Awards

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We’re proud that our work has been recognised by the industry over the years. More importantly, we’re proud of the relationships and teamwork behind every project – from ambitious clients to reliable collaborators, and of course every single hard-working employee owner at abc.

Awards

Balance

  • Shortlisted RTPI Awards for Planning Excellence, Excellence in Digital Planning, 2025
  • Winner BE-ST, The Gamechanger Award, 2025

Mount Pleasant

  • Shortlisted CiH Scotland Housing Awards, Excellence in Health and Wellbeing, 2025
  • Shortlisted CiH Scotland Housing Awards, Access and Inclusion

Granton, Station View

  • Shortlisted Scottish Home Awards, Social Housing Development of the Year (under 100 units), 2025
  • Shortlisted Scottish Home Awards, Housing Regeneration Project of the Year, 2025
  • Shortlisted Scottish Home Awards, Innovation in Design, 2025
  • Finalist Homes for Scotland Awards, Medium Affordable Housing (schemes up to 100 homes), 2025
  • Finalist The Herald Property Awards for Scotland, Affordable Housing Development of the Year, 2025
  • Finalist The Herald Property Awards for Scotland, Innovation in Sustainable Construction and Design, 2025
  • Finalist The Herald Property Awards for Scotland, Sustainable Community Impact Award, 2025
  • Shortlisted RICS Awards (UK Grand Final), Environmental Impact Award, 2025

Clydebank Health and Care Centre

  • Shortlisted CiH Scotland Housing Awards, Excellence in Regeneration and Sustainability, 2025
  • Winner Building Better Healthcare, Best Healthcare Development under £25 Million, 2024
  • Winner Building Better Healthcare, Best Collaborative Arts Project (Static), 2024
  • Finalist Scottish Property Awards, Health Care Development of the Year, 2023
  • Winner GIA Awards, Healthcare Category, 2022
  • Shortlisted AJ Architecture Awards, Health and Wellbeing Project of the Year, 2022
  • Nominated Scottish Design Awards, Health Building/Project Category, 2022

Bedford Street

  • Winner Scottish Design Awards, Affordable Housing, 2024
  • Shortlisted The Herald Property Awards, 2024
  • Shortlisted Scottish Home Awards, Affordable Housing (under 100 units), 2024

North Sighthill Regeneration, Edinburgh

  • Shortlisted Scottish Property Awards, Regeneration Project of the Year, 2024
  • Shortlisted The Herald Property Awards, 2024
  • Shortlisted Scottish Home Awards, Affordable Housing (over 100 units), 2024
  • Shortlisted Scottish Home Awards, Accessibility and Inclusion, 2024
  • Shortlisted Scottish Design Awards, Regeneration, 2024
  • Winner CiH Scotland Housing Awards, Excellence in Regeneration and Sustainability, 2023
  • Winner RICS, Social Impact Award, 2019

Building Design Architect of the Year

  • Shortlisted Building Design Architect of the Year, Public and Social Housing Architect of the Year, 2022

Glencoe Base Station

  • Winner Scottish Property Awards, Architectural Excellence Award, 2023
  • Shortlisted AJ Architecture Awards, Leisure Category, 2022

Fielden Street

  • Winner The Scottish Design Awards, Architecture Grand Prix, 2022
  • Winner The Scottish Design Awards, Affordable Housing, 2022

Bingham Avenue

  • Winner Herald Property Award, Affordable Housing Development of the Year 2022
  • Shortlisted Homes for Scotland Award, Development of the year Medium, 2022
  • Shortlisted Homes for Scotland Award, Housing Regeneration Project of the Year, 2022
  • Shortlisted The Scottish Home Awards, Affordable Housing Development of they Year, 2022

Helenvale Street

  • Commendation The Scottish Design Awards, Affordable Housing, 2022
  • Shortlisted The Scottish Home Awards, Affordable Housing Development of the Year, 2022

