Govan. Rich in significance and stories, Glasgow’s riverside community, has had two great eras in its history: At the heart of a Medieval Kingdom of Strathclyde, where its vital position on the banks of The Clyde provided a crossing point where the city’s earliest local industries and settlement were to develop; later to be a…
Built in the late 1960s, the optimism that heralded the new utopias and improved standard of living that these flats enabled, quickly evaporated. Their demise encapsulates the issues and problems surrounding high rise social housing more generally. Leaving a powerful imprint on the memory of the city, the last of the temporary inhabitants, were rehoused…
Working with progressive developer HUB, this was a photography assignment in support of a proposed ‘Build to Rent’ (BTR) development in vibrant Canonmills in the heart of Edinburgh, a short walk from Stockbridge and the city centre. With secure rental leases much sought after in Edinburgh the development offers apartments with creative studios, communal space,…
Built on the community of homes that make up the unique Loch Arthur Community in Dumfries and Galloway, the simplicity of this home’s external appearance designed by John Murray Architect respects the natural context of its landscape. Shaped around the retention of an existing sycamore tree, this beautiful rural home is filled with light and…
This conversion of a 1950’s primary school building into a fit for purpose community centre includes a multi function community hall, and gallery, with meeting, kitchen and ancillary space, plus an accommodation wing that can be let out to those wishing to explore the Galloway Forestry Park or surrounding areas. There was also a community…
Following successive clearances of condemned high rise housing, a new urban area has reestablished itself at the heart of the area widely referred to as the Gorbals. The masterplan development led by Stallan-Brand has focused on integrating more traditional tenemental forms of housing within a vibrant and safe area; the new scale and density in…
Photography documenting branding and graphic identity for new residential, commercial and cultural development at Edinburgh Park, on behalf of design agency DNCO, representing their client. This involved investigating locations for a series of images from signage installation and concept branding identity elements, and also capturing the trams as they moved through Edinburgh streets with the…
