Níall Hedderman

Saving an Old Building by Changing its Use

I helped bring this abandoned old building back to live in my own community in Fife

Níall Hedderman

How Much Does a House Extension Cost in Scotland 2024

Have construction costs for small projects returned to 'normal' in Scotland in 2024? This is one Architects view.

Níall Hedderman

Capital A is 15 Years Old !

I began Capital A from my kitchen table in January 2009. It's been 15 years and in that time I took on 235 projects almost all of them...

Níall Hedderman

An Architect in Edinburgh

Among Edinburgh Architects, Capital A is the only established practice which publishes a detailed guide to our Architect Fees. If you...

Níall Hedderman

Breathing New Life

Working with historic buildings makes it necessary to have a clear philosophy on how to alter them. My view is that an extension should...

Níall Hedderman

Contemporary Luxury Bathroom, Edinburgh New Town

Many of the projects I work on have high aspirations but are brought back down to earth by budget constraints. Consequently, over the...

Níall Hedderman

Attic Conversions

As an Edinburgh Architect I regularly get asked to design attic conversions but for all the requests only one or two get built any year,...

Níall Hedderman

Let There Be Light

Back in early 2010, I was approached by a client who owned a sub-basement in Edinburgh's New Town. For those of you who aren't familiar,...

Níall Hedderman

Architects Fees

Architects love to complain about their income. When times were good, we imagined ourselves hard done by in comparison to other...

The Thoughts of a Self-Employed Architect in Edinburgh