Sheppard Robson received an award for its four-storey Nucleus Building at the University of Edinburgh, while Architype also won for a very different education scheme: its 550-place Riverside Primary School in Perth.  Three further winning projects are in Scottish cities, including Collective Architecture’s 130-home Ellengowan Regeneration scheme in Dundee and Stallan Brand Architecture + Design and LDA Design’s £28 million overhaul of Aberdeen’s Union Terrace Gardens.  The other urban project is Holmes Miller Architects’s £85 million HMP and YOI for women prisoners in Stirling, while MLA was recognised for its Rosebank Distillery refurbishment scheme in Falkirk, on the bank of the Forth and Clyde Canal. Advertisement Three Highland projects were given RIAS Awards, including two castle restoration projects near Inverness: Ptolemy Dean Architects’ Aldourie Caste Estate and Simpson & Brown’s Fairburn Tower.  GRAS was given an award for its overhaul of Kinloch Lodge, a Victorian sporting lodge in Sutherland, while Izat Arundell received an award for the only non-mainland scheme: Caochan na Creige, a stone home on the Isle of Harris.  Source:Richard GastonCaochan na Creige, Isle of Harris by Izat Arundell The list of winners is rounded off by an infrastructure scheme: Moxon Architects’ Gairnshiel Jubilee Bridge in Aberdeenshire.  The 11 victorious schemes now become the ‘longlist’ for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award. The shortlist for that prize will be announced in July ahead of the winner announcement in November. RIAS had originally shortlisted 21 projects for its awards. Schemes by Hassel, Fraser/Livingstone, Ryder Architecture, Threesixty Architecture, Loader Monteith and Reiach and Hall are among those to miss out.Advertisement The successful RIAS Award winners will be considered for the RIBA National Awards, which will also be made public in July. The jury for the 2025 RIAS Awards was chaired by Jessam Al-Jawad, director of Al-Jawad Pike, who visited the projects alongside fellow judges Caroline Grewar, programme director at V&A Dundee, Craig Hamilton of Craig Hamilton Architects and Ann Nisbet of Ann Nisbet Studio.  Al-Jawad said: ‘This year’s RIAS Awards winners show an inspiring range of responses to Scotland’s landscapes, communities, and heritage – from quietly transformative conservation to bold public architecture. ‘Across the board, we saw a deep care for context, sustainability and the people who use these buildings. Taken together, these projects demonstrate the extraordinary breadth of talent in Scottish architecture today.’  Source:Simpson & BrownFairburn Tower, Highlands by Simpson & Brown The 2025 RIAS Awards winners Aldourie Castle Estate, Highlands by Ptolemy Dean Architects Caochan na Creige, Isle of Harris by Izat Arundell Ellengowan Regeneration, Dundee by Collective Architecture Fairburn Tower, Highlands by Simpson & Brown Gairnshiel Jubilee Bridge, Aberdeenshire by Moxon Architects HMP & YOI Stirling by Holmes Miller Architects Kinloch Lodge, Highland by GRAS Riverside Primary School, Perth by Architype Rosebank Distillery, Falkirk by MLA The Nucleus Building, University of Edinburgh by Sheppard Robson Union Terrace Gardens, Aberdeen by Stallan-Brand Architecture + Design & LDA Design Nucleus. University of Edinburgh King's Buildings Campus. #castles #distillery #scotlands #newest #prison