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![A still taken from Ann Allen's Value of Design video with the visual identity 'Value of Design'](/sites/default/files/2024-07/ValueOfDesign-AnnAllen-VideoStill-2024-ArcDesSco.png)
The Recap: A weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland
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![Jim MacDonald laughing during a Value of Design interview.](/sites/default/files/2024-07/ValueOfDesign-Jim-Interview-2024-ArcDesSco.jpg)
Design: The key to creating healthier, happier places
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![A photograph fo the river Mersey in Liverpool with buildings on both sides of the image and a brick buildingin in the foreground](/sites/default/files/2024-07/resource-Liverpool-2024_ArcDesSco.jpg)
The Recap: A weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland
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![A group of people standing in front of Arthurs Seat in Edinburgh holding framed award certificates](/sites/default/files/2024-07/resource-RTPIAwards2024-KirstyMacari.jpg)
The Recap: A weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland
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Value of Design
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![A young person presenting her ideas of a pavilion to her community and designers.](/sites/default/files/2024-06/ValueOfDesign-2024-MissLydiaPhotography.jpg)
Campaign launched to champion the Value of Design
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![Image of a man-made pathway leading to the Orchard at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital](/sites/default/files/2024-05/TheOrchard-RoyalEdinburghHospital-2024-ArcDesSco.jpg)
How to design places that prevent problems
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![An illustration of Benarty showcasing a green spaces for community food, outdoor classrooms, playwark and an adjacent active travel network.](/sites/default/files/2024-06/Benarty-Illustration-2024-Richard-Carman.png)
The Recap: A weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland
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![A man wearing a suit sitting in a chair in a glass building, facing a woman in a striped top with a camera phone on a tripod between them.](/sites/default/files/2024-05/Interview_VoD_DannyMcK_2024_ArcDesSco.jpg)
The Recap: A weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland
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![A&DS & RIAS Scottish Student Awards for Architecture 2024 logo above a blue background.](/sites/default/files/2024-04/A%26DSRIAS-ScottishStudentAwards-Logo-2024.png)
A&DS and RIAS Scottish Student Awards for Architecture 2024
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![A family walking through Melville lane at the Meadows in Edinburgh.](/sites/default/files/2024-05/Meadows-CherryBlossom-Edinburgh-2024-ArcDesSco.jpg)
How architecture and design can make a positive impact on mental health
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![a group of people sitting down around a table working together in a workshop with pens, paper and sticky notes on a table](/sites/default/files/2024-05/ValueOfDesign-Workshop-Brainstorming-ArcDesSco.jpg)
The Recap: A weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland
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The Recap: a weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland
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![Attendees from the workshop in Perth exploring designing cities for women.](/sites/default/files/2024-05/PerthMingling_TheSkyistheLimit.jpg)
Designing cities that work for women: key takeaways from a Perth workshop
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![A high street in Elgin during a quiet time in the day.](/sites/default/files/2024-04/HighStreet-Elgin-2023-ArcDesSco.jpg)
A place-based approach to Town Centre Living
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![People pointing at a physical version of the Place Standard tool during a workshop in Benarty.](/sites/default/files/2024-04/ClimateActionTowns-Benarty-PlaceStandardWorkshop-2024-ArcDesSco.jpg)
The Recap: a weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland
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![Entrance to the Edinburgh Futures Institute, Architecture and Design Scotland's new office.](/sites/default/files/2024-04/EdinburghFuturesInstitute-2024-ArcDesSco.jpg)
A new home for Architecture and Design Scotland
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![Pupils holding report at CAT Gathering](/sites/default/files/2024-04/CATGathering-launch-Blackburnpupils-image-2024-ArcDesSco.jpeg)
Learning from the Climate Action Towns at the Gathering event and resource launch
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![A garden with wide footpath and seating area located nearby a block of flats.](/sites/default/files/2024-04/BoulderPathGarden-Blackburn-2024-ArcDesSco.jpg)
The Recap: a weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland
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![A group of women sat on chairs during the panel session at the Climate Action Towns Gathering and resource launch.](/sites/default/files/2024-04/PanelDiscussion-ClimateActionTowns-Gathering-2024-ArcDesSco.jpeg)
The Recap: a weekly update from Architecture and Design Scotland
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![An illustration of an integrated transport hub with a large box with the words Place Conversations on the left hand side.](/sites/default/files/2024-04/TownCentreLiving-PlaceConversations-2024-ArcDesSco.png)
Key trends that mean we need to use our town centres differently - event
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![People standing around a monument during a walking tour in Inverness.](/sites/default/files/2024-04/TCLroadshow-Walking-tour-Inverness-2024-STP.jpg)
Roadshow series highlights huge potential for communities across the country
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![Two people placing sticky notes in a four quadrant matrix for a Climate Action Towns workshop.](/sites/default/files/2024-01/ClimateActionTowns-workshop-AnnualReview-2023-ArcDesSco.jpg)
How Scottish towns can work together to tackle the climate emergency
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![Twigs, sticks and logs are piled up in front of a grassy hill. Most of the scene is in shadow except for a large, sunlit hill in the background.](/sites/default/files/2022-05/Blue-green-infrastructure-Kilmarnock-2021-Zora-van-Leeuwen-thanks-to-Raeburn-Farquhar-Brown_1.jpg)
How we can tackle biodiversity loss
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![A bridge over a river in a wooded area.](/sites/default/files/2024-02/waterway-Penny-Farthing-Bridge-Glasgow-2023-steve-malloy-unsplash.jpg)
What is a blue-green infrastructure?
