Deeside Architects are a client focused design practice on Royal Deeside in rural Aberdeenshire.

RIBA, RIAS and ARB registered and a Chartered Architect since 2001 Catriona trained at the Mackintosh School of Architecture in Glasgow.

In 1996 she started working at Foster and Partners Glasgow office, completing the detailed design for the SECC Armadillo, going on to work in the London office on a variety of high profile commercial and public buildings around the world including as Site Architect for the Competition winning entry for the new European HQ of Electronic Arts (EA). Moving to Edinburgh briefly to work with RMJM on PPP Schools projects she returned to Foster and Partners as Associate in 2000 and was in charge of the team for the 1,000,000sqft offices for Allen + Overy as part of the redevelopment of Spitalfields.

Catriona spent four years in Dubai with Holford Associates as a Lead Design Architect working on a range of office and residential projects and Masterplanning schemes including an invited design for the Royal household for a beach palace office and as Lead Project Architect for a 40 storey mixed use, office and residential tower in Dubai International Financial Centre.

In 2007, she moved to Aberdeenshire, initially working with Michael Rasmussen Associates in Aboyne on conversions, extensions and new build homes, notably as Project Architect of Little Ennochie Mill. This sensitive conversion gained a Highly Commended in both the Saltire Society Housing Design Awards 2013 and the Aberdeenshire Design Awards in 2014.

Now settled on Royal Deeside with her family she set up practice in 2012 and has designed a number of projects across the city, towns and countryside of Aberdeenshire.

As a Sole Practitioner Catriona won an Aberdeenshire Design Awards Shortlisting for the Hidden House, a uniquely designed single-storey small house fitting discretely into the urban fabric, hiding below tall granite garden walls, with a green roof.

CV

April 12 - Mar 2020  Catriona Tanner Architect - Principal

• Conversion + Extension – Farm House + Outbuildings, Glasgow
  New Plant Nursery + Shop - The Seed Box, Ballogie

• New Clubhouse - Deeside Rugby Club, Banchory

• Extension + Conversion – Private House, Aberdeen

  Conversion + Refurbishment – Listed House, Banchory, Aberdeenshire

• Extension to Cottage, Ballogie

• Hidden House, Banchory - Private Client

• WB Yeats 150 Competition with Mel Shand Artist

• The Beeches, Finzean - extension to existing tradtional cottage 

• Laurel Plot, Finzean, Banchory - Private Client - new build house to Passive House standards

• Mill of Beltie, Glassel, Banchory - Private Client - extension and renovations

• 67 Morningfield Road, Aberdeen - Private Client - large extension and renovations

April 08 - Aug 09          Michael Rasmussen Associates, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire - Senior Architect

• Little Ennochie Mill, Finzean, Banchory, Aberdeenshire - Conversion and extension of existing   Mill to 4 bed house -APP/2009/2065 Granted June 2009

                   2013 Saltire Society Housing Design Awarded - Highly Commended                                             ASA Awards 2014 - Highly Commended

•  The Mill House, Burnhervie nr Inverurie, Aberdeenshire - new build + refurbishment

•  Steading Conversion, Towie, Aberdeenshire / New house Banchory

Apr 04 – Sept 06          Holford Associates, Dubai, UAE - Senior Design Architect

•  Liberty House in DIFC, Dubai - Team Leader - 40 storey office and residential development.

• Office building - Competition winning design for major tower on Sheikh Zayed Road.

• Palm Island Plot 9/10 - Masterplan design.

• Jaddaf - Masterplan Concept design.

• Beach Palace Offices for Royal Family - Concept Design. Flexible apartments in Al Barsha.

• Founder Member – UAE Green Building Council

Nov 00 – Jan 03           Foster and Partners - London - Associate/ Team Leader

•  Spitalfields, London - Project leader for 75,000sqm  nett office plus mixed use

Regeneration Award - Best Commercial-led Regeneration Project - Winner

Apr 00 – Nov 00           RMJM Scotland Ltd, Edinburgh - Project Architect       

• Dundee University IT Suite - Basement Conversion, Stage E Design.

• West Lothian Schools PPP - Winners - Developed design to Stage D. Team Leader.

• SASA - Scottish Agricultural Science Agency - Outline design proposals.

• QMUC - Queen Margaret University College - Feasibility studies for various sites

Jul 96 -Mar 00              Foster and Partners - Glasgow & London

•  Electronic Arts, Surrey  - Site architect for European HQ.

• London International Financial Futures Exchange, Spitalfields, London

• Cultural Centre, Dubai

• Criterion Place, Leeds - Masterplan

• SECC, Glasgow

• Electronic Arts, Aachen, Germany

• Aspire Centre - Spinal Injury Unit

• Bretton Hall - Gallery, Yorkshire

Jun 95 - Jun 96            Richmond Architects, Dumbarton

Assistant Architect - Maritime Heritage Centre, Dumbarton - scheme design

Youth Centre - Lottery fund proposal, Private house extension, conservatory

 and loft extensions, church renovation. Surveys, domestic design and detailing.

Oct 93 - Sep 94           Renfrew District Council, Paisley

Year out student - New build housing, refurbishments and environmental works.

Aug 93 - Sep 93           Trevor Dannat and Partners, London

Summer placement - feasibility study for College of Nursing, Greenwich University.