Category: Education Building or Project

The Harmeny Learning Hub is a new vocational learning centre designed by Loader Monteith with Studio SJM for the Harmeny Education Trust. Designed on the concept of an embrace, the new woodland school provides a safe and uplifting learning environment for students with complex additional support needs due to early years trauma and adversity. Nestled between two Category-B listed buildings and within a dense, mature woodland, the new learning centre accommodates five classrooms including a wood workshop, an art classroom, […]

Riverside Primary School is the first certified Passivhaus school in Scotland and supports a healthy and innovative learning environment where children can thrive and succeed. Occupied in June 2023 and designed to accommodate 462 pupils, 82 nursery pupils and 16 ISP places, the school is loved by pupils, staff, and the wider community. Riverside sets a new quality benchmark for the future learning estate in Scotland. Site context Located within a residential estate, the site encourages active travel, while thoughtful […]

Sciennes Primary School founded in 1892, is one of Scotland’s largest primary schools, and its extension is Scotland’s first CLT Passivhaus Primary School. The grade-B listed building has been expanded with a new pavilion to meet modern educational needs, by creating four new classrooms with associated flexible teaching space and enhancements to outdoor provision on an unused rear playground. Holmes Miller architects collaborated with the City of Edinburgh Council since 2019 to address the pressing need for additional classrooms. The […]

A place for the community to meet and learn together, Wallyford Learning Campus is a state-of-the-art community building that is truly inclusive, intergenerational and responds to environmental and educational agendas. Born out of the requirement for a new high school, the Campus is home to Rosehill High School as well as a dedicated science, technology, engineering, arts, and maths (STEAM) centre, a severe and complex needs school, hydrotherapy pool and specialist provision community hub for adults with complex needs. Wallyford […]

Boclair Academy is the latest evolution of our sector leading approach to education design, creating a series of inspirational learning spaces arranged around key learning plazas in a highly efficient plan form to accommodate 1,050 secondary pupils. The whole site is developed as an eco campus to provide a valuable study resource, enhance local biodiversity, and create an attractive and welcoming environment to study, work and play in. The building responds to its semi-rural landscape setting by adopting a low, […]

The vision for the Adam Smith Business School was to enhance the University’s reputation as an inspirational place for learning, teaching, and world-changing research. The new six-storey building ensures the postgraduate taught community has a dedicated space to work across academia, research, innovation, and industry. This state-of-the-art academic facility is based on a programmatic interconnected stack design. Focusing on research, collaboration, and teaching. Each incorporates best practice across design pedagogy, the overall aim was to reduce fragmentation and enable a […]