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![People from the Highland Council discussing around a map on a table.](/sites/default/files/2024-02/KAG-LDP-Workshop-2023-HighlandCouncil.jpg)
Lessons learned from the Key Agencies Group Shared Learning Event
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Roadshow to help unlock potential of town centre living in Scotland
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![Event attendees at the Climate Action Towns Gathering event watching the premiere of the Climate Action Towns film in a room.](/sites/default/files/2023-05/CAT-GatheringEngineShed-FilmPreview-2023-ArcdesSco.jpg)
New Architecture and Design Scotland report reflects on the importance of design to create thriving places in Scotland
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![Sketch of a community garden](/sites/default/files/2024-01/Ct%20Community%20Garden%20%281%29.jpg)
Gathering online to share examples of climate action
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![An architectural graphic by Rachel who won the Best 5th Year Student for the 2023 Student Awards.](/sites/default/files/2023-12/Best5thYearStudent-StudentAwards-2023-Rachel.jpg)
Winners announced for the 2023 A&DS and RIAS Scottish Student Awards for Architecture
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![A set of six pencil illustrations of wind turbines in a green landscape](/sites/default/files/2023-11/Hagshaw%20Illustrations%20-%20RIchard%20Carman%20-%20NatureScot.jpg)
Place Forum 3: Thinking big, thinking beyond
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![People having a discussion around a indoor fire pit setting with trees around them at the Learning Places Scotland Conference 2023.](/sites/default/files/2023-11/LearningPlacesScotland-EDUFireStand-2023-ArcDesSco.jpg)
Learning Places Scotland conference
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![A person typing on a laptop.](/sites/default/files/2023-11/CP2-Feedback-2023-christin-hume-unsplash.jpg)
Our plan: we want to hear from you
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![Landscape of a rural setting with forests and wind turbines in the distance.](/sites/default/files/2023-09/PlaceForum3-ConexusDouglasWest-2023-3REnergy%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20.jpg)
International keynote speaker announced for Place Forum: Thinking big, Thinking beyond
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![A group of people standing over a table discussing a map during an Architecture and Design Scotland workshop.](/sites/default/files/2023-10/ForthsideWorkshop-PlaceScalesStrategies-2023-ArcDesSco.jpg)
Helping planning authorities to navigate new planning guidance
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![Pupils from St Mary Dunblane, smiling at the camera during their Climate Ready School Grounds workshop session.](/sites/default/files/2023-09/CRSG-StMaryDunblane-pupils-smiling-2023-LTL.jpg)
How school grounds can tackle the climate emergency
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![A person watching the live Q&A session from the first Place Forum event with guest speakers on the computer screen.](/sites/default/files/2023-03/QA-highlights-PlaceForum-2023-ArcDesSco_1.png)
Place Forum - making connections
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![A photo of a street featuring a rain garden planted with wild flowers, grasses and trees to improve drainage and create biodiversity in the city.](/sites/default/files/2023-09/Gathering-Climate-Action-Raingarden-2023-Climate-Action-Trust.jpg)
Creating greenspace and biodiversity
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![A composite image of an adult on a bicycle with two children on the back of the bike, pictured with flowers and green grass against a green and white background.](/sites/default/files/2023-09/climate-gathering-adaptation-routemap-2023-sniffer.jpg)
Community resilience and the climate emergency
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![A photograph of a person installing and air source heat pump to a building. The words Let's Do Net Zero in white writing are place on the image.](/sites/default/files/2023-09/Climateweek-heatpump-2023-ScottishGovernment.jpg)
Scotland's climate week 2023
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![The 2023 A&DS and RIAS Scottish Student Awards logo above a pink background.](/sites/default/files/2023-08/A%26DSRIAS-StudentAwards-2023-ArcDesSco.png)
A&DS and RIAS Scottish Student Awards for Architecture 2023
