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Two of the A&DS Climate Action Towns project team members in a workshop with two members of the public.

Climate Action Towns funded for a second year

A portrait of Heather Chapple

Team news: Heather Chapple to leave Architecture and Design Scotland

A&DS and RIAS Scottish Student Awards for Architecture 2022

Welcome to our two new board members

A man standing in the middle of a rural road on the Isle of Mull looking at hills in the distance.

Five lessons learned from taking climate action at a local level

A view from the ground to a canopy of rainbow coloured umbrellas against a blue sky

Green recovery: a cross-agency approach

A composite image of portraits of five people who have participated in the climate action towns project

Reflections from year one of the Climate Action Towns project

Two single-story attached houses with grey coloured roofs and timber facades, set against a rural landscape on Ulva island.

Rural futures

A photograph of a landscape made of lego bricks showing a sustainable home designed by a school pupil

Design for the Future competition – Western Isles winners

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 boy in a dimly lit exhibition space looking up at postcards hanging from the ceiling. The postcards contain wishes of citizens for the future of their place.

What if…?/ Scotland: Shared hopes, dreams and wishes for our places

Design for planet: time for design to shine

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

An illustration of Midsteeple town centre with people shopping, walking and playing in the high street.

Seven Scottish ‘climate action towns’ to help just transition

The phrase "yes we can" is written with scrabble letter tiles.

Scotland can inspire the world as COP comes to Glasgow

An architectural drawing of a cross section of a proposed community centre.

Student awards 2021: interview with Gergana Negovanska

two drawings side by side - on the left hand side a woman looks across a landscape in front of two towers and on the right there is a corridor leading to a viewing platform

Student awards 2021: interview with Tiia Partanen

an architectural drawing in beige and light blue showing a market place with access to wells

Student awards 2021: interview with Rachel Dunne

The results for A&DS and RIAS Student Awards for Architecture 2021

A graphic of an arm of a demolition machine tearing down part of a building.

Can we re-use our way to net zero?

Shortlist for the A&DS and RIAS Scottish Student Awards for Architecture 2021

A child and adult walk into a building with a sign board on the left-hand side of a green door.

The future will be local

A drawing of people sitting on top of big 3-dimensional letters that form the words "there is no planet B" at a street party.

Carbon conscious places are people places

People walking along a high street in Scotland.

Scotland’s towns and the climate emergency

An older man works on a raised vegetable bed surrounded by green plants.

Getting our towns climate-ready with blue and green infrastructure

An illustration of Midsteeple town centre with people shopping, walking and playing in the high street.

Glasgow City Region: choosing to flourish in our future climate

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

If you’re not part of the solution… how the public sector can deliver better places

Illustration of planet earth with clouds in the background and the words 'Climate Emergency Training' in the foreground.

Designing a lower carbon Scotland

An illustrative drawing of a row of buildings from a town centre drawn on an easel.

Learning from Midsteeple Quarter, Dumfries

A drawing of people enjoying a large outdoor space with plants, trees, paths and benches. A bridge and a few buildings are visible in the background.

What is a whole-place collaborative approach and why does it matter?

A group of people sitting at small tables outside a cafe on a sunny day

The end of the high street, or a step in its evolution?

A drawing of people sitting on top of big 3-dimensional letters that form the words "there is no planet B" at a street party.

How has the pandemic changed the way we look at our places?

People walking through Glasgow high street.

What is a place and why does it matter?

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

Corporate Plan 2021-31 launched

An architectural drawing of Glasgow Film Theatre the main part of the image is black and white with a key section highlighted in a warm red colour

Creating uplifting interiors for Glasgow Film Theatre

A drawing of the Place Principle method with words 'shared ambitions..align efforts'

Introducing a place-based approach to housing

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

An architectural image of a birds-eye view of Glasgow Green with a proposed development including a large arch

Student Awards 2020: our winners look to the future

An architectural sketch of a high street and housing in a town centre with trees, grass and water running alongside it.

Design in a changing climate: new report launched

An architectural concept of Paisley town centre's street and buildings to illustrate how repurposing historic places sustainably could look.

Repurposing and sustainable placemaking

A close up of a chalk rainbow on a brown pavement surface

Building resilience in a crisis

Vacant plot of land surrounded by flowers, bushes, grass and buildings around it.

The value of vacant and derelict land

A person holding a sign up with the words 'There is No Planet B' at a rally.

Architecture education must respond to the climate crisis

A close up photograph of a vegetable patch with rows of leeks sticking out of the brown soil

What is the role for community based urban food production?

An aerial shot of Melbourne on a sunny day showing skyscrapers, trees, and roads.

Greening the grey: lessons from Melbourne

The exterior of the Timber Awards Winning Project Macallan Distillers Visitor Experience Centre. The building's wavy design and green roof give the appearance of rolling hills.

World’s most co-ordinated distillery: Macallan Distillery and Visitor Experience

A dark auditorium in a cinema with a screen lit up with light around its edges.

A new room in the city: Glasgow Film Theatre

A modern house building with larch cladding with Arthur Seat and the Crags in the distance.

Low carbon living: designing 22 Observatory Road

A photograph of a small timber clad building sat in a Scottish landscape, the building has a large corner window.

