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Malcolm Fraser

Mikey Davidson

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Robin Livingstone

Malcolm Fraser has used the successes of his practice to campaign for people and professionalism in the reform of the built environment, reform, lobbying and leading policy, working for and with the Scottish Government, the Common Weal Think-and-Do Tank, the RIAS and other social levers.

The Other Side of the Table

The Other Side of the Table

Community development in a wee, Highlands and Islands coastal community.

Building Back Older

Building Back Older

An Essay for the Swedish magazine Differens, on the evils of scenic traditionalism as, at worst, a colonialist project of cultural cleansing, wiping out the rich, local urban and architectural traditions of place and nation for the imposition of a single, 19th century, European neoclassical orthodoxy.

Fanks, Faulds and Keb-Hooses

Malcolm Fraser, Mikey Davidson

Fanks, Faulds and Keb-Hooses

Malcolm FraserMikey Davidson

Utility and Geometry in Rural Scots Vernacular. First published in Vernacular Building 46, the journal of the Scottish Vernacular Buildings Working Group, 2023.

Robin Livingstone on 'Regenerative Scotland'

Robin Livingstone

Robin Livingstone on 'Regenerative Scotland with Ariane Burgess MSP'

Robin Livingstone

Robin is interviewed by Ariane Burgess MSP about a holistic approach to the rural housing shortage.

The Secret Lives of Buildings

Robin Livingstone

The Secret Lives of Buildings

Robin Livingstone

Article for RIAS Quarterly discussing the merits, challenges and joys of working with existing buildings.

High-rise demolition that turns Glasgow’s COP26 on its head

High-rise demolition that turns Glasgow’s COP26 on its head

The residents of the run-down high-rises on Glasgow’s Wyndford estate are battling a proposal to demolish the towers and rebuild under the banner of ‘regeneration’. They are true climate champions, writes architect Malcolm Fraser.

Malcolm Fraser on 'A is for Architecture'

Malcolm Fraser on 'A is for Architecture'

Earlier this year, Malcolm featured on Ambrose Gillick's podcast, A is for Architecture, where they discuss sustainability within the context of culture and place.

RIAS Quarterly Spring 2022, Islands: Orkney

Andrew Dennison, Mirka Borek

RIAS Quarterly Spring 2022, Islands: Orkney

Andrew DennisonMirka Borek

The Orcadian response to the Island's exposed and windswept conditions.

Obituary: Christopher Alexander

Obituary: Christopher Alexander

Architect, writer, teacher and theorist who believed above all in making places that enable people to be happy, creative and connected.

Warmer Homes, Smaller Bills

Malcolm Fraser, Neil Gray

Warmer Homes, Smaller Bills

Malcolm FraserNeil Gray

The Case for Builders VAT Harmonisation

Green Virtues, Green Shoots

Green Virtues, Green Shoots

Carbon Lock Innovation in Scotland

VAT Harmonised Across Construction

VAT Harmonised Across Construction

Challenging the Virtueless Cycle the Building Industry craves

Moidart's Beltane Cathedral

Moidart's Beltane Cathedral

Sacred landscapes on Scotland’s West Coast

One for the Price of Three

One for the Price of Three

Open letter to Derek Mackay, Finance Secretary, Scottish Government

Circumnavigation

Circumnavigation

Ian Hamilton Finlay: Little Sparta and Rousay

Stromness, Orkney and the Brodgar Fulcrum

Stromness, Orkney and the Brodgar Fulcrum

A northern corrective

The Beauty of Utility

The Beauty of Utility

Architecture and the Scottish Independence Referendum

Edinburgh City Vision

Edinburgh City Vision

The City of Edinburgh Council's plans for the City’s future

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