The RIAS awards are the pinnacle of Scottish architecture. By winning a RIAS, your work is eligible to be entered into both the Stirling Prize and the Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award.<\/p>\n","content":"
The RIAS awards are the pinnacle of Scottish architecture. By winning a RIAS, your work is eligible to be entered into both the Stirling Prize and the Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award.<\/p>\n
The RIAS Awards are regarded by the public and practices as one of the most valuable ways of getting your work seen.<\/p>","website":"https:\/\/www.rias.org.uk\/about\/rias-awards","eligibility":"All types of architectural projects are eligible, including conservation, conversions, extensions, interiors, new-build, public realm, regeneration, and restoration. Entries to the RIAS Awards 2024 may be submitted by architects, clients, or users. However, all projects require client approval and must meet the entry criteria below. Submitted projects should:
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\r\n-\tbe located in Scotland
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\r\n-\tthe scheme was completed between October 2020 and January 2023.
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\r\n-\thave a chartered architect as principal of the practice, lead designer or project manager,
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\r\n-\thave a minimum of 20% of qualifying staff within the submitting practice as RIAS members (Scottish-based entrants) or a minimum of 20% of qualifying staff as RIBA members or overseas equivalent (entrants outwith Scotland),
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\r\nNOTE: the scheme was occupied by January 2023 (one year before the deadline for entries for 2024). Partially occupied commercial and housing projects are subject to approval, please email awards@rias.org.uk
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\r\nAwards are categorised by the following:
\r\n-\tUp to \u00a3500k
\r\n-\t\u00a31m - \u00a35m
\r\n-\t\u00a35m - \u00a310m
\r\n-\t\u00a310m - \u00a320m
\r\n-\tOver \u00a320m
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\r\nSpecial Categories:
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\r\n-\tRIAS \/ Laurence McIntosh Award for Architectural Interior: As part of the annual RIAS Awards scheme, Laurence McIntosh are sponsoring the Architectural Interior Award. This serves to identify and reward architectural interior design excellence, celebrating designs that shape the buildings we live, work and play in ranging from homes, clubs, hotels and offices to healthcare and educational facilities. The award recognises that architectural projects have a focus on the interior layout of a building and the importance that design excellence has in enhancing the user experience of a building. Entries nominated for this award are judged on the innovative use of interior space, the movability through the space, use of materials, the aesthetic and interior fit-out.
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\r\n-\tRIAS \/Equitone Project Architect Award: This category is for Project Architect of the Year. The RIAS Chartered Member will be judged on their leadership and the excellence of their contribution towards the award-winning project. The Project Architect Award will celebrate distinction in the design expertise vital in transforming the user experience of the building and the quality of their design interventions.
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\r\n-\tTSA Scotland's Client of the Year Award: Sponsored by The Survey Association, this award highlights how the role of the client is vitally important in allowing architects to deliver exceptional buildings. As well as articulating a sound brief a good client can inspire, inform and enlighten the design process and play a fundamental role in its evolution.
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\r\n-\tRIAS \/ Scottish Forestry\/Confor Timber Award: Scottish Forestry and Confor have come together to sponsor an award that encourages the innovative and creative use of timber in new buildings in Scotland. The award seeks also to stimulate greater appreciation of homegrown timber and its potential for use in construction, with added consideration given to thoughtful and appropriate use of different species. Technical competence is paramount and the design and detail of how the timber is used will be as much a part of the assessment criteria as imagination and overall architectural excellence. There is no restriction on the building type or scale of the project \u2013 from small to large and from domestic to commercial, the challenge is to show how suited the use of timber is to the development of new architecture in Scotland.
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\r\n-\tRIAS \/ VELUX Architectural Heritage Award 2024: We are delighted to include for 2024, The Architectural Heritage Award with support partner VELUX. This category is for projects that enhance and preserve the character of the historic buildings within its setting. They will be judged on their approach to conservation and use of techniques that significantly deliver sustainable solutions to conserving our built heritage. The RIAS Heritage Award will celebrate distinction in historic building conservation, with a focus on the design expertise vital in transforming the user experience of the building, all the while cutting our carbon footprint. Projects nominated for this award are judged on the quality of their heritage design interventions and the transformational impact of the project on the intended user of the building and the wider community.
