Dualchas Building Design

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In February 2006 Dualchas opened a Glasgow office, which Ann now heads up. Dualchas is also supported by office manager Suzanne Gill, architect Daniel Bär and Part 2 architect Laura MacInnes.

From humble beginnings Dualchas Building Design has grown into a highly successful practice, offering clients an unsurpassed technical skill base rooted in broad architectural experience and the graphic, presentational and master-planning expertise of its staff.

Over the past few years the profile of Dualchas Building Design has risen – with articles on Dualchas appearing in architecture trade journals, the local and national press, and lifestyle magazines. We have spoken at conferences, taken part in exhibitions, and delivered lectures to architecture students in universities. Such exposure has allowed us to push forward our ethos: that good quality design should be integral to the development of the built environment, and that for too long the mediocre has been acceptable. At Dualchas we believe it is the responsibility of architects to advocate quality and affordable housing, and we intend to continue spreading the word - to architecture students, the general public, and politicians.

In the fifteen years that we have been in practice, Dualchas has been called to design a wide variety of buildings - locally, nationally and internationally. Past projects include designing a stone building in Lewis, the renovation of a terraced house in Hammersmith, a schools project on Islay, and a private house in South Africa. In addition to private dwellings, we have designed and built offices, a pottery, a guesthouse, and a holiday complex. Projects on the drawing board include the feasibility study for a sports facility, the development of the new community hall on the Isle of Raasay, the restoration of a listed garden incorporating a new visitors centre, and a holiday apartment development on Islay.

With each Dualchas project, our architects are concerned with ideas of sustainability through the use of energy harnessing technology, the choice of materials in the build, and the life-use of the building. Designing buildings that future generations will have no wish to demolish is key to our thinking; and our buildings have a continuity of tradition in their design that makes them appropriate to their surroundings.