Architectural Excellence Award (Public Use)

Forth Valley College, Falkirk Campus; Reiach and Hall Architects

The opening of Forth Valley College’s new Falkirk Campus marked the culmination of eleven years of collaboration with Reiach and Hall Architects and the completion of a “family” of three campus buildings in Alloa, Stirling and Falkirk.

The new campus - which will serve as FVC’s headquarters - completes the college’s ambitious £128 million estates programme which saw their Alloa Campus (£21mn) opened in 2011 and their Stirling Campus (£29m) opened a year later. The Scottish Government’s investment in the construction of the new campus, makes the campus one of the largest publicly funded building projects in Scotland.

Designed by architects Reiach and Hall Architects and delivered by Keppie Design and Balfour Beatty the unique state-of-the-art facilities include, world class laboratories, a process training rig, transmission training centre, distillation plant, virtual control room, mini-rig, biotechnology centre, construction workshops, sports centre and front of house training salons for hairdressing and beauty.

The full shortlist includes:

• Elgin and Appin Ward (Stobhill Mental Health Estate), Glasgow; Keppie Design, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde and hub West Scotland
• Forth Valley College, Falkirk Campus; Reiach and Hall Architects
• Gairloch Museum; LDN Architects & Simpson Builders
• Inverurie Community Campus; Halliday Fraser Munro
• The Inverness Justice Centre; Reiach and Hall Architects
• Tullibody South Campus, Alloa; Keppie Design

The finalists in the Architectural Excellence Award (Commercial Use) category are as follows:

• Clydesdale Community Hub, South Lanarkshire; Grant Murray Architects
• Ka Pao Restaurant, Glasgow; Mosaic Architecture & Design
• Rutherglen Links Office Pavilions, Glasgow; Keppie Design

To be included in our Architects’ Showcase, simply submit up to 350 words describing your latest project, it’s interesting and innovative features and any challenging or distinctive features to newsdesk@scottishnews.com.