Great Glen House, the new headquarters designed for Scottish Natural Heritage in Inverness by Keppie, has won the award for Sustainable Building of the Year sponsored by ‘Building’ and ‘Building Design’ magazines.

Great Glen House was completed earlier this year by Robertson Property at a cost of around £13m. It has already achieved the highest environmental assessment rating –  84% – ever awarded by The Building Research Establishment (BRE), the UK’ s leading authority on sustainable construction and development. It was also awarded the accolade of BRE Building of the Year for 2006.

Following the award ceremony, Keppie Director Charles Bell said: “Sustainability is one of the most important issues facing the construction industry. The combined talents of the Keppie team, taking in architecture, interior design, planning and urban design, have created not only a beautiful building but an effective and credible response to the sustainability issue. We are delighted to be recognised in this award.”

The innovative building topped an impressive list of entries that included the Roche HQ building by BDP and The Core at the Eden Project by Buro Happold and Nicholas Grimshaw.