

Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW

The Kelpies on a sunny day with people cycling and walking around the greenspace around it.

The Recap: A weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland

A photograph fo the river Mersey in Liverpool with buildings on both sides of the image and a brick buildingin in the foreground

The Recap: A weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland

A group of people standing in front of Arthurs Seat in Edinburgh holding framed award certificates

The Recap: A weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland

An illustration of Benarty showcasing a green spaces for community food, outdoor classrooms, playwark and an adjacent active travel network.

The Recap: A weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland

An architectural sketch of green space in a town centre with people sitting and walking in the area.

Preventative design: how to build healthy, sustainable communities

19/06/24 - 11:00 am

Online - Microsoft Teams

A man wearing a suit sitting in a chair in a glass building, facing a woman in a striped top with a camera phone on a tripod between them.

The Recap: A weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland

A lecture theatre with the backs of group of people watching a speaker with two large screens above her

The Recap: a weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland

People pointing at a physical version of the Place Standard tool during a workshop in Benarty.

The Recap: a weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland

A garden with wide footpath and seating area located nearby a block of flats.

The Recap: a weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland

A group of women sat on chairs during the panel session at the Climate Action Towns Gathering and resource launch.

The Recap: a weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland

An illustration of blackburn town centre with green spaces, active travel routes and a bus stop.

How do you work outside your ‘red line’ to deliver liveable town centres?

17/04/24 - 12:00 pm

LinkedIn Live (online)

A collage of images of people from across Scotland who have been part of the Climate Action Towns project

Climate Action Towns: Gathering and resource launch

28/03/24 - 12:30 pm

The Engine Shed, Forthside Way Stirling FK8 1QZ

A person typing on a laptop.

Our plan: we want to hear from you

Landscape of a rural setting with forests and wind turbines in the distance.

Place Forum: Thinking big, thinking beyond

22/11/23 - 11:00 am

Online (Microsoft Teams)

An illustration of two people at a podcast setting speaking into a microphone.

Place Conversations: Warm homes in a changing climate

28/09/23 - 12:30 pm

LinkedIn Live (online)

Event attendees at the Architecture Fringe Summer Programme listening in at the Fruit Market Gallery.

Wrapping up the Architecture Fringe 2023 Summer Programme

A photograph of a storefront with the words The Stove Cafe written in white on black background. A number of rainbow colour flags are visible in the main window.

Place Design Scotland launches webinar series

An architectural image of new build passivhause flats for Midlothian Council. There are car parked in front of the flats with trees and people walking around it

Place Forum: towards zero carbon places - making it happen

07/06/23 - 11:00 am

Online Microsoft Teams

A collage of 12 portraits from the 2023 Scottish Design Awards judging panel.

Architecture and Design Scotland joins Scottish Design Awards 2023 jury

An illustration of a child riding a bike with their sibling. There are buildings in the background with people walking and running.

Place Forum: the power of place in child poverty and cost of living crisis

01/03/23 - 11:00 am

Online via Teams

Reflections and projections: our work in 2023

25/01/23 - 11:00 am

Online MS Teams

People sitting around a table during a LLTNP workshop in Strathard.

LAUDF16: Collaborative approaches to 20-minute neighbourhoods

23/11/22 - 11:00 am

Architecture and Design Scotland, 9 Bakehouse Close, Canongate, Edinburgh, EH8 8DD

a dark grey plan of a city - Glasgow - with a number of buildings and structures coloured in bright colours and geometric shapes

Andy MacMillan memorial lecture: The Glasgow affects - Paul Stallan

27/10/22 - 18:00 pm

Collective Architecture 13 Bath Street, 4th Floor Glasgow G2 1HY

A group of people sit on a canal-side in Venice in front of a yellow building with a large poster

Can you help us spread the word about Scotland + Venice 2023?

A pencil illustration birds-eye view of a rural community along a river, showing green fields, and a cluster of buildings.

Climate Week 2022: Designing for a changing climate

27/09/22 - 12:30 pm

A portrait of Heather Chapple

Team news: Heather Chapple to leave Architecture and Design Scotland

Welcome to our two new board members

A traditional historic building in Scotland with stone facade on a sunny day.

Climate change and damp in older buildings

30/06/22 - 12:30 pm

Stone Repair and Restoration CPD

28/04/22 - 12:30 pm

A architectural sketch for a proposed ice rink using an industrial site under railway arches.

Small but local: rethinking public spaces in post-pandemic times

A young woman with her head laying on a copper disk and holding a card with the words 'I wish...'

Reflections on 2021

A photograph of a person walking away from the camera between two full bookshelves of colourful library books

Reflections from Learning Places Scotland conference

A view of planet earth from space with swirling clouds, the sea and the African continent.

COP26: Architecture and Design Scotland staff reflect on events

Student Awards 2020: a look at this year’s winners

A photograph of a large sheet of paper with a man writing notes from a conference. The sheet is already covered in writing in multiple colours.

Reflections from the Education Buildings Scotland conference

An exhibition of green and purple blocks with text on them with blurred outlines of school pupils exploring the exhibition.

Present Voices – Future Lives: Housing to 2040 exhibition

01/02/20 - 13:00 pm

The Lighthouse, Glasgow, G1 3NU

An illustration of the Place Standard wheel with bright colours and people around it. 'the Place Standard' is written in the centre.

The Place Standard Tool will build a planning system to empower all citizens

A conference taking place in a large room where the delegates are sitting around round tables with white table cloths and coloured exhibition panels hang from the balcony above

Making Place international conference takes place in Glasgow

A birds eye view of a large group of students in the reception area of the Lighthouse in Glasgow

A&DS and RIAS Scottish Student Awards for Architecture 2018 results

Three elderly people walking across a street hand in hand.

Invitation to discuss caring places

A photograph of an urban street at night - in Mannheim Germany - people cross the road in front of a tram.

Co-producing quality places: when places change

A photograph of an urban street at night - in Mannheim Germany - people cross the road in front of a tram.

Co-producing quality places: passion and participation

A photograph of an urban street at night - in Mannheim Germany - people cross the road in front of a tram.

Co-producing quality places: Green City Hotel

A photograph of an urban street at night - in Mannheim Germany - people cross the road in front of a tram.

Co-producing quality places: learning for the Place Standard

A photograph of an urban street at night - in Mannheim Germany - people cross the road in front of a tram.

Co-producing quality places: the importance of stories

A photograph of an urban street at night - in Mannheim Germany - people cross the road in front of a tram.

Co-producing quality places: citizens, systems and outcomes

A photograph of an urban street at night - in Mannheim Germany - people cross the road in front of a tram.

Co-producing quality places: galvanising neighbourhoods

An illustration of the Place Standard wheel with bright colours and people around it. 'the Place Standard' is written in the centre.

Learning about the Place Standard

Three people having a conversation about the Place Standard tool beside a building while holding paper.

The Place Standard: its origins and early examples

A photograph of the interior of an innovative market hall in Rotterdam which includes apartments looking into a covered market hall with large scale graphics of plants and flowers

Region making and the power of regions - Winy Maas

Two large outdoor chess sets placed on a pavement at the Scotland's Housing Expo with houses in the background.

Architecture and the street: Reflections on Scotland’s Housing Expo 2010

A smiling elderly woman wearing glasses is looking at a smartphone screen.

Visions of a better future: care home design

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