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Christina stands for RIAS president

Helen Lucas Architects are proud to announce that our colleague Christina Gaiger is standing for President of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS). Having previously occupied roles within the governance of both the RIAS council and Edinburgh Architectural Association’s council, Christina is ideally placed to take this august position, standing on a platform of diversity and inclusivity, strengthening support for RIAS members and delivery of a new, fairer RIAS governance structure. 
 
Christina has been a valuable member of our team for many years, and we know she would be an energetic, strong and inspirational leader for RIAS and wish her all the best in the forthcoming elections. 
 
More information on Candidate statements and the election process can be found here.
 
 

Ian Appleton

Helen Lucas Architects wish to extend our deepest sympathies to the family, friends and colleagues of Ian Appleton, who sadly passed away last week. 
Ian was an architect and teacher of distinction and as a collaborator with his wife, Marjorie, a personal friend of the practice. He is perhaps best known as being the architect for Leeds Playhouse and as a formative influence on the history and development of Little Sparta, concrete poet Ian Hamilton Findlay’s expansive sculptural garden work. He became the first chairman of The Little Sparta Trust when it was established in 1995. 
 
He will be deeply missed, both in our practice and the wider Scottish architectural and arts community.
His family has asked that, instead of flowers, that all who wish to remember Ian donate instead to The Little Sparta Trust.
 

Covid-19 Update

Following developments on the COVID-19 pandemic, please note the following.

We are committed to ensuring all our clients and contractors can access our usual high levels of service as normal. Our staff remain fully available for you via all the following channels - phone and email.

One of our key responsibilities is to protect the health and welfare of our employees, clients and everyone else in our community; whilst helping to slow the wider spread of the virus.

To maintain an uninterrupted service, we have taken proactive measure in line with Government advise, to ensure we can continue to operate in the coming weeks, while managing the developing situation.

The digital nature of our business means that all employees have the capability and systems to work remotely from home should this be required exclusively. We are already operating on a variable staffing arrangement with some employees choosing to work exclusively from home, some choosing to work partially from home and some continuing to work from the office.

We have not ceased business travel for our employees but we are limiting this and looking to optimise other means of communication such as video conferencing, rather than encouraging face to face meetings. We will of course work with our clients and contractors and respect their wishes on preferred means of contact.

Thank you again for your continued support. Our staff remain here for you and we will continue to monitor the position and provide you with further communications as and when necessary.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you would like to discuss further.

Helen Lucas

Smart Works Edinburgh

Many thanks to Smart Works Edinburgh for having us along to celebrate International Women’s Day. It was a wonderful evening to support a fantastic charity. Should you wish to support them or know more about their valuable work please follow this link.  

 

 

 

New Architects

Helen Lucas Architects are pleased to congratulate Hannah and Jenny on passing their professional examination, just in time for International Women’s Day. Once fully registered this will add two new female architects to our team.