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Challenge of Austere Times by Alasdair Stephen
Lecture given to the Rural Housing Service Conference 2013 in Birnam, Perthshire A number of years ago I received a phone call from a young academic from Stirling University. ...
Building an Independent Scotland by Alasdair Stephen
This blog first appeared on the Yes Scotland website. Alasdair Stephen is an ambassador within the architectural sector and hopes to persuade others within the profession of the benefits a...
National Politics, History and the Reinvention of a Scottish architecture by Alasdair Stephen
This is the transcript of a lecture that practice partner Alasdair Stephen gave to Strathclyde University architecture department in early 2007. He was given the title for the lecture and ...
Taking it on the Chin by Neil Stephen
Neil Stephen talks about the importance of image in the architecture profession. You live and learn. Tragically, just when you’re ready for the exam, you die. ...
No Spare Change by Neil Stephen
A blog from Neil Stephen from April 2009 where he discussed the responsibility of being a 'boss' and the Scottish 'banter'. Being a “boss” is power. Th...
Getting on in Architecture by Neil Stephen
First published in February 2009 on scottisharchitecture.com Neil Stephen reflects on the ageing process. You can see the devastating effects at the end of the article. Soon...
Reserved for the Humble by Neil Stephen
A blog written by Neil Stephen from 20th January 2009 reflecting on the virtues of modesty. Self-promotion is one of the hardest things in life, especially when you’re natur...
Life in the Deep Freeze by Neil Stephen
My friend is getting his head frozen. Not in the way that it goes cold when you bite in to an ice cream, but cryogenically, like Walt Disney’s. He wears a met...
The Fax of Life by Neil Stephen
After losing my passport and my wallet to a frisky gang on an Athenian tube, I thought I was stuck. The lady at the airport check-in shook her head ruefully – no ID means no way home. The ...
Credit Crunched by Neil stephen
My friend is getting mangled by the credit crunch. He’s built a couple of houses, can’t sell them, and the loan repayments are crippling him. There is plaintive despai...
Playing a Blinder by Neil Stephen
I wanted to be able to head a football like I did when I was eighteen. That’s why my head was clamped rigid, lasers gunned in to my eyes, and a white-coated blond lady with ...
Doon the Clyde by Neil Stephen
Who is responsible for the disgrace that is being heralded as the "regeneration" of the Clyde? I was pondering this while on an office trip up the river on a high-speed bouncy...
This is the Story by Neil Stephen
Meeting a celebrity is something worth doing just for the anecdote. When I shared a trough urinal alongside one of the Proclaimers back in 1989, I was later able to tell my friends that I told h...
