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

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

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...

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

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

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

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,...

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,...

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