Sneak peek: GIA Design Awards 2025 entries.

The GIA Design Awards - a highly anticipated event in Scotland's architecture calendar - has now closed for another year.

Receiving 48 stellar entries for consideration, from Argyll to Glasgow and beyond, projects of all scales will now go on to compete for top place in the categories of: Conservation, Sustainability, and Interiors (new for this year); Office/Commercial/Industrial/Retail; Residential; Healthcare; Small Works; Leisure/Arts; and Education.

In addition, all entries will also be considered for The GIA Supreme Award, which can be awarded to any of the shortlisted buildings, the best body of work by an individual or a practice, or for an "outstanding contribution" to the GIA.

As the 'Home of the Glasgow Institute of Architects' at Material Source Studio Scotland, we've been keen supporters of the Institute's activities, including the upcoming awards where we are the media partner.

With this in mind, and ahead of The GIA Annual Members Dinner 2025, where the winners will be announced on 20 November at Cottiers (get your tickets here), we wanted to share with you an exclusive first look at the wonderful wealth of projects currently under the judging panels' review.

Meet the 2025 roster below...

Small Works (Under £250k)

• Studio Boyd Architects: Grange Knowe Garden Room
• StudioKAP: House in Argyll
• Neil Middleton Architects: Ivy Cottage
• Per Soderqvist Architect Ltd: Paisley Extension
• Loader Monteith: Old Red House
• Baillie Baillie Architects: Iorram
• Abode Architects: Langside, Glasgow
• Thorne Wyness Architects: The Salmon Hut
• BARD: Windyhill Motor Garage

Education

• Holmes Miller: Kirkliston Primary Early Learning and Childcare
• BDP: Maybole Community Campus
• BDP: Neilston Learning Campus
• jmarchitects: Easthouses Primary School
• NORR Consultants Limited: East Calder Primary School

Leisure/Arts

• O'DonnellBrown: Take A Bow Opportunity Centre
• INCH Architecture + Design: Parklea Community Hub

Interiors

• BDP: BDP Glasgow Studio
• Mosaic Architecture & Design: Margo Restaurant
• Mosaic Architecture & Design: Sebb's Bar & Restaurant

Healthcare

• NVDC Architects: Elanic Hospital
• Hoskins Architects, delivered by BAM Construction on behalf of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde: Parkhead Health, Social Care and Community Hub
• Austin-Smith:Lord Ltd: Ayrshire Hospice Capital Project

Residential

• ARPL Architects: The Standard, Dumfries High Street
• Stallan-Brand Architecture + Design Ltd & Ann Nisbet Studio: Maltings Wynd
• Coltart Earley Architecture: Brandon Street, Motherwell
• jmarchitects: PLATFORM_ in Edinburgh, Bonnington Residential BTR
• Collective Architecture: Water Row Phase 1
• Cameron Webster Architects: Grianan
• Cameron Webster Architects: Overwater
• Anderson Bell + Christie: Mount Pleasant
• Paper Igloo: Abhainn: Sustainable living in a connected community
• Loader Monteith: Hameart
• CRGP Architects: Cottonyards
• HAUS Collective: The Old Schoolhouse – Napiershall Street

Sustainability

• NVDC Architects: Elanic Hospital
• Collective Architecture: Dundashill, Platform 3
• Hoskins Architects, delivered by BAM Construction on behalf of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde: Parkhead Health, Social Care and Community Hub
• jmarchitects: Montgomerie Park Primary School
• Paper Igloo: Abhainn: Sustainable living in a connected community
• John Gilbert Architects: National Retrofit Centre, BE-ST
• NORR Consultants Limited: East Calder Primary School
• O'DonnellBrown: Take A Bow Opportunity Centre
• Cameron Webster Architects: Blackthorn

Conservation

• Austin-Smith: Lord: Clackmannan Tolbooth restoration
• HAUS Collective: The Old Schoolhouse – Napiershall Street
• Corstorphine & Wright Architects: Tower Building, University of Dundee

Office/Commercial/Industrial/Retail

• HAUS Collective: Greenmarket, Dundee
• Corstorphine & Wright Architects: Moray West O&M Base

Good luck to all the entrants, and stay tuned for our coverage of the award winners next month.