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A large group of alumni, sitting down and smiling at the camera

Alumni at the Shanghai alumni reception.

ECA Alumni event, Shanghai

Nearly one hundred former students gather, from 2023 graduates to those who studied with ECA nearly twenty years ago.

Photo of Iain Wylie

Introducing the Iain Wylie Travel Award: A Lasting Legacy

The architectural community mourned the loss of alumnus Iain Wylie, Executive Director at Austin-Smith:Lord, on 13 May 2022. Now, two years on from Iain’s sudden passing, his friends, family and colleagues have founded the Iain Wylie Travel Award for final-year students from ESALA.

The day after tomorrow entry - an image from a building's rooftop, of buildings and leafy spaces below.

Image from The Day After Tomorrow entry

Terry Feng, Kim Lee and Bingzhi Li

International competition achievements for ESALA students

Students have been recognised for their reimaginings of neighbourhoods in Germany and Vietnam.

A pale yellow background, with a series of pink arms and hands reaching in to the centre, each holding an orange. They form a ring, and in the middle is a white outline of a baby, with a little red heart, lying on a blue mattress, in a red cot, seen from above.

A Deluge of Oranges - Momo Li

Deliverances from Death

Illustration students have teamed up with members of the Edinburgh International Book Festival's Citizen Writers Group. The partnership created a series of works inspired by near-death experiences, and the works of seventeenth-century writer Alice Thornton.

The left side of the artwork is made up of woven paper strips of various colours. The right side has a dark pink pattern on a pale pink background

Ammna Sheikh, The Richer A Persian, The Finer His Rugs (detail), printed cartridge paper and wrapping paper, 2023

ECA graduates scoop New Contemporaries awards

Tremendous success for ECA alumni at Royal Scottish Academy exhibition, with 11 winners across 12 awards.

A computer render showing the relandscaped quad with trees, paving and grass.

A computer render showing the relandscaped quad with trees, paving and grass.

Building work starts at ECA’s Lauriston Campus

The two-year project will transform the campus from within, opening up and unlocking difficult spaces and increasing the usability of our spaces, including the external courtyard area.

A line of people, queuing outside The Pleasance, during the Fringe

Fringe at the Pleasance - Paul Dodds

Paul Dodds

ESALA to work with Creative Scotland on net zero readiness

The team will study the physical infrastructure that Scotland’s arts, screen and creative industries organisations use, assessing its readiness to help meet climate targets.

A painting. The foreground shows three narrow tree trunks, framing four figures in orange/red clothes. The two smaller figures, to the right, are feeding ducks. One of the two larger figures, centre, is lowering rope into a hole in the ground; the other stands beside them. There are further white, narrow tree trunks in the background.

Don't let the ducks - Harrison Armstrong

RSA New Contemporaries 2024 features 26 ECA graduates

Both 2022 and 2023 graduates will feature in this year's exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy.

A cast of a pair of combat boots. They're unlaced and slightly worn; an off-white colour standing on a marble pedestal

Feet of Clay by Tammy Stewart

Version Galore! - 3rd year students to exhibit at Royal Scottish Academy

The artists have responded to items from the RSA's collection to create artworks of their own, either homage, copy, influence or critique.

A close up photo of a 3D embroidery work by student Jillian Lee Adamson

Work by Jillian Lee Adamson, BA (Hons) Painting, winner of this year's Astaire Art Prize

Winners of 2024 Astaire Art Prize announced

Four students have been honoured by this year's prize for outstanding undergraduate work.

A photo of the 3D printed plastic item mounted on a wooden display board

The 3D printed device printed in the ECA workshop

ECA

New 3D printed device could replace animals used in drug testing

The novel device, invented by a team at the University of Edinburgh and supported by an Edinburgh College of Art technician, could replace the need for drug and chemical safety testing on animals.

A photo of Orinoco from the Wombles costume on stage at the Performance Costume Show 2023, led by designer Biz Sutton

Orinoco takes to the stage at the Performance Costume Show 2023.

Image: Mihaela Bodlovic

Graduate designer Biz Sutton recognised with prestigious stage prize as ‘Orinoco’ heads to Wombles HQ

Biz Sutton, 2023 graduate of the BA (Hons) Performance Costume, and designer of the popular Wombles climate crisis project and ‘Orinoco’ costume at the 2023 Edinburgh College of Art Graduate Show, has been selected for the prestigious Linbury Prize for Stage Design, receiving a £5,000 bursary and a design placement.