2024-12-22T06:11:13-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/149939795/slight-of-hand-konishi-gaffney-meld-beautiful-interventions-with-edinburgh-s-history Robert Urquhart 2016-04-28T05:01:00-04:00 >2016-04-30T23:09:37-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/xg/xgsrtkz8ahrruawj.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>I&rsquo;m in Leith, a short distance from Edinburgh city centre, to interview Kieran Gaffney, one-half of the <a href="http://archinect.com/konishi-gaffney" target="_blank">Konishi Gaffney</a> work partnership with his wife, Makiko Konishi. Konishi and Gaffney met whilst working for <a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/12450131/heatherwick-studio" target="_blank">Thomas Heatherwick</a> in London. Gaffney was Heatherwick&rsquo;s first employee, working as an architect on early projects from 1998 until 2004.</p>