Archie MacAlister, Chartered Architect, Edinburgh: About Archie MacAlister

I graduated in Architecture from Edinburgh College of Art and two scholarships
allowed me to travel widely in Europe, while a British Council award provided the
opportunity for extended post graduate study in Krakow in Southern Poland. I also
worked for some time in Denmark and Ghana before returning to Edinburgh where
I set up the practice of Gilmour & MacAlister.

Matt's Shed - Tarbert

The Quay - Tarbert

Miscellaneous Projects

International patent on design of timber construction.
Miscellaneous residential developments for public and private clients.
Municipal Buildings: Upgrading Edinburgh City Chambers.
Police Stations: Haddington and Musselburgh.
Art Galleries and Museums: Upgrading Royal Scottish Academy & National
Portrait Gallery.
Communications: Lothian & Borders Police Headquarters.
Feasibility: National Library of Scotland.
Investment Appraisal: Royal Museum of Scotland.
Residential Homes: Miscellaneous for Lothian Region.
Sheriff Courts: Airdrie & Greenock.
Education: St Helens ATC, Edinburgh.
CAD Studies: Department of Environment.
Residential Development: 23 dwellings and residential home, North Berwick.

Academic & Related Interests

Final year tutor for 7 years: Heriot Watt University.
Essays in various European publications.
Exhibitions at Demarco Gallery, Gallery of Royal Incorporation of Architects,
Edinburgh and Maison de la poesie, Paris & Leuven.

Influences

Architecture, the public art, has linkages at many points with the arts generally,
and in my case an interest in Scottish Poetry led to my designing and illustrating
the limited edition of George Campbell Hay's great sea poem 'Seeker, Reaper'.
This book was published by The Saltire Society in 1988 and a few copies are still
available. Contact me for more information.

I have also illustrated various works by Kenneth White, while another series of
illustrations document an allied interest in places associated with the Loch Fyne
herring industry of yesteryear. Most of this work was exhibited in solo exhibitions
at the Royal Incorporation of Architects Gallery and on a later occasion at the
Demarco Gallery in Edinburgh. The making of 'Seeker, Reaper' is covered in a
profile in 'The Scottish Book Collector'. Other commissions include that by the
Scottish Postal Board for illustrations to mark the centenary of the Crofters Act.

For information on my project on Patrick Geddes, click on the button below.


Two illustrations from 'Seeker, Reaper '				The Sawmill - Tarbert, Loch Fyne