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EAA Awards 2015 Winners
EAA Results Announced
1 Apr 2015
The Edinburgh Architectural Association Awards were announced and presented at a drinks reception in the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation (Ed – since renamed Edinburgh Climate Change Institute) on Tuesday 31st March, attended by around one hundred architects, sponsors and their guests. The EAA Building of the Year Award for 2015 went to Advocate’s Close by Morgan McDonnell Architecture.
EAA Awards 2015 Winners News
Forty Six entries were submitted this year and 19 short-listed projects were visited by the judging panel in March 2015. Awards were made in five categories: Building of the Year; Conservation and Regeneration; Small Project, Wood and Ambassador. The judging panel comprised of Susan Edington – The Haining Charitable Trust, Annabel Cooper – Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation, Donald Canavan RIAS – EAA President, Beth Fraser RIAS – EAA Council Member.
In each category there was a clear winner, however as the standard was very high a number of commendations were also given.
The full shortlist and results are:
EAA Awards 2015 Building of the Year
Building of the Year: Sponsored by Kawneer UK Ltd
Advocate’s Close – Morgan McDonnell Architecture
Arcadia Nursery – Malcolm Fraser Architects
Charlotte Square – Morgan McDonnell Architecture
West End Medical Practice – Page / Park Architects
WINNER: Advocate’s Close – Morgan McDonnell Architecture
COMMENDATION: Arcadia Nursery – Malcolm Fraser Architects
Edinburgh Architectural Association Awards Regeneration and Conservation
Regeneration and Conservation: Sponsored by Permavent Ltd
Advocate’s Close – Morgan McDonnell Architecture
Bonnington House – Benjamin Tindall Architects
Charlotte Square – Morgan McDonnell Architecture
The Studio and Potterrow Student Housing – LDN Architects
Southside Mill – WT Architecture
WINNER: Advocate’s Close – Morgan McDonnell Architecture
COMMENDATION: Southside Mill – WT Architecture
photo ©WT Architecture
Edinburgh Architectural Association Awards Small Projects
Small Projects: Sponsored By Denfind Stone Ltd
Branching Out – David Blaikie Architects
Loch Leven Viewpoint – Icosis Architects
38 Ravelston Dykes – Richard Murphy Architects
St Martin of Tours Episcopal Church – Lee Boyd
WINNER: Loch Leven Viewpoint – Icosis Architects
photo ©Icosis Architects
Ambassador Award
Ambassador Award: Sponsored by Russwood Ltd
Beefeater Gin Visitor Centre – Lee Boyd
Mid Rock House – WT Architecture
Speirs Centre – LDN Architects
WINNER: Speirs Centre – LDN Architects
photo ©John McPike
Wood Award
Wood Award: Sponsored by Forestry Commission Scotland and Wood for Good
Arcadia Nursery – Malcolm Fraser Architects
Infinite Space – David Blaikie Architects
Loch Leven Viewpoint – Icosis Architects
WINNER: Arcadia Nursery – Malcolm Fraser Architects
photo ©Angus Bremner Photography
Congratulations to all of the winners, and thank you to everyone shortlisted and all that submitted. More information and images from the Awards will follow shortly on the EAA website www.eaa.org.uk
All Winners and shortlisted entries are still on view at the RIAS, 15 Rutland Square, Edinburgh, in the Joyce B Deans Room. The exhibition is on until the 22nd April 2015.
We are grateful for the generosity of our sponsors who are kindly supporting the 2015 EAA Awards.
A chapter of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland
EAA Awards 2015 information from Edinburgh Architectural Association
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Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Architecture in Scotland
Contemporary Architecture in Scotland – architectural selection below:
Scottish Architecture Designs – chronological list
Scottish Design Awards 2021 Programme
Literature House for Scotland, John Knox House, Edinburgh
Winning Architects: Witherford Watson Mann ; Groves-Raines Architects Studios ; Studio MB
photograph © Daniel Lomholt-Welch
Literature House for Scotland
Paisley Museum Building, western Scotland
Design: AL_A
image courtesy of architects office
Paisley Museum Renewal
Architecture Awards
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