OUTSPOKEN architect Malcolm Fraser has reunited with Robin Livingstone to form a new practice four years on from the closure of Malcolm Fraser Architects.
The two worked together for ten years in the practice which was set up by Mr Fraser in 1993 and won a host of awards for projects across Scotland.
Among Fraser/Livingstone Architects’ first ventures will be a restaurant overlooking the Water of Leith in Edinburgh, a distillery on the Isle of Barra, and a business hub in Kinning Park, Glasgow.
The firm said in a statement: “MFA were Edinburgh-based and celebrated for award-winning work spanning from arts, conservation and commerce to advising and empowering communities and award-winning homes and placemaking for clients ranging from individuals to housing associations, councils and volume housebuilders.
“Their buildings remain loved and full of life, and Fraser/Livingstone Architects will build on this heritage to make new buildings and environments that are rooted in place and the progressive principle that climate, openness and gathering remain central to our wellbeing.
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“We will also continue to advocate for architecture to put social responsibility at its heart, with its professionalism at the service of the health and wellbeing of society and the wider care we all must take of the environment.”
Mr Fraser, who also worked with Halliday Fraser Munro Architects, has criticised the design of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, saying it was not a “happy building”, and was one of more than 50 to launch the pro-independence Architects for Yes in 2014.
Mr Livingstone has worked for five years as an associate at 7N Architects. MFA was behind the design of a series of high-profile cultural buildings in Scotland, including DanceBase, the Scottish Poetry Library, and the Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh, Scottish Ballet’s HQ, and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s premises at Spiers Locks, both in Glasgow.
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