Agency Name: | Architecture and Design Scotland |
Agency Type: | Executive non-departmental public body |
Nativename: | gd|Ailtearachd is Dealbhadh na h-Alba |
Formed: | 2004 |
Jurisdiction: | Scotland |
Headquarters: | Edinburgh Futures Institute, 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh |
Region Code: | SCT |
Chief1 Name: | Jim MacDonald[1] |
Chief1 Position: | Chief Executive |
Chief2 Name: | Ann Allen |
Chief2 Position: | Chair |
Architecture and Design Scotland, also styled Architecture & Design Scotland (A&DS; gd|Ailtearachd is Dealbhadh na h-Alba), is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government. It was established in 2004 to provide advice to the government and bodies involved in commissioning, designing and regulating new buildings and places.[2]