AMA Studio (formerly Allan Murray Architects) is an

Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

based practice of award-winning

Architects An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

and

Urbanists This is a list of urban theorists notable in their field, in alphabetical order: * Christopher Alexander (1936-2022) * Donald Appleyard (1928-1982) * Michael E. Arth * Christopher Charles Benninger (1942) * Walter Block (1941) * Ernest Burgess (1 ...

. Formed in , it has a substantial body of work in the Scottish capital. In recent years the modern nature of some of its designs has attracted criticism since it is not perceived to "fit" with Edinburgh's current architecture. Some commentators, including

Magnus Linklater Magnus Duncan Linklater, CBE (born 21 February 1942) is a Scottish journalist, writer, and former newspaper editor. Early life and education Linklater was born in Orkney, and is the son of Scottish writer Eric Linklater and arts campaigner Marj ...

have even questioned whether too many buildings in Edinburgh have been designed by the firm. In 2010 the Hotel Missoni in Edinburgh (now the Radisson Collection Hotel, Royal Mile Edinburgh) designed by the firm was awarded a Special Award for Scotland by the

Civic Trust Awards The Civic Trust Awards scheme was established in 1959 to recognise outstanding architecture, planning and design in the built environment. As the longest standing built environment awards scheme in Europe, since 1959, more than 7000 projects have ...

. Hotel Missoni also won an RIBA Award in 2010. In April 2020, the company became an employee owned trust.

Awards

British Construction Industry Awards The British Construction Industry Awards (BCI Awards or BCIA) were launched by ''New Civil Engineer'' magazine and Thomas Telford Ltd in 1998, at the time both owned by the Institution of Civil Engineers. The awards seek to recognise outstanding ...

* 2003 Winner - Small Projects Category, Cowgate under 5's Centre, Edinburgh Britannia HomeBuilder Design Awards * 2002 Winner - Best Apartment Building, Coalhill Urban Development, Leith, Edinburgh British Council for Offices Awards * 2003 Winner - Best Commercial Workplace Regional Award, The Tun, Holyrood, Edinburgh * 2003 Winner - Best Commercial Workplace National Award, The Tun, Holyrood, Edinburgh EAA Silver Medal * 2000 Commendation - Best Building, UDV Guinness HQ, Edinburgh Park * 2002 Winner, Cowgate under 5's Centre, Edinburgh Prime Minister's Better Public Buildings Award * 2003 Shortlisted, Cowgate under 5's Centre, Edinburgh Royal Scottish Academy Gold Medal for Architecture * 1998 Winner, Hamilton Arts Centre and Library Scottish Architectural Awards * 1996 Winner - Best Building, Peterhead Maritime Heritage Museum Scottish Design Awards * 2001 Winner - Best Commercial Building, UDV Guinness HQ, Edinburgh Park *2003 Commendation – Best Commercial Project, Site A Masterplan, Edinburgh Park Scottish Property Awards *2003 Winner - Commercial Development of the Year, Calton Square, Edinburgh

References

External links

Practice website
Retrieved 11 January 2008. Architecture firms of Scotland Companies based in Edinburgh 1992 establishments in Scotland Design companies established in 1992 {{UK-architect-stub