The shortlisted projects represent a comprehensive range of building types and include two restoration projects and buildings within both urban and landscape settings. 

The shortlist is:
-Tigh Na Dobhran (single family dwelling), Argyll by Studio KAP -Dawyck Gateway Visitor Centre, Dawyck by Simpson & Brown Architects -Todlaw Supported Housing, Duns by Oliver Chapman Architects -Quartermile Development, Edinburgh by Foster + Partners -Telford Drive (housing development), Edinburgh by GM + AD Architects -Potterrow, Edinburgh by Bennetts Associates -Castlemilk House Stables Block, Glasgow by Elder & Cannon Architects -Jordanhill School New Teaching Block, Glasgow by Elder & Cannon Architects -Heart of Hawick, Hawick by Gray, Marshall & Associates -Culloden Battlefield Visitor Centre, Inverness by Gareth Hoskins Architects Ltd -Eden Court Theatre (refurbishment), Inverness  by Page\ Park