RIAS Doolan Award

The RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award is an annual architecture prize in Scotland. Organised by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS), it was named in memory of the awards founder and patron, Andrew Doolan. Established in 2002, the Doolan Award celebrates the best building in Scotland with eligibility including all types of architectural projects across the country.^[1] The architects of the winning building receive the RIAS' Gold Medal. This also included a cash prize through support from the Doolan family and the Scottish Government, with initial winnings of £25,000 making it the ‘richest’ architectural award in the UK.^[2][3] However, as of 2024, the award no longer offers prize money to winners.^[4]

Winners and nominees

Year	Winner	Winning work	Nominees and works
2002	Malcolm Fraser Architects	Dance Base, Edinburgh	Richard Murphy - Stirling Tolbooth, Stirling Munkenbeck & Marshall - Mount Stuart Visitor Centre, Bute Nicoll Russell Studios - New Byre Theatre, St Andrews McKeown Alexander Architects - Graham Square Housing, Glasgow
2003	Sutherland Hussey Architects	"An Turas" Ferry Shelter, Tiree	Reiach and Hall Architects - Evolution House, Edinburgh Arcade Architects - Mossman Houses, Edinburgh LDN Architects - Kilncraigs Mill Redevelopment, Alloa Gordon Murray & Alan Dunlop Architects - Radisson SAS Hotel, Glasgow
2004	Elder and Cannon Architects	St Aloysius College's Clavius Building, Glasgow	Frank Gehry - Maggie's Centre, Dundee Richard Murphy Architects - Eastgate Theatre and Arts Centre, Peebles Gökay Deveci - Lotte Glob House, Durness, Sutherland
2005	EMBT / RMJM	Scottish Parliament Building, Edinburgh	Gökay Deveci - A' Chrannag, Rothesay Gareth Hoskins Architects - Community Centre for Health, Partick, Glasgow Michael Laird Architects - Edinburgh Quay, Union Canal, Edinburgh Gordon Murray & Alan Dunlop Architects - Sentinel Office Development, Glasgow
2006	Page\Park Architects	Maggie's Centre, Inverness	Malcolm Fraser Architects - Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh BDP - Perth Concert Hall, Perth LDN Architects - St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral redevelopment, Edinburgh Gareth Hoskins Architects - The Bridge Arts Centre, Easterhouse, Glasgow Gordon Murray & Alan Dunlop Architects - JKS Workshops, Clydebank BDP - The Saltire Centre, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow BDP - Kelvingrove New Century Project, Glasgow Paterson Architects - Three Seton Mains, Longniddry Michael Laird Architects - Royal Bank of Scotland Headquarters, Gogarburn, Edinburgh
2007	Reiach & Hall Architects	Pier Arts Centre, Orkney	Gareth Hoskins Architects - Bridge Arts Centre, Glasgow Page\Park Architects - Fettes College Sixth Form Building, Edinburgh Gordon Murray & Alan Dunlop Architects - Hazelwood School, Glasgow Zaha Hadid Architects - Maggie's Centre, Kirkcaldy Malcolm Fraser Architects - Princess Gate, Edinburgh Reiach & Hall Architects - University of St Andrews Arts Faculty Building, St Andrews
2008	Bennetts Associates and Elder & Cannon Architects (joint winners)	Potterrow, Edinburgh and Castlemilk House Stables Block, Glasgow (joint winners)	Gareth Hoskins Architects Ltd - Culloden Battlefield Visitor Centre, Inverness Studio KAP - Tigh Na Dobhran (single-family dwelling), Argyll Simpson & Brown Architects - Dawyck Gateway Visitor Centre, Dawyck Oliver Chapman Architects - Todlaw Supported Housing, Duns Foster + Partners - Quartermile Development, Edinburgh Gordon Murray & Alan Dunlop Architects Architects - Telford Drive, Edinburgh Elder & Cannon Architects - Jordanhill School New Teaching Block, Glasgow Gray Marshall & Associates - Heart of Hawick, Hawick Page\Park Architects - Eden Court Theatre, Inverness
2009	Archial Architects	Small Animal Hospital, Glasgow	McKenzie Strickland Associates - Boathouse at Balnearn Allan Murray Architects - Hotel Missoni, Edinburgh Malcolm Fraser Architects - Infirmary Street Baths, Edinburgh Reiach and Hall Architects - New Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow Elder and Cannon Architects - Niddrie Mill and St Francis Join Primary School, Edinburgh RMJM - North Glasgow College, Glasgow Richard Murphy Architects, Elder and Cannon Architects, Page\Park Architects - Social Housing at Moore Street, Glasgow Cameron Webster Architects - The Printworks, Glasgow Elder and Cannon Architects - Trongate 103, Glasgow
2010	Elder and Cannon Architects	Shettleston Housing Association Offices, Glasgow	Page\Park Architects - McManus Galleries, Dundee - special mention Rural Design - 15 Fiscavaig, Isle of Skye Nicoll Russell Studios - The Briggait Redevelopment, Glasgow The Pollock Hammond Partnership - The Hippodrome Cinema, Bo'ness Paterson Architects - House on a Hill, Aberdeenshire Edward Culling Architects - John Hope Gateway, Edinburgh Reaich and Hall Architects - Medical & Biological Sciences Building, University of St Andrews Dualchas Building Design - Raasay Community Hall, Isle of Raasay Gökay Deveci - Tigh Na Cladach, Dunoon Anderson Bell + Christie - The West Centre, Glasgow