New Steading: a magical little building in a glorious spot

A photograph of a small timber clad building sat in a Scottish landscape, the building has a large corner window.

Best Use of Timber Awards 2019 exhibition

A group of people stand on a concrete foundation on a building site with the sea, hills and blue skies visible behind

Housing to 2040 voices: the client’s experience | Dunbeg

An aerial shot of the Paisley town centre showing a parking lot and an empty space behind existing buildings.

Housing to 2040 voices: the resident’s experience | Paisley

A group of people stand on a concrete foundation on a building site with the sea, hills and blue skies visible behind

Housing to 2040 voices: the architect’s experience | Dunbeg

A workshop with a large group of people sitting around a table looking at plans and drawings

Housing to 2040 voices: the community contact’s experience | Dunbeg

An aerial shot of the Paisley town centre showing a parking lot and an empty space behind existing buildings.

Housing to 2040 voices: the architect’s experience | Paisley

A black and white photograph of two adults and a child facing away from the camera underneath large umbrellas

Shared mobility and quality living

A young woman cycles across a junction in Copenhagen on a snowy day.

Hedonistic urbanism: translating self-interest to social good

The sun shining on sheep grazing in a field under electricity pylons in Scotland.

Planning for the transformation of energy

A photograph of a building model featuring a sail like roof

A&DS and RIAS Scottish Student Awards for Architecture 2019 – The Results

A public art sculpture consisting of the words 'Amazing Toyama' and a large white square that frames the white traditional Toyama Castle, a reconstructed flatland style castle flanked by a moat.

A caring place: Toyama as a city to suit its citizens

An elderly person walks with a mobility aid along a pedestrian path surrounded by trees - the garden and care homes are set within a wider urban parkland

Stockholm’s garden of the senses

Volunteers of Cycling Without Age and elderly people pose for a group photo in a park on trishaws.

Cycling without age: part two

A carer shows a disabled woman from Blackwood Homes how to use a tablet.

Promoting independent living at Blackwood Homes

A member of the Albion Trust Team smiles while listening to someone in a conversation.

Repurposing Norton Park

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

A caring place: digital connections

A row of modern terrace tenements/houses in Scotland made of multi-coloured bricks.

Housing choice

Clycling Without Age volunteers and elderly people pose for a group photo in front of a pond in a park. Some are holding red balloons.

Cycling without age: part one

A man using a miter saw in a room to cut wood.

Seven thoughts on the circular economy

A photograph of a yellow toilet signs in an airport.

We need to talk about toilets!

A man wearing a white hat and black jacket walking on a street pass a wall of shutters.

Can urban living be suitable for older people?

A black and white image of an armchair with the word 'Sunflower Lounge' beneath it.

Making public places better for everyone

An illustration of a person water plants. The illustration is white with a yellow backdrop.

Good accessible design is good for everyone

A photograph of the river front in Dundee with V&A Dundee in the background and a woman relaxing on a lounger in the sunshine, and a man looking across the Tay

Walkable and caring town centres

A mirror cube in a centre of a green space on top of a wooden decking with trees and buildings around it. There are two people looking at the cube.

Andy MacMillan Memorial Lecture 2018 – Sarah Castle, Director, IF_DO

A group of people walk behind a young man playing the bagpipes down a narrow lane of stone buildings with a large inflatable smiling mouth visible in the background

Venetians adopt Happenstance as their own free space

A picture of the facade of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh

A caring place: presentation at Cross Party Group

An elderly man using a cane to walk down a long road with trees growing on each side of the road.

Regeneration with care in mind

An elderly woman wearing glasses looks to the right.

The joy of having a project

A person wearing a black hoodie walks on an empty high street.

How can we use design to help create a caring place?

a group of young children play underneath a multi coloured inflatable object.

The Happenstance: freeing people to think about free space

An elderly woman wearing a black coat crosses the street in a housing area in Scotland.

Could a ‘caring town’ housing concept transform our age?

An elderly man using a laptop on a desk beside a window.

DIY smart living: creating a caring place

An elderly lady wearing an apron washing carrots in the kitchen sink.

Re-imagining age and home

People walking across a road in Glasgow in front of a row of houses and cars.

Why can't we live in town centres again?

A woman watering plants in a community garden.

From eyesores to empowered spaces: getting Stalled Spaces off the ground

A person writing on a yellow sticky note during a workshop.

Place Standard: housing in Shetland

A person writing on a yellow sticky note during a workshop.

Place Standard: testing the tool in Irvine

A photograph of the coastline in Lerwick, Shetland, with the hills covered in snow

Place Standard: corporate working in Shetland

A group of people walking away from the camera at dusk through a high street

Place Standard: Arbroath

A person writing on a yellow sticky note during a workshop.

Place Standard: discussing growth in South Queensferry

A person writing on a yellow sticky note during a workshop.

Place Standard: Carnegie – three communities test the Place Standard Tool

A person standing by a roadside looking out across the landscape in Cairngorms National Park.

Scottish Scenic Routes initiative

A member of the public wearing an orange shirt reads a book in park at Kelvingrove, Glasgow.

Sir Harry Burns lecture on wellness

An elderly woman wearing glasses looks to the right.

Dementia-friendly design: what is it and why is it important?

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