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![People standing around a map of Stevenson on a table and writing down their Climate Action Town wishes.](/sites/default/files/2023-08/Stevenston-MappingWorkshop-ClimateActionTowns-2022-ArcDesSco.jpg)
The benefits of community engagement in architecture and planning
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![An aerial image of Levenmouth, Fife showing the entrance of the river Leven.](/sites/default/files/2023-08/levenmouth-aerial-2023-Our-Fife-Scot.jpg)
A place-based collaborative approach to Fife’s Local Development Plan
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![A person cooking in the shared kitchen at Lang Spoon Community Kitchen](/sites/default/files/2023-07/CookingSession-LangSpoonCommunityKitchen-GreenerKirkaldy.jpg)
Sharing examples of climate action in Scotland
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![A group of people sat on a table with a presentation screen during the 25th Anniversary SURF Awards launch event.](/sites/default/files/2023-06/25SurfAwards-PressRelease-2023-SURF.jpg)
25th Anniversary SURF Awards launched
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![Primrose street Alloa tenants sitting in the courtyard with greenspaces.](/sites/default/files/2023-06/Alloa-Primrose-Courtyard-PlaceForum-2023-ArcDesSco.jpg)
Adapting places to tackle the climate emergency
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![People watching the A Fragile Correspondence trailer at the La Biennale di Venezia exhibition space.](/sites/default/files/2023-05/AFragileCorrespondence-ExhibitionTrailer-2023-ArcDesSco-web.jpg)
Climate, community and collaboration: Scotland in Venice
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![Event attendees at the Climate Action Towns Gathering event watching the premiere of the Climate Action Towns film in a room.](/sites/default/files/2023-05/CAT-GatheringEngineShed-FilmPreview-2023-ArcdesSco.jpg)
The Gathering: bringing together the Climate Action Towns
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![A group of people gather in front of a large colourful mural of a bird.](/sites/default/files/2023-05/NorwegianVisit-AlloaMural-Portrait-2023-ArcDesSco-Web.jpg)
Place Standard Tool: Norwegian colleagues visit to Scotland
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![An example of a scale of place the KAG works with includes a bridge connects a green area to the right and a small town centre to the left.](/sites/default/files/2023-05/KAGoffer-LAannouncement-2023-robin-canfield-unsplash.jpg)
Local Authorities chosen for new Key Agencies Group support offer revealed
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![An auditorium with the Climate Action Towns presentation on the big screen.](/sites/default/files/2023-05/ClimateActionTowns-Gathering-2023-ArcDesSco.png)
News: Climate Action Towns Gathering
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![People walking along a sea coastal path at St Monans.](/sites/default/files/2022-05/landscape-sea-coastal-path-StMonans-2022-LydiaSmith.jpg)
Designing for people's lives
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![Scotland+Venice 2023 creative team consisting Amy McEwan, Aoife Nolan, Carl Jonsson, Neil McGuire, Mia Pinder-Hussein, Kristina Enberg, Alissar Riachi, Alyesha Choudhury and Andy Summers.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/ScotlandVenice-CreativeTeam-2022-Matthew-Arthur-Williams.jpg)
A Fragile Correspondence – Scotland + Venice
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![A view of Edinburgh City from the Castle. There is a body of water and mountains in the background.](/sites/default/files/2023-03/Edinburgh-CityView-2023-Bree-Anne-Unsplash.jpg)
Supporting planning authorities with Local Development Plans
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![People sitting around tables in discussion at workshop](/sites/default/files/2023-03/CAT-StevenstonAdaptationWshop1-2023-ArcDesSco.jpg)
Conversations in Stevenston about adapting to climate risk
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![A young person smiles at the camera and the Young Scot logo towards the top right hand corner of the image.](/sites/default/files/2023-03/PlaceForum-YoungScot-blog-Mar2023-YoungScot-web.jpg)
Using the Young Scot National Entitlement Card to support young people experiencing poverty
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![The words Renfrewshire Local Employability Partnership in blue and green colours above a white backdrop.](/sites/default/files/2023-03/PlaceForum-blog-RenfrewshireCouncil-2023-RC.jpg)
Better off in work