2011	Gareth Hoskins Architects	The National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh	Austin-Smith:Lord LLP - 10 Pearce Street, Govan, Glasgow Richard Gibson Architects - Groedians, Lerwick Nicoll Russell Studios - Hillcrest Housing Association Headquarters, Dundee jmarchitects Ltd - Hillhead Primary School, Glasgow Simon Winstanley Architects Ltd - The Houl, Castle Douglas Malcolm Fraser Architects: Linlithgow Burgh Halls, Linlithgow 7N Architects - Phoenix Flowers, Glasgow SBA Architects Ltd - The Brochs of Coigach, Achiltibuie Page\Park Architects - Centre for the Scottish War Blinded, Kirknewton Reiach and Hall Architects - Dundee House, Dundee Gaia Architects - Glentress Peel Visitor Centre, Peebles LDN Architects - University of Edinburgh Business School, Edinburgh
2012	OMA	Maggie's Gartnavel, Glasgow	G1 Group - Corinthian Club, Glasgow - special mention Holmes Miller - Heathfield Primary School, Ayr - special mention Dualchas Building Design - House at Borreraig, Isle of Skye - special mention Page\Park Architects - Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh - special mention Rural Design - Bogbain Mill, Lochussie Cameron Webster Architects - Cape Cove, Shore Road, Helensburgh Hypostyle Architects - Fore Street, Glasgow Reiach and Hall Architects - Forth Valley College, Alloa Campus, Alloa LDN Architects - Heriot's Centre for Sport & Exercise, Edinburgh Icosis Architects - Loch Leven Bird Hide, Fife Gökay Deveci - Model 'D' House, Insch McGregor Bowes + Haworth Tompkins - The Scotsman Steps, Edinburgh ZONE Architects - Wester Coates House, Edinburgh
2013[5]	NORD Architecture	WASPS South Block, Glasgow	Simpson & Brown Architects - The Chapel of Saint Albert the Great, Edinburgh Reiach and Hall Architects - Stirling Campus at Forth Valley College, Stirling Edo Architecture - The Ghost of Water Row, Govan, Glasgow Schmidt hammer lassen architects - Sir Duncan Rice Library, Aberdeen Patience & Highmore - Thomas Telford Parliamentary Church, Berneray, North Uist LDN Architects - The Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock Fife Council Property Services - Dunfermline High School, Dunfermline Cameron-Webster Architects - House, Lenzie studioKAP - 4 Linsiadar, Isle of Lewis Gareth Hoskins Architects - Mareel, Lerwick Rural Design - The Turf House, Isle of Skye
2014[6]	Morgan McDonnell Architecture Ltd	Advocates Close, Edinburgh	Robin Baker Architects - The Birks Cinema, Aberfeldy Denizen Works Ltd - House No. 7, Isle of Tiree GLM - The Inn at John O’Groats, Caithness Reiach & Hall Architects - Scottish Water Office, The Bridge, Stepps Elder and Cannon Architects - 261 West Princes Street, Glasgow BDP - Buchanan Gardens, Glasgow Dualchas Architects - Cliff House, Isle of Skye Elder and Cannon Architects - Clydebank East Workshops, Clydebank RMJM - Commonwealth Games Athletes’ Village, Glasgow Gareth Hoskins Architects - Grassmarket Community Project, Edinburgh LDN Architects - Knockando Woolmill, Knockando Foster + Partners - The SSE Hydro, Glasgow
2015[7]	Sutherland Hussey Harris	West Burn Lane, St Andrews	Malcolm Fraser Architects - Arcadia Nursery, Edinburgh[7] Page\Park Architects - Laurieston Transformational Area, Glasgow Page\Park Architects - Theatre Royal, Glasgow
2016	Page\Park Architects	Saunders Centre, Science & Technology Building, Glasgow
2017	Richard Murphy Architects	Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries	Ann Nisbet Studio - Newhouse of Auchengree, North Ayrshire Reiach and Hall Architects, Michael Laird Architects - City Campus at City of Glasgow College, Glasgow Hoskins Architects - Rockvilla at the National Theatre of Scotland, Glasgow JM Architects, Oberlander Architects - James Gillespies's Campus, Edinburgh Glasgow City Council - Glendale Primary School, Glasgow Carson and Partners - Powis Place, Aberdeen Somner MacDonald Architects - Moray Place, Edinburgh Scampton and Barnett Architects - Fernaig Cottage, Wester Ross Cameron Webster Architects - Due West
2018	Reiach & Hall Architects	Nucleus, The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Caithness Archive, Wick
2019	Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners	The Macallan Distillery and Visitor Experience
2020	Award postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021[8]	Hoskins Architects	Aberdeen Art Gallery	Bennetts Associates - Bayes Centre, Edinburgh Oliver Chapman Architects - The Egg Shed, Ardrishaig Carmody Groarke - The Hill House Box, Helensburgh Reiach and Hall Architects - National Sports Training Centre Inverclyde, Largs
2022[9]	Moxon Architects	Quarry Studios, Aberdeenshire	Reiach and Hall Architects - Falkirk Campus at Forth Valley College, Falkirk Loader Monteith - High Sunderland, Galashiels Stallan-Brand - Jedburgh Grammar Campus, Jedburgh Konishi Gaffney - Lockerbie Sawmill, Lockerbie
2023[10]	Ann Nisbet Studio[11]	Cuddymoss, North Ayrshire	Page\Park Architects - Campus Central at the University of Stirling, Stirling Denizen Works - Hundred Acre Wood, Argyll and Bute Flanagan Lawrence - Laidlaw Music Centre at the University of St Andrews, St Andrews
2024[12]	John McAslan + Partners	The Burrell Collection, Glasgow	Moxon Architects - Ardoch House, Aberdeenshire Page\Park Architects - North Gate Social Housing, Glasgow Reiach and Hall Architects - The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh Reiach and Hall Architects - Science Teaching Hub at University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen

See also

• List of architecture prizes
• RIBA Stirling Prize