The value of design within the regeneration of housing in Scotland’s town centres

The series examines architecture and urban design's crucial skills in improving place quality. It emphasises the significant impact and value that well-designed housing developments can bring to communities. We explore how specialist consultants and officers can use design skills and practices to help local authorities in re-establishing conditions suitable for residential communities.

With a focus on medium density urban areas characteristic of town centres throughout Scotland, each spotlight highlights a different scale and type of intervention. These interventions range from individual housing sites to the regeneration of urban blocks to urban design interventions impacting whole town centres. 

The articles spotlight selected projects and practitioners from the Town Centre Living and Investment Roadshows conducted in February and March 2024 and led jointly by Architecture & Design Scotland with national partners agencies Scotland’s Towns Partnership, Scottish Futures Trust and Scottish Land Commission. 

The roadshow toured town centres across Scotland to find and review exemplars and live case study projects from across the country delivering benefits for communities through the town centre living agenda.  Details of the roadshow as well as a full set of case studies are available via the Scotland’s Town Partnership web site.