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![A person writing on a street billboard at the Linlathen Works employee campaign.](/sites/default/files/2023-03/PF-blog-ScottisgGovernment-2023-SG.jpg)
Child poverty place-based initiatives in the Scottish Government
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![Climate Action Towns project team speaking to children in an outdoor space during their visit to Holytown.](/sites/default/files/2023-03/PF-CATblog-Holytown-KeirHardy-2023-ArcDesSco.jpg)
Co-benefits of climate mitigation and community empowerment
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![Gifting a bike to a young person by Sustains during the And She Cycles campaign.](/sites/default/files/2023-03/PlaceForum-Sustrans-AndSheCycles%20-WestCalder-2023-AndyCatlin.jpg)
Supporting young people living in poverty to access bikes through their schools
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![Young people walking through a green space.](/sites/default/files/2023-03/PlaceForum-APiC-greenspace-2023-APiC.jpg)
Addressing crisis through child-friendly environments
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![An architectural drawing of a busy high street with people walking in between buildings and stalls.](/sites/default/files/2023-03/Highstreet-TCL-report-2023-ArcDesSco.png)
Town centre living: more homes at the heart of great places report
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![Campbeltown Harbour on a cloudy day. There are boats parked on the jetty.](/sites/default/files/2023-02/Campbeltown_harbour_2023_ArcDesSco.jpg)
The Winter Gathering in Campbeltown
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![Primrose Street, Alloa historic Spiers Centre connection](/sites/default/files/2023-02/PrimroseStreet_historicSpierCentreconnection_2023_ArcDeSco.jpg)
Town centre living: Primrose Street, Alloa
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![Illustration of a park beside a road. There are people walking through the park and exercising.](/sites/default/files/2022-05/alva-pathfinder-illustration-young-people-enterprise-2022-3D-Reid_0.jpg)
Alva Pathfinder Project: reflections one year on
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![A father and daughter walk across a walled seating bench at Dundee waterfront.](/sites/default/files/2022-12/parent-child-walking-on-bench-Dundee-waterfront-2022-LydiaSmithPhotography.jpg)
Reflections and projections – Scotland’s design agency celebrates achievements
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![A red cine-caravan and a road sign with the words 'Climate Action Towns-Films'](/sites/default/files/2022-12/ClimateActionTowns-climate-ready-Annan-caravan-2022-ArcDesSco.jpg)
Climate ready Annan
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![A table filled with images of different care facilities and hands holding the images.](/sites/default/files/2022-12/Bertha-Park-Workshop-2022-ArcDesSco.jpg)
Collaborating with Capability Scotland to reimagine flagship specialist care
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![Attendees at the LAUDF16 event standing and sitting around the table during the networking session.](/sites/default/files/2022-12/Laudf16-networking-session-end-2022-ArcDesSco.jpg)
LAUDF16: Collaborative approaches to 20-minute neighbourhoods
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![The words 'Surf Awards 2022' above an X shaped graphic in blue.](/sites/default/files/2022-12/surf-awards-header-logo-2022-SURF.jpg)
The 2022 SURF Awards for best practice in community regeneration
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![Event attendees from the Learning Places Scotland Conference sitting at stage 1 for the introduction session.](/sites/default/files/2022-11/LPSC-intro-session-2022-ArcDesSco.jpg)
Reflections on the sustainable estate
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![Headshots of the three winning students to this year's awards placed in circular shapes, with the words 'A&DS and RIAS Scottish Student Awards for Architecture 2022' beside them.](/sites/default/files/2022-11/Blog-header-student-awards-2022-ArcDesSco.jpg)
A&DS and RIAS Scottish Student Awards for Architecture 2022: interviews
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![A picture of an out of focus laptop with multiple faces participating in an online meeting with a green plant in the foreground](/sites/default/files/2022-11/resource-online-meeting-2022-sigmund-.jpg)
Five lessons from our recent Climate Action Towns gathering
