Portfolio & Media

Collective Calton Hill Arts Centre

• Location: Edinburgh, UK
• Role: Project Manager (2016–2017)
• Description: Delivered a new arts centre, including both new build and restoration within the historic City Observatory quadrangle. Features include interactive multimedia arts galleries, a restaurant, and observatory restoration.
• Key Challenges: Stakeholder management, fundraising, cost management, scheduling, and maintaining design integrity.
• Cost: £5M

Edinburgh One (Scottish Widows Asset Management HQ)

• Location: Edinburgh, UK
• Role: Lead Architect (2000–2002)
• Description: 5,500 sqm landmark office development adjacent to the EICC. Includes a central atrium over six floors and a 600-space underground car park. Achieved the highest commercial rental rates outside London.
• Key Challenges: Maximizing office space within conservation area restrictions, delivering a strong HQ design, and managing the construction schedule.
• Cost: £25M

RMB HQ Tower

• Location: Fredman Drive, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Role: Lead Architect (1995–1996)
• Description: Designed and led the redevelopment of an entire city block, featuring a 25-floor bank tower in Sandton’s commercial center. The project included nine commercial buildings over a three-level basement parking area with 2,000 spaces.
• Cost: £30M

Large-Scale UK Civic & Commercial Projects (Lead Design Architect)

1. Westminster Magistrates Court – Criminal Court Complex, London, UK (2009)
2. Eastgate Retail Centre – 20,000 sqm shopping center with 700 parking spaces, Inverness, UK (2003)
3. Laganside Courts – Crown and County Court Complex, Belfast, UK (2002)
4. Birley Fields Office Park – Manchester, UK (2002)
5. Wellington Row (Aviva HQ) – 12,000 sqm headquarters with 100 parking spaces, York, UK (1992)