Kengo Kuma and  RSHP on 19-strong rollcall

9 Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners_Macallan Distillery (c) Joas Souza

Source: Joas Souza

RSHP’s visitor centre at the Macallan Distillery has made the list

A £8m primary school in the Scottish borders by Glasgow practice Stallan-Brand is one of 19 schemes that have been shortlisted for this year’s RIAS awards.

Broomlands school in Kelso is up against a number of high-profile rivals including Kengo Kuma’s £80m V&A museum in Dundee and the £140m Macallan distillery and visitor experience at Craigellachie on Speyside designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners.

Also on the shortlist are schemes by Bennetts Associates, Richard Murphy Architects and Hoskins Architects.

Winners will be announced on 30 May and will be eligible for this year’s Doolan Prize which is being held in October and last carried a £25,000 first prize.

The winners will also be eligible for the RIBA national awards from which the Stirling prize shortlist is put together.

5 Stallan Brand_Broomlands School (c) Andrew Lee

Source: Andrew Lee

This primary school by Stallan-Brand is one of 19 schemes to have been shortlisted

The shortlist (with values where published)

Bayes Centre, Edinburgh

Bennetts Associates for University of Edinburgh

The Black House, Isle of Skye

Dualchas Architects Ltd for a Private Client

Briongos MacKinnon House, Strathaven

Richard Murphy Architects Limited for Colin MacKinnon

Brodie Castle – Playful Garden Visitor Centre, Forres (£1.2m)

Hoskins Architects for The National Trust for Scotland

Broomlands Primary School, Kelso (£8m)

Stallan-Brand Architecture + Design Ltd for Scottish Borders Council

Cairngorms National Park Authority Headquarters, Grantown-on-Spey (£1m)

Moxon Architects Ltd for Seafield Estate

Collective on Calton Hill, Edinburgh (£4m)

Collective Architecture for City of Edinburgh Council and Collective

Hendrick’s Gin Palace, Girvan (£13m)

Michael Laird Architects for William Grant & Son

The Macallan Distillery and Visitor Experience, Craigellachie (£140m)

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners for Edrington

Mackintosh at the Willow, Glasgow

Simpson & Brown for Willow Tea Rooms Trust

Orchard Brae School, Aberdeen (£17.5m)

jmarchitects for Hub North Scotland Ltd

Perth Theatre (£11.38m)

Richard Murphy Architects Limited for Horsecross Arts Ltd

The Raining’s Stairs Development, Inverness

Trail Architects for Ark Estates

Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service – The Jack Copland Centre, Edinburgh (£30m)

Reiach and Hall Architects for Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service

St John’s Church - Alteration and Extension, Edinburgh (£2.35m)

LDN Architects for Cornerstone Developments (Edinburgh) Ltd

Tollcross Housing Association Offices, Glasgow (£2.92m)

Elder and Cannon Architects for Tollcross Housing Association

Tragerhaus, Glasgow

HAUS Collective Ltd for Linda and James Laws

V&A Dundee (£80.1m)

Kengo Kuma & Associates with PiM.studio Architects and James F Stephen Architects for Dundee City Council

West Calder High School (£32 m)

NORR Consultants Limited for West Lothian Council

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