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![Illustration of a rural environment in Scotland drawn by Richard Carman. Wind turbines nestle above mountains with a small town in the centre surrounded by rolling hills.](/sites/default/files/2022-11/CAT-Press-Release-2022-Richard-Carman.jpg)
Two new towns join Climate Action Towns Project
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![Pupils standing in a row as they plant trees for Queen Margaret University's Wee Forest.](/sites/default/files/2022-11/outdoor-learning-hub-WeeForest-2022-Queen-Margeret-University-web.jpg)
Making places for outdoor learning
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![Heather Claridge, Director of Design for Architecture and Design Scotland smiles for the camera.](/sites/default/files/2022-11/resource-team-heather-claridge-2022-ArcDesSco.jpg)
Heather Claridge appointed Director of Design
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![Childrens Theatre Suite Anaesthetic Room 2022 RDAArchitects](/sites/default/files/2022-11/ChildrensTheatreSuite-AnaestheticRoom-NHSDesignExcellenceAward-2022-RDAArchitects.jpg)
NHS Assure Design Excellence Awards: Winners and shortlisted projects
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![People sat in a lecture during the Andy MacMillan Memorial Lecture at Collective Architecture.](/sites/default/files/2022-11/A%26DSRIAS-ScottishStudentAwards-2022-ArcDesSco.jpg)
A&DS and RIAS Student Awards for Architecture 2022
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![An attendee of the A&DS and RIAS Scottish Student Awards 2022, views the shortlisted student on a screen at the event.](/sites/default/files/2022-10/ADS-RIAS-SSA2022-shortlist-view-ArcDesSco.jpg)
Student awards 2022: the winners have been announced
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![The words 'A&DS and RIAS Student Awards for Architecture 2022' in black text over a white backdrop.](/sites/default/files/2022-10/A%26DS-RIAS-Student-Awards-2022-LOGO-LANDSCAPE-WHITE-YELLOW-LETTERS.jpg)
A&DS and RIAS Student Awards for architecture 2022 - shortlist
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![An architectural image of Rosemount Viaduct including an outdoor green space pavilion with seating arranged across three levels.](/sites/default/files/2022-10/rosemount-viaduct-public-realm-improvements-2022-LDADesign.jpg)
Five takeaways from RTPI Scotland’s annual conference in Aberdeen
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![Climate Action Towns project team walks around Campbeltown with locals.](/sites/default/files/2022-07/climate-action-towns-campbeltown-walking-around-2022-ArcDesSco.jpg)
How we work to tackle the climate emergency
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![A colourful illustration with the words Community Climate Action Plans on a blue banner above a green space with a wheel barrow with plants in the foreground.](/sites/default/files/2022-09/climate-week-2022-blog-header-keep-scotland-beautiful.jpg)
Delivering community climate action plans in Scotland
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![A colourful graphic of a town with people moving about in the foreground with the words shaping places for wellbeing programme written above the illustrations](/sites/default/files/2022-09/shaping-places-wellbeing-blog-header-improvementservice-public-health-scotland.png)
Shaping places for wellbeing
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![A pencil illustration birds-eye view of a rural community along a river, showing green fields, and a cluster of buildings.](/sites/default/files/2022-06/designing-for-a-changing-climate-rural-community-2-2020-Richard-Carman.jpg)
How Scotland’s towns and villages can help tackle the climate emergency
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![An adult male in a black top and beige trousers plants a sign in long grass. The sign reads 'scruffy area' and is written in crayon.](/sites/default/files/2022-09/climate-ready-school-grounds-scruffy-spot-buckhaven-2022-learningthroughlandscapes.jpg)
How can schools help tackle climate change?
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![Three people look at a person sketching a building on a white wall. There are papers with architectural information across a section of the wall.](/sites/default/files/2022-08/learning-exchange-20-minute-neighbourhood-2022-thisisengineering-raeng-unsplash.jpg)
Knowledge exchange on 20-minute neighbourhoods
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![Four people walk along a pavement in a Scottish neighbourhood.](/sites/default/files/2022-08/what-is-20-minute-neighbourhood-2022-Miss-Lydia-Photography.jpg)
What is a 20-minute neighbourhood?