Gannochy Lifetime Neighbourhood

  • Winner Civic Trust Awards, Selwyn Goldsmith Award for Universal Design, 2022
  • Commendation RTPI Awards for Planning Excellence, 2022
  • Winner Saltire Awards, Multiple Dwelling, 2021
  • Winner Scottish Design Awards, Residential multi unit, 2021
  • Winner Scottish Design Awards, Affordable housing, 2021
  • Commendation Scottish Design Awards, Masterplanning/landscaping, 2021
  • Award Inside Housing Development Awards, Best Healthy Home, 2021
  • Award Inside Housing Development Awards, Best Affordable housing (under £10M), 2021
  • Winner Herald Property Awards, Affordable Housing Development, 2021
  • Winner Herald Property Awards, Affordable Housing Development, 2021
  • Winner GIA Awards, Sustainability Award, 2020
  • Winner GIA Awards, Residential (large) Award, 2020

Young Architect of the Year

  • Winner The Scottish Design Award, Young Architect of the Year – Amy Knowles-Brown, 2022
  • Shortlisted The Scottish Design Awards, Young Architect of the Year – Rekha Barry, 2022

Ochiltree Community Hub

  • Winner My Place Awards, 2021
  • Winner Scottish Property Awards, Judges Award of Excellence, 2020
  • Winner SURF Awards, Community Led Regeneration, 2019

Doune Health Centre

  • Highly Commended Better Heath Building, 2021
  • Highly Commended Health Facilities Scotland, Design Excellence Awards, 2019

Craigmillar Town Centre

  • Winner Scottish Home Awards, Housing Regeneration Project of the Year, 2021

Johnstone Castle

  • Winner Scottish Home Awards, Affordable Housing Development of the Year (Social Rent) – 2021
  • Winner Herald Property Awards, Best Regeneration Project Residential – 2021

Laurieston Living Phase 2

  • Winner Scottish Home Awards, Affordable Housing, 2020
  • Winner CiH Scotland Excellence Awards, Excellence in Regeneration, 2019

Havannah House

  • Award Scottish Property Awards, Student Accommodation Development of the Year, 2019

Bearsden Community Hub

  • Shortlisted AJ Retrofit Awards, Cultural Buildings, 2017

Lennoxtown Community Hub

  • Commendation GIA Award, Healthcare
  • Regional finalist Civic Trust Awards, 2017

Fernan Street

  • Award Affordable Housing Development of the Year, Herald Property Award, 2017
  • Award Development of the Year, Age Exclusive, Scottish Home Awards, 2017
  • Award Multiple Housing Developments, Saltire Award, 2017
  • Award Good Building Awards, CIOB Award, 2017
  • Commendation Residential Commendation, GIA Award

Catrine Community Education and Visitor Interpretation Centre

  • Award Partnership Category, Quality in Planning Award, 2017

High Street / Duke Street, Glasgow

  • Winner Scottish Property Awards, Best Regeneration Project of the Year, 2015
  • Shortlisted Saltire Housing Award, 2015

The Shields Centre, Glasgow

  • Award RIAS Award for Healthcare, 2015
  • Shortlisted Scottish Property Award, 2015
  • Award Best Primary Care Development, Building Better Healthcare Awards, 2015
  • Award Design Excellence Award, NHS Facilities Scotland, 2015
  • Award Architect's Choice, Brick Awards, 2015
  • Award Healthcare, GIA Award
  • Award Sustainability, GIA Award
  • Commendation Scottish Design Awards
  • Shortlisted RIAS, Andrew Doolan Award

St. Beya Gardens, Millport

  • Publication Inside Housing Magazine, Top 50 Affordable Housing Developments, 2014
  • Publication Inside Housing Magazine, Top 5 Small Affordable Developments, 201
  • Winner Scottish Home Awards,Senior Living Development of the Year
  • Winner Scottish Home Awards, Rural Development of the Year

An Cridhe, Isle of Coll

  • Winner My Place Award, Scottish Civic Trust, 2013
  • Commendation Design Award, National Civic Trust, 2013
  • Commendation Design Award, GIA, 2013
  • Shortlisted Scottish Design Awards, 2013
  • Shortlisted Design Awards, RIAS, 2013
  • Shortlisted Design Award, GIA, 2013

