Have construction costs for small projects returned to 'normal' in Scotland in 2024? This is one Architects view.

This has been the same for every Architect, Engineer and Building Contractor I know in Edinburgh. No-one can remember a time where...

Since lockdown eased earlier this year the volume of work in the Edinburgh construction industry is as high as I have ever seen it. This...

In The Short Term: I had numerous discussions with clients, contractors, suppliers and consultants over the past two months of Covid19...

I haven’t written a blog post since March this year. I have been very busy and so has the Edinburgh construction industry! Two years ago...

I started Capital A during the dark days of the great recession but one advantage was that a depressed economy made it easy to find a...

Any homeowner will be familiar with the process of buying a home and most people have a general understanding of mortgages. Building a...

Many people have asked me about the training required to become an Architect. Most have heard that it involves a long time at University,...

Most of my clients have never hired an Architect before and many have never built anything in their lives. So it comes as no surprise...

Architects love to complain about their income. When times were good, we imagined ourselves hard done by in comparison to other...