Category: Education Building or Project

The Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) breathes new life into the former Royal Infirmary, transforming a long-derelict landmark into a dynamic hub for research, learning, and collaboration. The Category A-listed Victorian hospital, in a state of severe disrepair when the University acquired it in 2015, has been meticulously restored and reimagined. Unsympathetic extensions were removed, extensive dry rot repaired, and key architectural features brought back to their former glory, seamlessly integrating new spaces alongside the historic hospital wards and corridors.Located at […]

SCF has developed innovative ways to support learning in its community. Working with children of all ages, the youth work team provides support and learning for those at risk of exclusion from mainstream education. 3 years ago, this work was run from a series of modular cabins alongside the football pitches at Spartans. This accommodation whilst satisfying basic requirements, was prone to the common issues with such buildings: lack of robustness, too hot or too cold and limited opportunity to […]

Located in the village of Chryston in Lanarkshire, the innovative Chryston Community Hub integrates a primary school and primary care health centre for North Lanarkshire Council and NHS Lanarkshire on a parkland site. The project offers the children and residents of Chryston a tremendous opportunity to experience a modern community hub with a fun, inspirational learning environment and a sensitive health hub at its core. The new primary school accommodates up to 509 pupils and provides 17 consultation rooms that […]

Kirkliston Primary Early Learning & Childcare provides an additional standalone Nursery and Primary 1 facility for Kirkliston Primary School, dedicated to early years learning. The project is designed as an annex to Kirkliston Primary, creating early learning facilities to allow more space to become available in the existing building. The single storey L-shaped building creates two wings from the main entrance, one for Nursery and the other for Primary 1, with a shared dining hall. The simple building form with […]

This project followed a strategic asset management and consolidation masterplan exercise for the Royal Veterinary College campus. The design solution refurbishes and extends 2 existing buildings in lieu of a full new build solution. The extension and central atrium space encapsulated 3 former elevations of 2 of these buildings, with the net effect of improving air tightness and the thermal envelope of the building.The brief outlined the need for flexible teaching space, lecture theatres, student social learning space, teaching labs […]

The largest Passivhaus education building in the UK, Woodmill and St Columba’s RC High School is a visionary project designed by AHR for Fife Council. Designed to go beyond traditional learning, the new school supports pupil and staff wellbeing, offering a stimulating, safe and secure environment to learn and teach within. Situated within the Dunfermline Learning Campus, the project caters for 2,700 pupils and 246 staff members, bringing together two schools into one building with shared spaces at the heart. […]

Neilston Learning Campus is part of a wider regeneration project for the village of Neilston, in East Renfrewshire. This project includes Neilston Primary School, St Thomas’ Primary School and the Madras Family Centre and provides facilities for community use. The project is on the topographically challenging site of the existing Neilston Primary School and was delivered as a tandem build.Both schools are arranged over two floors with each school having their own external covered terrace and internal atrium for flexible […]