Dunsmuir Street, Govan

  • Winner Housing Design Award (Large Scale Housing Development), Saltire Society, 2013
  • Shortlisted Small Affordable Housing Development of the Year, 2013
  • Shortlisted Large-Scale Housing Development, Scottish Home Awards, 2013
  • Commendation Housing Design Awards, Saltire Society, 2013

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs, Sustainable Design Guidance

  • Commendation Scottish Quality in Planning Awards, 2013

School Road, Stepps

  • Shortlisted Scottish Home Awards, Small Affordable Housing Development of the Year, 2012

Elderview Regeneration Project, Govan

  • Winner Best Regeneration Project, Herald Property Awards, 2012

Methlan Park, Dumbarton

  • Winner Senior Housing Development of the Year, Scottish Home Awards, 2012
  • Commendation Small Affordable Development of the Year, 2012

The West Centre

  • Winner NHS Facilities Scotland, Design Award, 2011
  • Winner NHS Facilities Scotland, Paul Taylor Award, 2011
  • Winner Scottish Design Award, Best Healthcare Building, 2011
  • Shortlisted RIBA Award, 2011
  • Shortlisted Civic Trust, Special Awards for Inclusive Design, 2011
  • Special mention Internal Artworks by Tim Taylor, Arts and Crafts in Architecture Awards, Saltire Society, 2011
  • Shortlisted RIAS, Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award, 2010
  • Winner GIA Healthcare Award, 2010

Respite Care Unit: Dunn Street, Duntocher

  • Commendation The Herald Property Awards, Residential Social Development of the Year – 2011

Lymburn Street, Yorkhill

  • Commendation The Herald Property Awards, Residential Social Development of the Year, 2011

Sustainable design in Argyll and Bute

  • Winner Scottish Awards for Quality in Planning, Development Plans Category, 2010

Queen Elizabeth Square, Glasgow

  • Shortlisted Saltire Society, Housing Design Award, 2010

Redhall Primary School

  • Shortlisted Roses Design Awards, 2009
  • Shortlisted Building Design Awards, 2009

Woodlands Secondary School

  • Winner Green Apple Award, Sustainable Design, 2009

The Isle of Gigha Masterplan and Design Guides

  • Winner RTPI Planning Awards, Sustainable Communities Award, 2007

Silverhills, Rosneath

  • Winner Roses Design Awards, Gold Award Affordable Housing, 2007
  • Winner Saltire Society, Housing Design Award, 2007
  • Commendation GIA, 2007
  • Shortlisted Scottish Design Awards, 2007

Building Design Architect of the Year

  • Shortlisted Education, Private Housing, Masterplanning and Public Housing

Raploch Masterplan and Design Guide

  • Winner Scottish Awards for Quality in Planning – 2006

Auchterarder Community Campus

  • Award Scottish Arts Council National Lottery Awards, 2005
  • Award Royal Society of Arts, Art and Architecture Scheme, 2005
  • Shortlisted Scottish Enterprise, Dynamic Places Award, 2005
  • Award Demonstration Project, Movement for Innovation, 2005
  • Award Exemplar School, Scottish Executive, 2005
  • Mention Civic Trust, 2005
  • Publication World Educational Facilities, OECD, 2005
  • Publication 100 Best Scottish Buildings, 2005

Govan

  • Winner RIAS, Urban Design Competition, 2005

Barrhead Housing Association

  • Winner Sustainable Housing Design Competition, 2005

Erskine 2000

  • Winner Residential Care for the Next Millenium, 2002

abc Offices

  • Commendation GIA, Design Award, 1997

The Terraces, Clydebank

  • Commendation Saltire Society, Movement For Innovation Demonstration Project

Whole Life Housing, Milngavie

  • Winner HAG Competition

Knowes Regeneration

  • Excellent accredication First Excellent Accredication in Scotland, BRE Eco Homes

Easterhouse Millennium Centre

  • Finalist National Design Competition

Locking Castle Community Campus

  • Finalist National Design Competition

Glendore Street, Whiteinch

  • Commendation Saltire Society, Housing Design Awards

Headquarters for Welfare State International

  • Finalist National Design Competition

Auchendarroch Street

  • Award Pilot Project, Communities Scotland, Housing Quality Assessment Programme