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\r\nThe RIAS Awards will be running in tandem with the RIBA Awards. Submission to the RIAS Awards entitles entrants to be considered for the following awards:
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\r\n-\tRIAS Awards including the Laurence McIntosh Award for Architectural Interior, Equitone Project Architect Award, Scotland\u2019s Client of the Year Award supported by The Survey Association and the VELUX Architectural Heritage Award 2024 (special category awards may be subject to change)
\r\n-\tRIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award.
\r\n-\tRIBA Awards including RIBA National Award, RIBA Client of the Year, RIBA House of the Year, Stephen Lawrence Prize and the Neave Brown Award for Housing.
\r\n-\tRIBA Stirling Prize.
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\r\nNote To be eligible for a RIBA Award the entrant must be a current RIBA Chartered member or RIBA International Fellow.
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\r\nRIBA National Award: A RIBA National Award is given to a building for its national significance and its contribution to architecture in the UK. Awarded to the buildings that set national standards for good architecture, successful projects should demonstrate design excellence, be fit for purpose and be sustainable. Only projects that have won a RIAS Award (i.e. a Regional Award) will be eligible for a RIBA National Award. RIBA National Award winners will be considered for the RIBA Stirling Prize.
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\r\nRIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award: Winners of the RIAS Awards will become the \u201clonglist\u201d for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award. Winners of a RIBA National Award will automatically form part of the shortlist for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award and may be visited by a separate jury prior (who will decide the final shortlisted projects) to the ceremony being held in the autumn. The Winner(s) of the Doolan Award will receive a RIAS Gold Medal together with a cash award.
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\r\n-\tPractice name and address
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\r\n-\tProject address (including directions\/ google map link)
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\r\n-\tGross internal area in square metre
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\r\n-\tNet internal area in square metre
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\r\n-\tContract value and cost per square metre
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\r\n-\tDate of Planning Approval
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\r\n-\tDate of Completion
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\r\n-\tDate of occupation
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\r\n-\tContact details for project director\/architect and client, including date of qualification of architects involved (this is relevant particularly for RIBA special category awards).
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\r\n-\tSustainability Criteria - all projects are expected to meet statutory targets in achieving sustainable outcomes and measure and verify how they perform. Within the downloadable form, we will ask for different levels of information depending on the size of your project, but please complete as many questions as possible so that we can understand the credentials of your scheme.
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\r\nIf you worked in collaboration with another practice or architect then you must all be in agreement on the entry and how the building should be credited.
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\r\nProject description
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\r\n750 words describing the project. The description should set out:
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\r\n-\thow it has matched the client\u2019s brief,
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\r\n-\tan understanding of the physical and social environment of the project and to \"place\" (as defined from the Place Standard tool - www.placestandard.scot)
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\r\n-\tan outline of the planning constraints,
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\r\n-\tdetails of materials and method of construction,
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\r\n-\ta summary of the timetable, programme, and budget constraints, and where applicable,
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\r\n-\ta short statement on how the building contributes to its society, meets the principles of inclusive design and responds to the RIAS sustainable principles\/ statement. The RIBA and RIAS are committed to meeting the challenges of Climate Emergency and resource depletion and raising the understanding of sustainability within the profession. This issue is at the heart of the RIAS strategy - \"Creating space for inspiring conversations\" which can be read on the RIAS website.
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\r\n-\tAdditional 300 word description if you are entering any of the special categories. Guidance on the special categories are included on the entry form.
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\r\nImages
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\r\nEntrants are required to submit ten high-res digital JPEG photos (please try to restrict file size to 10MB per image)
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\r\n-\tPlease submit individual images \u2013 not montages \u2013 exterior and interior photographs as appropriate
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\r\n-\tDo not brand, caption, frame or otherwise alter photographs
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\r\n-\tIMPORTANT: Supply photographer credits with all photographs and make sure you name all images indicating practice name, project name and photographer, i.e. \u201carchitect - project (c) photographer\u201d \u2013 if your images are not uploaded with the correct credits, you may be asked to re-submit.
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\r\n\u00a3500k - \u00a31m, \u00a3175
\r\n\u00a31m - \u00a35m, \u00a3395
\r\n\u00a35m - \u00a310m, \u00a3465
\r\n\u00a310m - \u00a320m, \u00a3550
\r\nOver \u00a320m, \u00a3650
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\r\n","entry_deadline":"Early Bird (-10%), 28 November 2025
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