Our History | Keppie

Our story is one of innovation, resilience and trend-setting. Our predecessors set a high bar for inspiring, personable and dynamic leadership, and we are incredibly proud to be the custodians of a rich and diverse Scottish heritage. There is barely a city or town in the country that doesn’t have a building designed by the talented people who have worked for the firm.

2016

Ayrshire College, Kilmarnock

The College’s vision from the outset was to provide a ‘beacon for learning and regeneration which is fully accessible to all’. The new £53m education facility for Ayrshire college provides state of the art teaching and learning facilities signalling the largest single public investment within Kilmarnock. Its 350 rooms range from standard teaching environments (split between formal and informal teaching spaces) together with highly specialist mix of technical workshops and high end commercial type shop environments. The core spaces are based around a central hub of informal social spaces forming the heart of the building. Find out more in the project profile page.

2017

Assisi Hospice, Singapore

In January 2017, Assisi Hospice relocated to a new six-storey facility, doubling its annual patient capacity from 1,000 to over 2,000. The facility includes 48 single rooms, with additional two- and four-bed rooms, efficiently designed within a compact urban site. It also features Singapore’s first dedicated 16-bed dementia ward and a specialised paediatric palliative care ward. Find out more in the project profile page.

2018

16 Church Street, Dumbarton

West Dunbartonshire Council’s flagship office at 16 Church Street, Dumbarton, offers a modern workspace for 500 staff and public services in the heart of the town centre. The site was strategically chosen to support the regeneration of Dumbarton and to preserve the historic façade of William Leiper’s Grade A listed former Burgh Hall and Academy Building. The project was guided by a forward-thinking brief focused on fostering flexible, collaborative working within a safe, efficient, and sustainable environment. Find out more in the project profile page.

August 2018 The next era of Keppie begins…

Keppie transitions into private limited company, led by four like-minded individuals – Peter Moran, David Ross, Fraser Low and Richard MacDonald – who share the same passion, ethos, and ambitions for the business. Together, we are creating a bright and financially secure future for Keppie!

Ballymena Health & Care Centre

The new Ballymena Health and Care Centre was designed by Keppie Design and Hoskins Architects.
Externally the building is dramatically defined by its saw-tooth roofline, nevertheless sitting peacefully
amongst its existing neighbours. Internally the building is oriented around the central triple-height atrium,
providing a naturally-lit arrival and navigation space for patients, visitors and work teams. The new Health and Care Centre is the largest project of its kind constructed to date in Northern Ireland under the PCCI procurement programme and it has had a significant impact on the local community in the delivery of an integrated primary and community care provision. Find out more in the project profile page.

2019

Vinicombe Street

In 1968, Arnold Clark purchased the Botanic Gardens Garage at 24 Vinicombe Street. Under his ownership, the garage became the workshop hub of Arnold Clark during the 1970s. Keppie was appointed to provide design, planning and conservation advice for proposals to redevelop the vacant Grade A listed garage. Our integrated architecture and town planning teams were tasked with creating a solution that was sympathetic in its design and offered a sustainable use for the garage. Find out more in the project profile page.

Balfour Hospital Orkney

This new rural general hospital facilitates and supports the delivery of Health and Social Care services to the 21,000 strong population of the Orkney Islands. The building accommodates a diverse range of departments designed to be flexible both at user level, supporting complex staffing conditions, and for future expansion and service planning. Accommodation comprises flexible integrated wards, Maternity, Palliative Care Unit, Outpatients, GPs practices, Dental, Emergency Department, Radiology, Pharmacy and Labs, Operating Theatres and a Central Decontamination Unit as well as supporting Administration Centre and Public arrival facilities. Find out more in the project profile page.

The Event Complex Aberdeen

The Event Complex Aberdeen (TECA), also known as P&J Live, is a versatile indoor arena that opened in August 2019. With a capacity ranging from 5,000 to 15,000, it was Scotland’s largest indoor venue at the time of construction and the fifth largest in the UK. The facility includes a 9,000 sqm arena, 6,000 sqm of flexible exhibition space, and a 31,500 sqm subterranean car park that doubles as additional event space, notably for the Offshore Europe Exhibition. An additional 10,000 sqm of external exhibition space is also available. Find out more in the project profile page.

2020

Forth Valley College

Falkirk Campus provides a critical service to the people of Central Scotland and our objective was to reinforce the sense of order, control and coherence exemplified in Reiach & Hall’s exemplar design. The project comprises the construction of a new build further education College facility which hosts 450 members of staff and caters for 2,000 full-time students complete with hard and soft external works to replace the existing Falkirk Campus. This is the third in a series of college buildings for Forth Valley College, with a very distinct and specific architectural identity underpinning all of them. Find out more in the project profile page.