A private school in Glasgow has won the award for the best building in Scotland in 2016 for its new science and technology block.

The Glasgow Academy's Saunders Centre on Colebrooke Street in the west end of the city won the award in a shortlist of 11 projects.

The judges selected the building as a clear winner of the award, run by architects body RIAS.

The award was presented at a ceremony at the National Museum of Scotland by culture minister Fiona Hyslop MSP.

The winner received a gold medal cast by internationally renowned Scottish goldsmith James Brent Ward and a cheque for £25,000.

Ms Hyslop said: "Every year, through the shortlist for the Andrew Doolan Award, we see a display of the many benefits that great architecture can bring and we show the quality of Scottish design to the world.

"During the Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design 2016, we have been celebrating the best of Scotland's architecture, both old and new.

"This year's Festival of Architecture, organised by the RIAS and its partners, continues to be a fantastic success and tonight's winner is a welcome addition to the hall of fame of great Scottish architecture."

The full judges' citation for the winning project reads: "This splendid new addition to Glasgow Academy's campus is an elegant and subtle addition to the streetscape.

"The reinforced concrete structural frame is clad in a pattern of precast polished and honed finishes.

"This modular assembly rises from the podium for the raised ground floor, through a sequence of bay windows to a reinterpretation of the Glasgow dormer at roof level."

It adds: "On each upper floor, four general teaching labs, together with a sixth year lab, are arranged along a glazed break-out.

"An informal array of seating in these gathering spaces encourages chance meetings. The window bays overlook the historic main school."