FOURTEEN new buildings in Scotland, from Lewis and Skye to Glasgow and Edinburgh, have been short listed for a prestigious design awards which celebrate “good housing”.
The judging panel of the Saltire Society’s Housing Design Awards have completed a tour of the country assessing new housing, including multiple occupancy, single houses and those that display, in their view, outstanding innovation.
The awards have been given for more than 80 years, and are designed to reward owners, clients, architects, house-builders and developers.
In the single dwelling category, all six houses are in rural locations, including Skye, Lewis, and Loch Leven, while the multiple occupancy short lists include buildings in Glasgow’s Anderston, Edinburgh, Elgin, Inverness and St Andrews.
The winners, and those which receive commendations, will be awarded on 25 June.
The chair of the judging panel for the prizes is Nick Barley, director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
He said: “The Saltire Housing Design Awards celebrate houses that improve lives; new houses that make Scotland a better place to live.
“To achieve that takes good design, certainly, but also partnerships with developers, housebuilders, clients and communities.
“The buildings on this year’s shortlists are inspirations for everyone fighting for Scotland to be a better place for its citizens.
“They are affordable, accessible, high quality homes in which residents told us they love living.
“I hope that many more Scottish housebuilders will find ways to work with architects of this quality in the future.”
The Saltire Society, which also oversees prestigious historical and literary annual awards, said that “Nick brought a valuable perspective from beyond the housing industry to the proceedings, including the vast tour of Scotland undertaken by the panel as they visited every longlisted property before confirming the shortlist. “
The single home short list includes The Black House on Skye, by Dualchas Architects, which the judges said “connects sea and coast with an open, sleekly designed home.”
The Invisible House on Skye by Rural Design, is credited with being “a striking structure which complements its dramatic landscape on the Isle of Skye.”
In the multiple occupant category, there are buildings by Collective Architecture, ISA Architecture and Design, Page/Park, ICOSIS Architects, Barton Willmore, Trail Architects and HLM Architects.
The Collective Architecture buildings are the Anderston redevelopment, phases four and five, marking the regeneration of the city centre area, a process which has taken 14 years to complete.
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