Stuart George Calder Hill
BA(Hons). Dipl.Arch. MSc.(Law). MAA. SIA. MCIArb. RIBA. RIAS.
Award Winning Designer, Forensic Architect, Expert Witness and RIBA Client Adviser.
Stuart Hill has been employed by a number of internationally respected architectural practices – including Schmidt Hammer Lassen, John Miller/Su Rogers + Partners and Herzog & de Meuron – on award winning projects around the globe.
He was the first UK member of staff for Danish Architectural Practice Schmidt Hammer Lassen (SHL). Initially working out of Aarhus in Denmark, he was subsequently Head of the London office where – from 2005 until 2012 – he was Project Director on the Sir Duncan Rice Library for the University of Aberdeen. This RIBA and RIAS National Award winning building achieved the highest accreditation for sustainability on its completion and was long listed for the 2013 Stirling Prize for Architecture. He was also involved in the New Central Library in Halifax, Nova Scotia, a Royal Institute of Architects in Canada Gold Medal winner, and the Royal Museum in Alberta, Canada amongst other projects in the UK.
Prior to this, for eight years, he was Associate Partner at John Miller and Partners: a practice internationally recognised for expertise in the design of art galleries, working mainly on the National Galleries of Scotland ‘Playfair Project’ – located in Edinburgh’s UNESCO world heritage site – and Tate Britain in London, in addition to a number of further education projects including the University of Essex Network Centre and the Royal College of Art.
Between 2018 and 2022, he worked for iconic Swiss Architects Herzog & de Meuron in their main office in Basel, dealing with a mixture of legal, contractual issues and fee bids alongside technical challenges on projects under construction.
He has considerable experience in all stages of the design and delivery of innovative construction projects and has researched how project processes and contractual mechanisms can be used to ensure that buildings are delivered to the quality levels anticipated by their clients, through academic research for a Master of Science (MSc) in Construction Law – completed at Kings College London.
He has been a studio critic at Kingston, Cardiff and Dalhousie Universities (Canada) and an invited speaker at conferences on the design of librarys and cultural buildings. He is an external examiner for the RIBA and the Architect’s Professional Examination Authority in Scotland.
He has won numerous drawing prizes, including the Measured Drawing Prize at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, and he has exhibited work at the Venice Biennale.
He has also published two books – ‘Visual Geometry’ (ISBN-978-1-78808-615-8) and ‘Reisen’ (ISBN-978-1-78808-615-5).
Qualifications:
- Master of Science (MSc) Construction Law – King’s College London
- PGC in International Law/Arbitration – Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
- PGC in Professional Practice in Architecture – University of Westminster
- Post Graduate Diploma in Architecture – University of Westminster
- BA(Hons.) Architecture – University of Westminster
- Under Graduate Diploma (Foundation Course) in Fine Art
Professional Memberships:
- RIAS/Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (No.9117)
- SIA/Society of Swiss Engineers and Architects (No.525602/ZH)
- MCIArb/Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (No.29031)
- MAA/Akademisk Architekt Forening/Danish Architect’s Association (No.22257)
- RIBA/Royal Institute of British Architects (No.6924830)
- SCL/Society of Construction Law (No.7054)
- ARB/Architects Registration Board (No.058282D)
Accreditations:
- RIBA Client Adviser
- RIAS Chartered Practice
Teaching (2008-2020):
- Design studio critic at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Design studio critic at Kingston University, London, UK
- Design studio critic at Cardiff University School of Architecture, UK
- Professional Practice Examiner for the Architect’s Professional Examination Authority in Scotland
- Senior Professional Practice Examiner for the Royal Institute of British Architects
- Technical student support for VIA College, Denmark
Visual Highlights + Prizewinners:
Foundation Course in Fine Art:
Sculpture, Painting and Photography (Distinction).
National Award Winner:
For the design and construction of a scientific camera.
Portfolio Prize:
University of Westminster, London.
The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland:
Royal Academy of Arts Measured Drawing Prize.
The Sir Duncan Rice Library, Aberdeen, Scotland:
Head of London Office, Schmidt Hammer Lassen.
The Sir Duncan Rice Library, Aberdeen, Scotland:
Official opening by HM Queen Elizabeth in September 2012.
Measured Drawing, Venice Biennale:
Tate Britain – John Miller + Partners – Associate Partner.
The Sir Duncan Rice Library, Aberdeen, Scotland:
Stuart Hill interviewed by the Guardian’s Jonathan Glancey.
‘Visual Geometry’
Book Publication – 2017 – (ISBN – 978-1-78808-616-5).