Archinect - Features

The young and restless practice of IF_DO

2016-09-05T05:34:00-04:00

I’m in Peckham, South London, just across the road from Camberwell College of Arts, to meet IF_DO, a young practice run by Al Scott, Sarah Castle and Thomas Bryans. The trio met in 2002 at the University of Edinburgh whilst getting their MA in Architectural Design, and in the two years that their fledgling studio has been in practice, they’ve caused a stir with a thought-provoking manifesto and renderings that were displayed at the Royal Academy Summer Show. All that, without having yet embarked on a building of their own creation.

Edinburgh's maker-architects: a visit to GRAS

2016-06-02T04:24:00-04:00

While they were both still studying architecture at the University of Strathclyde, Gunnar Groves-Raines and Stuart Falconer decided to set up a design practice at the same time: GRAS. The no-small-feat was made a bit easier by Gunnar’s father, who allowed GRAS to attach its office to Groves-Raines Architects, his own architecture practice in Edinburgh.

Glasgow's Collective Architecture finds success and freedom in employee ownership

2016-03-29T12:23:00-04:00

Glasgow-based Collective Architecture 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 – after a successful ten year run as Chris Stewart Architects – 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.