Architectural Competition
Every second year the Trust runs a competition covering architecture within the Stirling Council district. This alternates between awards for the conservation and adaptation of old buildings and the construction of new ones.
Entries in 2011 were for restorations in the Stirling Council area completed since 2007. The judges took an unusual step in giving the award to a traditional Scottish house in Cambusbarron, which had been restored by its owners, without the benefit of an architect’s advice, but under the guidance of Stirling City Heritage Trust.
In announcing the results of the competition, the chairman of the judging panel, Ken Lawson, said that while there were fewer entries than usual, the decision had not been an easy one. The contribution to the neighbourhood made by the restoration of the Museum Hall in Bridge of Allan, Architects Coltart Earley, was considerable, and merited a Highly Commended Certificate.
The judges had ultimately decided however in favour of a late 19th century cottage in the Cambusbarron conservation area, which had been painstakingly and sympathetically restored. He described the initiative of the owners of the winning entry, as potentially inspirational.
18 Main Street, Cambusbarron: The winner of the 2011 award for a restoration. Owners: Antony
Profili and Stuart Millar.
Stirling Cricket Club: The winner of the 2009 award for a new building. Architect: JM Architects
1 Bank / 55 Baker Street Stirling: The winner of the 2007 award for a restoration. Architect: Thomas
Thomson
Rural Stirling Housing Association Development at Leny Road, Deanston: The winner of the 2005
award for a new building. Architects: McEachern MacDuff
