Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland
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The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) is the professional body for architects in Scotland. It was founded in 1916 by Robert Rowand Anderson who donated his Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh to be used as its home, where it remains to this day. It was given its first Royal charter in 1922, followed by a second in 1929. The RIAS comprises of six chapters across Scotland:-
- Aberdeen Society of Architects (ASA)
- Dundee Institute of Architects (DIA)
- Edinburgh Architectural Association (EAA)
- Glasgow Institute of Architects (GIA)
- Inverness Architectural Association (IAA)
- Stirling Society of Architects (SSA)
Associate membership is available to anyone registered as an architect who lives and works in Scotland.
The Incorporation is an independent body representing Architects working in Scotland although it consults regularly with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) regarding UK-wide professional issues. It lobbies Scottish Ministers and the Scottish Government directly on relevant issues.
The President is Sholto Humphries and the Treasurer and Secretary is Neil Baxter. The Incorporation is run by an elected National Council comprising representatives of individual Chapters and nationally elected members.
The Incorporation offers accreditation in specialist fields including historic building conservation and environmental sustainability.
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[edit] RIAS Award for Architecture
The RIAS award was founded in 2002 by the architect Andrew Doolan, whose work included the Point Hotel in Edinburgh. The award is given to the best new building in Scotland, as judged by a jury of assessors. The value of the prize is £25,000, making it the largest prize for architecture in the UK. Initially the prize money came from Doolan, but following his death in 2004 there were doubts as to whether the award could continue. The responsibility now lies with his mother Mrs Margaret Doolan who now patronises the award and from 2005 the award has been renamed the "RIAS Andrew Doolan Award for Architecture" in his memory. Winners have included: the Enric Miralles' Scottish Parliament building; Bennetts Associates' University of Edinburgh Informatics Forum; and Reiach & Hall's Pier Arts Centre in Orkney. The Maggie's Centres in Dundee, Kirkcaldy and Inverness have all been nominated, with the one in Inverness by Page\Park Architects winning the award in 2006.
[edit] RIAS Publishing
RIAS publications include a series of architectural guides covering Scotland aimed at the general reader. Although smaller in size and more limited in scope, the aims are similar to Nikolaus Pevsner's eponymous series of Architectural Guides to England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
- Aberdeen (W.A. Brogden) ‡
- Aberdeenshire: Donside & Strathbogie (Ian Shepherd)
- Argyll and the Islands (Frank Arneil Walker) ‡
- Ayrshire & Arran (Rob Close)
- Banff & Buchan (Charles McKean)
- Borders and Berwick (Charles A Strang) ‡
- Caithness (Elizabeth Beaton)
- Clackmannan & The Ochils (Adam Swan)
- Deeside & The Mearns (Jane Geddes)
- Dumfries & Galloway (John Hume)
- Dundee (Charles McKean and David Walker) ‡
- Edinburgh (Charles McKean) ‡
- Falkirk and District (Richard Jaques)
- Fife (Glen Pride)
- Central Glasgow (Charles McKean, David Walker and Frank Arneil Walker) ‡
- Greater Glasgow
- Gordon (Ian Shepherd) ‡
- Midlothian (Jane Thomas)
- Monklands (Allan Peden)
- Moray (Charles McKean) ‡
- North Clyde Estuary (Frank Arneil Walker and Fiona Sinclair)
- Orkney (Leslie Burgher)
- Perth & Kinross (Nick Haynes)
- Ross & Cromarty (Elizabeth Beaton) ‡
- Shetland (Mike Finnie) ‡
- South Clyde Estuary (Frank Arneil Walker) ‡
- Stirling & The Trossachs (Charles McKean) ‡
- Sutherland (Elizabeth Beaton) ‡
- West Lothian (Richard Jaques and Charles McKean) ‡
- Western Seaboard (Mary Miers)
Forthcoming
- Angus
- East Lothian
- Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey
- Lanarkshire
- Kilsyth, Cumbernauld & the Campsies
Note: those marked ‡ are not currently (2008) in print.
[edit] See also
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- 1916 establishments in Scotland
- Scottish architects
- Scottish architecture
- Professional associations based in Scotland
- Architecture organisations based in the United Kingdom
- Architecture organizations
- Arts in Scotland
- Organisations based in Edinburgh with royal patronage
- Science and technology in Scotland
- Organisations based in Edinburgh
- Organizations established in 1916
