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EAA Awards 2014: Edinburgh Architectural Association

EAA Winners Announced in Edinburgh

2 Apr 2014

EAA Awards 2014

The Edinburgh Architectural Association Awards were announced and presented at a drinks reception in the Assembly Rooms on Tuesday 1st April attended by around one hundred architects, sponsors and their guests.

Forty six entries were submitted this year and 11 short-listed projects were visited by the judging panel in March 2014. Awards were made in five categories: Building of the Year; Conservation and Regeneration; Small Project, Wood and Ambassador. The judging panel comprised Father Dermot Morrin Hon FRIAS, Chapel of Saint Albert the Great, Shona Clelland, General Manager of The Assembly Rooms, Donald Canavan RIAS, EAA Vice President and Peter Robinson RIAS, EAA Council member.

The shortlist and results are:

Building of the Year: Sponsored by Equitone
Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation – Malcolm Fraser Architects
Orchard Neuk – A449 Ltd
The Edinburgh Drinking Water Project – BDP

Building of the Year Winner – Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation Building – Malcolm Fraser Architects

photo © Dave Morris

Regeneration and Conservation: Sponsored by Marshalls
Abbotsford – LDN Architects
Dunimarle Castle & Chapel – GLM
Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation – Malcolm Fraser Architects
The Haining – Lee Boyd

Regeneration and Conservation Winner – Abbotsford – LDN Architects

photo © Mark Hopton

Commendation – The Haining – Lee Boyd

Small Projects:
Alpine House – Smith Scott Mullan
Inverleith Row, Flat extension – WT Architecture
National Mining Museum – Purcell
28 Rosefield Avenue – Konishi Gaffney Architects
194 Whitehouse Road – David Blaikie Architects

Winner – Inverleith Row, Flat extension – WT Architecture

photo © Andrew Lee

Commendation – National Mining Museum – Purcell

Wood Award: Sponsored by Forestry Commission Scotland & Wood for Good
Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation – Malcolm Fraser Architects
Helix Café Pavilion – Keppie Design
Orchard Neuk – A449 Ltd
194 Whitehouse Road – David Blaikie Architects

Wood Award Winner – Helix Café Pavilion – Keppie Design

photo © Ben Williams

Ambassador Award: Sponsored by Russwood
Alexander Graham Bell Centre @ Moray College – JM Architects
Daliburgh Primary – 3D Reid Ltd
Helix Café Pavilion – Keppie Design
Primark Newcastle – 3D Reid Ltd
Window on Wild Lindisfarne – Icosis Architects

Ambassador Award Winner – Window on Wild Lindisfarne – Icosis Architects

photo © Keith Hunter

Commendation – Primark Newcastle – 3D Reid Ltd

Congratulations to all of the winners, and thank you to everyone shortlisted and all those that submitted. More information and images from the Awards will follow shortly on the EAA website.

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 10th April 2014.

The EAA is a chapter of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) covering City of Edinburgh, the Counties of West Lothian, Mid Lothian, East Lothian, Berwick, Roxburgh, Selkirk, Peebles, Clackmannan and south Fife.

EAA Awards 2014 information from Edinburgh Architectural Association