# ADS

- **Website:** <https://ads.org.uk>
- **Primary alias:** `ads.org.uk`
- **Founded:** 2005
- **Employees:** 11+
- **Location:** Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
- **Company kind:** GOVERNMENT AGENCY

## Description

Architecture and Design Scotland (A&DS) is an executive Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB) established by the Scottish Government in 2005. Their vision is to create a Scotland where places are healthy, sustainable, and thriving, with active participation from all stakeholders in shaping the future. A&DS aims to inspire and support designers and planners through a collaborative culture, improving people's lives, promoting inclusive and sustainable economic growth, and building a more successful Scotland. By future-proofing our places, they strive to make them better for everyone. A&DS provides leadership on the Place Principle, demonstrating the benefits of a joined-up approach to planning, designing, delivering, and sustaining Scotland's places. Their experienced team brings together expertise from various backgrounds and professions, united by a belief in the transformative power of good design. A&DS collaborates with community groups, architects, local authorities, and key stakeholders to ensure that the places they create are of the highest quality. Through their work, A&DS plans to transform the way Scotland's places are created, adapted, and sustained, making the Place Principle an everyday reality.

## Industries

- 🏭 Architecture _(under Heavy Industry and Engineering)_
- 🏭 Heavy Industry and Engineering

## Links

- [facebook](https://facebook.com/ArcDesSco)
- [instagram](https://instagram.com/arcdessco)
- [linkedin](https://linkedin.com/company/architecture-and-design-scotland-a)
- [twitter](https://twitter.com/arcdessco)

## Logos & icons

- icon _(primary)_ — JPEG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idnNIMd3mX/w/1182/h/1182/theme/dark/icon.jpeg?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1773884422425)
- logo _(primary)_ — SVG, PNG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idnNIMd3mX/theme/dark/logo.svg?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1785955320362)

## Colors

| Name | Hex | Theme |
| --- | --- | --- |
| West Coast | #65431d | dark |
| White | #ffffff | light |
| Chelsea Gem | #aa6a00 | accent |

## Fonts

- HostGrotesk-300 — asset _(custom)_
- HostGrotesk-500 — asset _(custom)_

## Imagery

- banner _(primary)_ — JPEG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idnNIMd3mX/w/1500/h/500/idtMIvc-9S.jpeg?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1735176233067)

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