Against all odds: Glasgow's next generation of architects

摘要

'I feel very sorry for young architects today in Scotland - it is very hard,' says Richard Murphy. The RIBA House of the Year winner has long been frustrated by Scotland's procurement system. He says there is a lack of opportunity for young architects in Scotland - big practices are hoovering up all the major schemes; that there is an 'existential crisis' facing the profession. Murphy emphasises that these challenges are specific to Scotland's own procurement methods, and not the 'recession of EU legislation'. Scotland's risk-averse system, driven by 'process rather than product', was even blamed by Malcolm Fraser for the demise of his practice in 2015.