2024-12-22T02:05:53-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/149936854/glasgow-s-collective-architecture-finds-success-and-freedom-in-employee-ownership Robert Urquhart 2016-03-29T12:23:00-04:00 >2016-04-02T17:28:15-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/bx/bxypv11vbuv81csd.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Glasgow-based <a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/53302/collective-architecture" target="_blank">Collective Architecture</a> was founded in 2007. In what can now be heralded as a great strategic move, former owner Chris Stewart decided to transfer company ownership from himself &ndash; after a successful ten year run as Chris Stewart Architects &ndash; to an employee-owned trust. Now operating with 34 staff, all pulling together, the trust is not just that of finance but of principle and practice.</p>