The Glasgow Institute of Architects Design Awards 2022 are now open for entries! Enter now at gia.org.uk

We are delighted that this years awards are sponsored by Tobermore and Altro Limited

Entries must be submitted for 30th September 2022.

📣 Glasgow-based Director of Collective Architecture, Chris Stewart, has been elected as the new President of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, for a two year term which begins 29 June 2022.

Find out more at rias.org.uk

Thanks to RIAS for nominating me for a spot at the Royal Garden Party for my involvement with GIA and AlexanderThomson_Soc, we had a great day out at the Palace!

Don't forget to join us on 28/04/2022 for our Annual #Lecture which will be given by Patrick Clark of HLM Architects - winners of this year's GIA Supreme Award and Sustainability Award! The lecture follows the 154th GIA Annual General Meeting at 17:00.

Don't forget to join us on 28/04/2022 for our Annual #Lecture which will be given by Patrick Clark of HLM Architects - winners of this year's GIA Supreme Award and Sustainability Award!
The lecture follows the 154th GIA Annual General Meeting at 17:00.

Following an open call for candidates, the Glasgow Institute of Architects is delighted to announce two candidates will be standing for election to be the next GIA President: James Spence Watson and Jonathan Potter of Robert Potter and Partners LLP.

In advance of #Glasgow City Council Election in May 2022, New Glasgow Society & Glasgow Institute of Architects are organising a #hustings event for Glasgow’s Built Environment.

📆 19 April 2022, Tuesday
🕡 6.30pm till late
📍 Trades Hall of Glasgow
🎫 FREE

Great to chat to so many peers tonight! If you were busy tonight but still interested in getting involved with the GIA please email us or come to our AGM!

The GIA AGM and Annual Lecture will take place at the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) on 28th April 2022.

We are delighted to welcome Patrick Clark, of HLM Architects to join us on the evening for the guest lecture.

Visit our eventbrite page to reserve your space!

Interested in getting involved or finding out more about the GIA? Come along to our New Members drinks on 6th April at 18:00 at Bar91 in Glasgow and have a blether with GIA President Phil Zoechbauer and Vice-President Shona MacVicar and some of the rest of our team!

#COP26Recap
To mark the holding of COP26, the GIA and chapters of the RIAS produced a collection of maps which document routes to run, walk or cycle, seeking to highlight future sea levels and the impact of climate change on the buildings around us.

#COP26Recap
In collaboration with the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, the Glasgow Institute of Architects, alongside other chapters, used a series of markers to highlight potential sea level rises resulting from climate change.

#COP26Recap
The GIA have invited chapter architects to prepare displays in their shopfront windows of their work in relation to sustainability and climate change.

#COP26Recap
As part of our COP26 activities, the GIA teamed-up with the RIBA to deliver a workshop on sustainability and architecture with students at the Glasgow Gaelic School. The workshop explored the impacts of the built environment on climate change.

#COP26Recap
The planters project was a collaboration between the GIA, Glasgow City Council, Greyfriars Community Garden and Chonk Studio. The planters were positioned along the Biophilic corridor, and adopt the principles of circular economy.