We are architects who practice, research, and teach from our base in Glasgow, Scotland. Our projects vary in scale for private, commercial, and creative clients. Our designs are all carefully refined by our strategic process of making. We are committed to delivering new work that holds a meaningful modern language. We enjoy the challenge of creating bespoke designs for clients with an equal enthusiasm for design.
A 1985 suburban house is transformed into a light-filled, contemporary family home, adding a new storey and unifying past extensions while keeping the original footprint. Flexible, open-plan interiors connect seamlessly to the garden and St. Germains Loch, while thoughtful material choices and sustainable construction enhance comfort and efficiency. The design balances domestic scale, adaptability, and environmental responsibility, redefining suburban living.
The Island Retreat, located on the west coast of Scotland, is a family holiday home built in 1980, organised around a central living space with three bedrooms and a kitchen in a cross plan. Situated on the island’s main ridge, the project refurbishes and upgrades the retreat, enhancing the living experience and strengthening the connection between the house and its surrounding landscape.
Formation of a new extension to and B-listed building to incorporate new ramped accessible entrance reception, accessible WC accommodation and additional WC provision.
As part of a wider plan to improve the fabric performance of the Category A listed Turnberry House, McGinlay Bell were asked to prepare proposals for the replacement of existing single glazed timber windows.
Ardscalpsie Farmhouse is an assortment of existing farm steadings linked together to provide one family dwelling. The project is a complete alteration & refurbishment project. The project sits within a rural setting which offers a line of continuity between architecture and landscape.
A low-tech retrofit project with a focus on the changing the notions of the traditional office. By looking at our homes closely for inspiration we imagined a new post-covid workplace.
The completion project to a masterplan vision of full refurbishment and alteration to both the public and private areas throughout the much loved category b-listed building and former 1930’s James McKissack’s cinema building.
