ANDREW RODGER ARCHITECT

architecture and interior design

Training:

Began career in architecture under the tutelage of Alan Phillips in 1972.
Later worked for other architects, designers, surveyors in London and Algeria, including David Hicks, Rothermel Cooke and W S Atkins.
Trained at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, University of Dundee, specialising in vernacular building, conservation and Scottish castellated architecture.
On graduating, worked on the reconstruction / conservation of Mains Castle and other historically important buildings in Dundee.
Attended The Mac in Glasgow where his thesis involved the design of a Museum of Architecture in Edinburgh and his dissertation examined the shortcomings of speculative housing in Scotland.
Concluded formal training working for Michael Laird & Partners in Edinburgh, mainly on projects for the Royal Navy at RM Condor, Arbroath [45 Commando].

Practice:

After a period of contract working, Andrew married Fiona in 1985 and, as well as starting a family, they set up Andrew Rodger Associates and Fiona Rodger Interiors at Tullibardine in 1986. Working with Robert McMaster and, for a while, Andrew Wilson.

Since forming the practice, Andrew has maintained a particular interest in building conservation and in ecologically sensible design and he takes an holistic approach to design, with regard to landscape, context and the natural environment.

Aside from architecture, ancient and modern, Andrew's interests extend to general design, photography, motorsport, music and wildlife. He set up the Crieff Swift Project in 2019 which is monitoring and recording swifts and their breeding habitat in the Crieff area.

Also interested in history, Andrew was involved in the setting up of the Crieff & Strathearn Museum. Although no longer a Trustee, he continues to volunteer for C&SM in technical areas and advises on matters of design.

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