Rewarding innovation and advocating Scottish house building and place making for longer than any other design award in Scotland, the awards work to encourage good, affordable, adaptable and environmentally sustainable housing in Scotland.

Open to entries from owners, clients, architects, house-builders and housing developers of all shapes and sizes across Scotland, the awards seek projects that add positively to Scotland’s architectural and social landscape.

Last year’s winners included Leith Fort, an exceptional project that regenerates a historic site with a mix of mid-market and social rent housing. And Inclusive Family Home by Chambers McMillan Architects, a non-descript semi-detached bungalow in Edinburgh, renewed and recast to create an exceptional project that leveraged a modest budget to produce a truly inclusive home.

The Innovation in Housing Award, sponsored by the Scottish Government, celebrates the pioneering spirit, for projects and ideas that, including but not limited to, offer new approaches, use of new technology and innovative construction methods. The awards complement the Scottish Government’s vision for its housing policy; to encourage innovative and original projects and ideas that will promote debate and implementation.

Nick Barley, guest chair of the 2019 Saltire Housing Design Awards, said: “The Saltire Housing Awards are special because they are about more than just good design: they reward housing schemes that make Scotland a better, more inclusive place to live.

“Judged by a group of experts drawn from across the spectrum of the housebuilding sector, the process includes interviewing the people who live in the houses as well as the people who designed and built them. The winning projects will be the ones that help improve lives in Scotland.”

Sarah Mason, programme director of the Saltire Society, added: “We are delighted to be running the Saltire Housing Design Awards in 2019. The need for these Awards and the recognition of good housing design for all and the innovation used to make that housing possible is more vital now, than when the Awards were established in 1937. The Saltire Housing Awards are unique in there ethos and we hope set the bar for architects, planners, clients, house builders and developers as to what housing can and should be in Scotland.

“We are pleased to welcome Nick Barley as this year’s guest chair, bringing fresh insights to the judging of the Awards and choosing the recipient of the coveted Saltire Medal. Nick will be supported by a panel of committed and expert practitioners and panel Convener David Jamieson.

“We look forward to seeing the projects that come in for the Awards.”

Download the Saltire Housing Information Pack HERE.

Download the Saltire Housing Entry Form HERE.

Download the Saltire Housing PowerPoint Template HERE.

Download the Saltire Innovation in Housing Entry Form HERE.

Submissions must be received by noon on March 8, with the awards ceremony due to take place in Edinburgh in late June.