• Publications:
A number of case studies and exemplars in DWA have been published elsewhere, e.g.
i. “studioKAP: An Architectural Guide to their Work in Scotland”, the 9th guide in the Bauhaus series and the first UK practice to be featured. Published by the Bauhaus University, Weimar 2010.
ii. 2011 “The Hardcore Soft House: Scotland’s Housing Expo, Plot 26”, in CIC Start Online, Innovation Review, (pp 20-29, incl. front cover).
iii. The Hardcore Softhouse in, Scotland’s Housing Expo 2010, (2011, A+DS, pp122-123).
iv. George Square and Albany Mews in, Drawing for Urban Design, by Lorraine Farrelly (2011, Lawrence King, pp50, 92).
v. Balfron House in, External Timber Cladding, Designing, Installation and Performance' , by Ivor Davies and John Wood (2011, p4).
vi. Tigh na Dobhran , Arduaine, Argyll in 21st Century Beach Houses ed Andrew Hall Published in Australia (2010 by The Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd pp 216-219).
vii Tigh na Dobhran , Arduaine, Argyll in, 'The World's Best Beach Houses', ed. Mandy Herbert, The Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd., Australia, 2012. ISBN 9781864705003 (hbk).
• Symposia/Public Events:
1. Glasgow City Council Sept. 2012.
• Lectures:
i. Glasgow City Council 2011.
ii. Aberdeen University, Dept. of Architecture, 2011.
iii. The Sketchbook Conference, AccessArt, Cambridge 2011.
• Public exhibition designed by studioKAP : ‘Snap Shot’.
‘studioKAP exhibition celebrates a decade’s work’, reviewed by Urban Realm in www.urbanrealm.com, March 29th 2012.
• Awards for buildings featured:
• 2012 Saltire Awards
• 2011, GIA
• 2010, Saltire Housing Award House in Auchoish
• 2010, Saltire Housing Award House in Pollokshields
• Impact:
1. Invited public lecture to Glasgow City Council planning department.
2. Local Authority planning department: In March 2011, Glasgow City Council requested an accompanied visit of planners and architects to a selection studioKAP’s projects involving existing buildings as exemplars in their field.
3. Wilson/MacDonald House by studioKAP cited by Glasgow City Council as exemplary of use of materials in conservation area influencing City Policy 2 planning guidelines.
4. Buildings and design methodology by studioKAP form the basis of lectures delivered to academia.
5. Two low-carbon houses exploring innovative internal and external socio/spatial architectural elements by studioKAP have been built as part of the recent Scotland’s Housing Expo 2010 near Inverness. Based in part of recent Finnish models, over 50,000 members of the public visited and many more accessed the website.
6. Built work by studioKAP published by RIAS on official RIAS documentation ‘Why use a Chartered Architect?’ aimed at potential client bodies as architectural exemplars.
7. “Dwelling with Architecture” focuses on aspects of design and professional practice both within the UK and abroad and its targeted audience are students, practitioners, academics, local authorities, design bodies and policy makers, aligning well with the aim of ‘developing the highest levels of knowledge exchange’ . Discussions have already taken place with local authorities and Architecture +Design Scotland about how such a book could become a key reference for them with regards to contemporary rural developments. It is hoped the book will serve as an important reference in UG and PG architecture courses.
8. Recommended as essential reading in various schools of architecture, e.g. Portsmouth School of Architecture, University of Tokyo.
9. Many of the studioKAP buildings have been used as a vehicle in an innovative Honours class combining experiencing, recording, analysing and discussing architecture, ‘The Presence of Detail’, University of Strathclyde Department of Architecture 2009-2011.
