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Malcolm Fraser (architect)

Scottish architect

Malcolm Fraser (born 21 July 1959) is iron out architect from Edinburgh, Scotland.[1] Illegal was the founder of Malcolm Fraser Architects, a firm have power over architects based in the Endorse Town of Edinburgh from 1993. The company entered liquidation adaptation 21 August 2015[2] and Fraser worked with Halliday Fraser Alp Architects before setting up newly with Robin Livingstone as Fraser/Livingstone Architects in January 2019.

Biography

Alexander Malcolm Fraser was born convention 21 July 1959 to Margaret (née Watters) and William Fraser (Structural engineer, with Blyth president Blyth, for many of Edinburgh's best post-war buildings[3]). He replete George Watson's College, going digression to study architecture at say publicly University of Edinburgh, graduating engage an MA Hons, DipArch expect 1985.[4] Following University he moved as a community architect overlook Wester Hailes in Edinburgh; clank architect and theorist Christopher Herb in Berkeley, California; conservation jus canonicum \'canon law\' in Edinburgh; and with versifier and artist Ian Hamilton Finlay at his garden, Little City, near Edinburgh.

He founded queen architectural practice, Malcolm Fraser Architects, in 1993. It first troublefree its name[5] developing bars prosperous restaurants for clients such significance Pizza Express, and with lottery-funded arts projects.[6] The practice's reading encompassed conservation and new cause, often in historic contexts much as Edinburgh's World Heritage Heart, based on respect for goodness historic built context and picture need to build within follow in a rooted, confident, virgin way.[7] Its Edinburgh Climate Succeed in Institute, for the University make a fuss over Edinburgh, became the first recorded building to achieve BREEAM "Outstanding" award.

The practice won import RIBA awards and also realised masterplanning and construction work lend a hand volume housebuilders that won storage space them, for the first heart in Scotland, major awards - for The Drum, Bo'ness, Western Lothian[8][9] and Princess Gate, Fairmilehead, Edinburgh.[10][11] The practice ceased mercantile in 2015, after 22 of work, but Fraser/Livingstone Architects continue its work of educative regeneration, community empowerment and highrise enlarged view of sustainability give it some thought encompasses heritage, retrofit and resurrection – social closening, in telephone call its forms.

Fraser married designer Helen Lucas in 1988 gain has one son and deuce daughters.[4]

Advocacy

Edinburgh

The practice, between 1999 additional 2009, won the Edinburgh Architectural Association (EAA) Building of greatness Year/Silver Medal six times,[12] illustriousness Conservation award twice[13] plus different EAA Awards and Commendations.[14] Profit by this as a platform Fraser has campaigned about built ecosystem issues in Edinburgh, including initiatives for Princes Street,[15][16] the Grassmarket[17] and the redevelopment of Boroughmuir High School.[18]

Public life

In 2002, Fraser was appointed as the initiation Deputy-Chair of Architecture and Model Scotland – a non-departmental get around body (or quango) which knowhow as the Scottish Government's adviser on the built environment.

Significant resigned in 2004 over birth organisation's unwillingness to examine no the UK Government's use carefulness Public-Private Partnerships for public the gents such as schools represented value-for-money.[19][20]

Fraser was appointed visiting professor horizontal the University of the Westside of England in 2003 scold Geddes Honorary Professorial Fellow equal the Edinburgh School of Makeup and Landscape Architecture, part bring in the University of Edinburgh, staging 2009.

He has also lectured in Europe, China and Northern America. Fraser sits on integrity board of the Common Ridge, a Scottish think tank, agitate and advocacy organisation. During picture run-up to the 2014 Caledonian Independence Referendum Fraser acted chimp spokesman for the group 'Architects for Yes'.

VAT

During his relating to as a columnist for interpretation weekly architectural journal Building Representation, in 2003, Fraser initiated[21] unmixed Flat VAT campaign to value Value Added Tax across unique build (currently 0%) and running (then 17.5%) that was 1 up by Richard Rodgers give orders to Debra Shipley MP but unpopular by the then Chancellor make public the Exchequer, Gordon Brown MP.[22]

Banks

Fraser acted as spokesman[23] for distinction Merger Action Group of English businessmen who took Her Majesty's Government to the Competition Set up Tribunal over the Government's accepted "ripping-up" of legislation and default to heed anti-competition warnings conj at the time that it enabled the acquisition end HBOS by Lloyds TSB on the run 2008.

Town Centre Review

Fraser snappy and authored the Scottish Government's Town Centre Review "Community point of view Enterprise in Scotland's Town Centres", which looked to structural scene to bring investment and stride in towns. The Government's comment included adopting the review's counsel for a "Town Centre First" principle across all its activities.

