A development in St Andrews has won the title of best building in Scotland.
West Burn Lane, designed by Sutherland Hussey Harris, has clinched the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland Andrew Doolan award for 2015.
The winners received a cheque for £25,000 at the prize giving event at the National Museum of Scotland.
Fiona Hyslop, culture secretary, said: "Once again, both the worthy winner and the strength of this year’s shortlist for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Award have shown that the quality of Scotland’s new architecture stands shoulder to shoulder with the best in the world.
"In both our contemporary architecture and our built heritage, the RIAS has a great richness upon which to draw for its Festival of Architecture during the Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design in 2016."
The full judges’ citation said the commercial residential development was "expertly woven into the existing fabric of St Andrews, although uncompromisingly contemporary, the development acknowledges the historic street pattern and scale of its special context. "The external materials palette is limited and of extremely high quality.
"While the built fabric in the vicinity is predominantly structural stone, the use of a warm continental brick with narrow courses is appropriate and welcoming."
The building was selected from a short list of 12 projects.
Two received a Special Mention - Arcadia Nursery in Edinburgh, designed by Malcolm Fraser Architects, and Laurieston Transformational Area in Glasgow, by Page\Park Architects and Elder and Cannon Architects
Willie Watt, president of the RIAS, said: "Year on year the shortlist for this award, all winners of RIAS Awards, demonstrates the superb quality of contemporary Scottish architecture.
"The work of architects can be transformative, not simply of places, but of people’s lives.
"This shortlist testifies to that and the worthy winner is a great building of the current era which will hopefully contribute to a more enlightened approach to our historic townscapes."
The RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award was founded in 2002 by the architect and entrepreneur Andrew Doolan who died in 2004.
Mr Doolan determined that this award would be the richest in the UK and that it should go to the best building in Scotland each year. The Award is now jointly funded by the Scottish Government and the Doolan Family.
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