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2023 RIAS Awards

Seven projects win in Scotland’s 2023 RIAS Awards – four houses, two university schemes and Pilmour House on St Andrews Links – responding to weather, history, and their environments

1 June 2023

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Pilmour House, Fife

A productive relationship on site between the project architect and contractor Robertsons is clear on this ‘quietly grounded’ scheme

31 May 2023

Editor's Choice

Is a collection of inventive architects, including 6a and SelgasCano, enough to create a convincing new area in an emerging part of south east London? Greenwich is giving its new Design District its best shot

Archiecture 00 and David Kohn are among nine practices designing 'blind' – will it work?

Vilkaviškis bus station is so much more than a terminus. Balčytis studija’s sweeping design is a landscape, civic hub, event space – even a tourist destination

There are more reasons to go to the bus station than needing a bus

Pawson and church specialist Thomas Ford & Partners have restored the east London church and concert venue – now rebranded as Saint

John Pawson and Thomas Ford & Partners have restored the east London church and concert venue

A galvanised steel and Douglas fir extension allows customers at the formerly sleepy Alice Hawthorn pub in Nun Monkton, Yorkshire, to hit the hay in a dreamy reimagining of stables and barns

Modernised hospitality saves village’s last pub

Sou Fujimoto revives former ryokan in Maebashi, Japan, by creating a soaring concrete ‘living room for locals’ and inviting artists from around the world to design bedrooms and site-specific artworks

Sou Fujimoto's revamped and extended former 1970s ryokan gives city of Maebashi new creative energy

Roofing, cladding and decking

The malleable metal was first used on roofs in 1809. Two recent - and very different - projects reveal that it has lots to offer today's architect, not least beauty, versatility and durability

Malleable metal offers designers beauty, versatility and durability

New-build overlooking Perquil River features phyllite slates installed to withstand the worst that an exposed site and the Cornish weather can throw at it

New-build overlooking Cornwall's Perquil River features phyllite slates

Alternative to traditional timber has exceptional slip resistance in wet and dry, will retain its good looks for years and comes with a 25-year warranty

Alternative to traditional timber comes with a 25-year warranty

Innovative barrier system fills voids from the party wall to the bottom tile when activated by heat so smoke and fire cannot pass through

Easy-fit barrier system fills voids from the party wall to the bottom tile

Slate is a stand-out architectural element. Combine it with a new aluminium fixing system for a low-carbon and A1 fire-rated building envelope solution

Discover this low-carbon, A1 fire-rated building envelope solution

RIBA Jobs

March House by Knox Bhavan is a true collector’s item

March House on the Thames by Knox Bhavan shows what can be done by working closely and in detail with an interested and receptive client

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