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![The clyde between high-rise buildings in Glasgow.](/sites/default/files/2022-08/river-clyde-high-rise-buildings-glasgow-adam-marikar-Unsplash-web.jpg)
Reflections on ‘A river runs through it’ report
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![Two of the A&DS Climate Action Towns project team members in a workshop with two members of the public.](/sites/default/files/2022-06/climate-action-towns-workshop-2022-ArcDesSco.png)
Climate Action Towns funded for a second year
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![The words 'A&DS and RIAS Student Awards for Architecture 2022' in black text over a white backdrop.](/sites/default/files/2022-10/A%26DS-RIAS-Student-Awards-2022-LOGO-LANDSCAPE-WHITE-YELLOW-LETTERS.jpg)
A&DS and RIAS Scottish Student Awards for Architecture 2022
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![A man standing in the middle of a rural road on the Isle of Mull looking at hills in the distance.](/sites/default/files/2022-06/climate-action-towns-argyll-bute-Danka-Peter-Unsplash.jpg)
Five lessons learned from taking climate action at a local level
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![A view from the ground to a canopy of rainbow coloured umbrellas against a blue sky](/sites/default/files/2022-05/resource-rainbow-umbrellas-2022-ricardo-resende-unsplash.jpg)
Green recovery: a cross-agency approach
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![A composite image of portraits of five people who have participated in the climate action towns project](/sites/default/files/2022-05/Climate-action-towns-year-one-2021-ArcDesSco.jpg)
Reflections from year one of the Climate Action Towns project
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![Two single-story attached houses with grey coloured roofs and timber facades, set against a rural landscape on Ulva island.](/sites/default/files/2022-05/ulva-ferry-housing-external-rural-setting-2020-Johnny-Barrington.jpg)
Rural futures
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![A photograph of a landscape made of lego bricks showing a sustainable home designed by a school pupil](/sites/default/files/2022-05/climate-beacons-western-isles-2021-aaron.jpg)
Design for the Future competition – Western Isles winners
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![A boy in a dimly lit exhibition space looking up at postcards hanging from the ceiling. The postcards contain wishes of citizens for the future of their place.](/sites/default/files/2022-05/what-if-postcards-launch-2021-AlanRichardson.jpg)
What if…?/ Scotland: Shared hopes, dreams and wishes for our places
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![five people sit on a raised stage in front of a colourful backdrop and a screen with a red and white logo on it.](/sites/default/files/2022-05/Corporate-strategy-2021-design-for-planet.jpg)
Design for planet: time for design to shine
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![An illustration of Midsteeple town centre with people shopping, walking and playing in the high street.](/sites/default/files/2022-05/carbon-conscious-places-Dumfries-2020-Richard-Carman.jpg)
Seven Scottish ‘climate action towns’ to help just transition
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![The phrase "yes we can" is written with scrabble letter tiles.](/sites/default/files/2022-05/Corporate-strategy-illustration-2021-yes-we-can-scrabble.jpg)
Scotland can inspire the world as COP comes to Glasgow
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![An architectural drawing of a cross section of a proposed community centre.](/sites/default/files/2022-05/student-awards-21-the-last-straw-2021-Gergana-Negovanska.jpg)
Student awards 2021: interview with Gergana Negovanska
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![two drawings side by side - on the left hand side a woman looks across a landscape in front of two towers and on the right there is a corridor leading to a viewing platform](/sites/default/files/2022-05/student-awards-21-the-cloud-cooperative-2021-tiia-partanen.jpg)
Student awards 2021: interview with Tiia Partanen
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![an architectural drawing in beige and light blue showing a market place with access to wells](/sites/default/files/2022-05/student-awards-21-paradise-pomegranate-walls-2021-rachel-dunne.jpg)
Student awards 2021: interview with Rachel Dunne
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![A black and white logo spelling out the words A&DS and RIAS Student awards for architecture 21.](/sites/default/files/2022-05/Student-awards-logo-web-2021-arcdessco.jpg)
The results for A&DS and RIAS Student Awards for Architecture 2021
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![A graphic of an arm of a demolition machine tearing down part of a building.](/sites/default/files/2022-05/Corporate-strategy-illustration-2021-demolition-machine.jpg)
Can we re-use our way to net zero?
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![A black and white logo spelling out the words A&DS and RIAS Student awards for architecture 21.](/sites/default/files/2022-05/Student-awards-logo-web-2021-arcdessco.jpg)
Shortlist for the A&DS and RIAS Scottish Student Awards for Architecture 2021
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![An Cala House blends in with its rugged landscape in Sutherland through its exterior Larch Timber Cladding.](/sites/default/files/2023-02/AnCala-exterior-TimberAwards-2021-David-Barbour-Photography.jpg)
An Cala: Best Use of Timber Awards Winning Project 2021
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