Scotland's best new buildings of 2019
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The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has announced a 19-strong shortlist of buildings for its 2019 awards.
The judging panel said it was an impressive list that showed "the ambitious level of excellence that architects and their clients can achieve".
The RIAS awards winners will be announced in Edinburgh on 30 May.
The shortlisted contenders are:

Bayes Centre, Edinburgh (by Bennetts Associates for University of Edinburgh)

The Black House, Isle of Skye (Dualchas Architects Ltd for a private client)

Briongos MacKinnon House, Strathaven (Richard Murphy Architects Limited for Colin MacKinnon)

Brodie Castle – Playful Garden Visitor Centre, Forres - contract value £1.2m (Hoskins Architects for The National Trust for Scotland)

Broomlands Primary School, Kelso - contract value £8m (Stallan-Brand Architecture + Design Ltd for Scottish Borders Council)

Cairngorms National Park Authority Headquarters, Grantown-on-Spey - contract value £1m (Moxon Architects Ltd for Seafield Estate)

Collective on Calton Hill, Edinburgh - contract value £4m (Collective Architecture for City of Edinburgh Council and Collective)

Hendrick’s Gin Palace, Girvan - contract value £13m (Michael Laird Architects for William Grant & Son)

The Macallan Distillery and Visitor Experience, Craigellachie - contract value £140m (Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners for Edrington)

Mackintosh at the Willow, Glasgow (Simpson & Brown for Willow Tea Rooms Trust)


Orchard Brae School, Aberdeen - contract value £17.5m (jmarchitects for Hub North Scotland Ltd)

Perth Theatre - contract value £11.38m (Richard Murphy Architects Limited for Horsecross Arts Ltd)

The Raining’s Stairs Development, Inverness (Trail Architects for Ark Estates)

Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service – The Jack Copland Centre, Edinburgh - contract value £30m (Reiach and Hall Architects for Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service)

St. John’s Church - Alteration and Extension, Edinburgh - contract value £2.35m (LDN Architects for Cornerstone Developments (Edinburgh) Ltd)

Tollcross Housing Association Offices, Glasgow - contract value £2.92m (Elder and Cannon Architects for Tollcross Housing Association)

Tragerhaus, Glasgow (HAUS Collective Ltd for Linda and James Laws)

V&A Dundee - contract value £80.1m - (Kengo Kuma & Associates with PiM.studio Architects and James F Stephen Architects for Dundee City Council)

West Calder High School - contract value £32m (NORR Consultants Limited for West Lothian Council)
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