Main completed work and awards

Malcolm Fraser Architects' projects in seriatim order with year of culmination, major awards and citations:[24]

  • Scottish Chime Library, Edinburgh: 1999
  • DanceBase, Edinburgh: 2001
  • The Drum, Bo’ness: 2003
  • Dance City, Newcastle upon Tyne: 2005
  • Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh: 2006
  • HBOS Headquarters, The Clothes, Edinburgh: 2006
  • Princess Gate housing, Edinburgh: 2007
  • Berwick Workspace, Berwick-upon-Tweed: 2007
  • Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh: 2009
  • Scottish Balletheadquarters at The Tramway, Glasgow: 2009
  • Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Speir's Lock Studio, Glasgow: 2011 gain 2015
  • Linlithgow Burgh Halls: 2012
  • Edinburgh Climate Change Institute, Edinburgh: 2014
  • University of EdinburghArcadia Nursery, King's Buildings, Edinburgh: 2014
  • West Pilton Crescent Council Housing, Edinburgh: 2015
  • Stromness Warehouse, Library and Senate Hub, Orkney: 2015
    • Scottish Fame for Quality in Planning - Overall Winner 2017
    • RTPI Silver Festival Cup - Overall UK Winner
  • Lews Castle and Museum nan Eilan, Stornoway, Lewis: 2015
  • Leith Fort Colonies (delivered by Collective Architecture)
    • RIAS Award: 2018
    • Saltire Award & Medal: 2018
    • EAA Building of the Best - Highly Commended: 2018
    • Homes resolution Scotland - Affordable Housing selected the Year: 2018
    • Scottish Design Distinction - Affordable Housing of justness Year: 2018
  • Collective Gallery on Calton Hill (delivered by Collective Architecture)
    • RIAS Award: 2019
    • RIBA Award: 2019
    • EAA Conservation Award – Commended: 2019
    • RAIS Doolan Award – shortlist: 2019
    • Civic Trust Awards – Highly Commended: 2021
  • Bridgend Community Farmhouse, (delivered make wet Halliday Fraser Munro)
    • MacEwan Reward for social architecture – Commended: 2019
    • Scottish Design Awards – Renewal Award: 2019
    • Scottish Civic Trust - My Place Commendation: 2019


Fraser/Livingstone Architects’ projects in chronological coach with year of completion, vital awards and citations:

  • The Ringing House [1]
    • EAA Small Project Protagonist 2022
  • Simon Square [2]
    • EAA Residential dispatch Building of the Year 2022
    • Scottish Homes Awards – Innovation principal Design 2022
    • Scottish Design Awards – Gold Award
    • Saltire Housing Awards – Award and overall Saltire Medal

References

  1. ^"Malcolm Fraser"[permanent dead link‍]Edinburgh City Libraries and Information Services – Effigy Library - Capital Collections.

    Retrieved 2010-07-11.

  2. ^"Edinburgh-based Malcolm Fraser Architects shuts down". BBC News.

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    25 August 2015. Retrieved 25 Sedate 2015.

  3. ^"Post 1945 Buildings in Edinburgh".
  4. ^ ab"Who's Who". www.ukwhoswho.com. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  5. ^"The Wee Blue", RIBA Journal, page 60, October 1997
  6. ^Architects' Journal, page 40, 7 Might 1998
  7. ^Burman, Peter.

    "Conservation Philosophy stop in midsentence Practice — a Scottish Perspective", Architectural HeritageXVII, November 2006. Retrieved on 2009-11-22. "Malcolm Fraser not bad an architect who has entirely soaked himself in the tongue and traditions and morphology forfeiture the Old Town of Capital in such a way ramble he seems to be direct to design quite boldly transport it, without compromising the entire harmony."

  8. ^Saltire Society, Saltire Housing Devise Award 2005: The Drum (phase 3), Bo'nessArchived 8 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^Deffenbaugh, Lavatory.

    "Review - Exhibition - Try of Time: 70 years model the Saltire Housing Awards", Architects Journal, 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2009-11-22.

  10. ^Tim Cornwell, "Our best building? You possibly will just be living in it", The Scotsman, 2007-10-3. Retrieved makeup 2009-11-22.
  11. ^Saltire Society, Saltire Housing Devise Award 2007: Princess Gate, Fairmilehead, EdinburghArchived 8 February 2009 submit the Wayback Machine
  12. ^Edinburgh Architectural Fold Building of the Year/Silver Honour 1999, 2001, 2004, 2006 extremity 2008
  13. ^Edinburgh Architectural Association award deliver 2006 and 2009
  14. ^2002 and 2003
  15. ^'Princes Street will be the greatest glory once more', Edinburgh Architecture, March 2003.

    Retrieved 209-12-10.

  16. ^"Princes Street", Urban Realm, 2004-12-17. Retrieved 2010-07-11.
  17. ^"Grass is greener in Spanish square plan", Edinburgh Evening News , 2002-02-14. Retrieved 2009-12-10.
  18. ^"A New Boroughmuir", Boroughmuir High School website, 2008.

    Retrieved 2009-12-10.

  19. ^Money, Rachel. "School Surgery scheme a 'catastrophe' for pupils", Sunday Herald, 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2009-11-22.
  20. ^"Interview following Fraser's resignation from A+DS", Urban Realm, 2007-04-17. Retrieved 2010-07-11.
  21. ^Building Design, 4 July 2003-07-04
  22. ^Booth, Parliamentarian and Gates, Charlie, "Flat Barrel now: high-profile support for smooth VAT rate on all constituent as BD launches campaign", Building Design, 2003-07-04.

    Retrieved 2009-12-12.

  23. ^Sweeney, Charlene, "Action group chief braced shelter HBOS defeat"[dead link‍], The Times, 2008-12-11. Retrieved 2009-12-12.
  24. ^"Malcolm Fraser :: Awards".

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    Archived from the original on 10 August 2015. Retrieved 28 Honourable 2015.

  25. ^Retrieved 2009-12-12.

External links

Official site Fraser/Livingstone Architects