New Appointments

Michael Rasmussen Associates have just secured an appointment from The Robert Gordon University of Aberdeen to design a landmark building on the South bank of the River Dee for the RGU Rowing Club.

Making the announcement Michael Rasmussen said, “We are absolutely delighted to have been invited by the University to work with them in designing a new state-of-the-art Rowing Club.  As a former oarsman myself I hold the sport close to my heart and we will be pulling out the stops to provide an economic but stunning building for our clients.  This is a most important and prominent site on the River Dee adjacent to our former award winning building for the Aberdeen Boat Club completed some 25 years ago so we will be looking to come up with an innovative, eye catching solution that will be an asset to the river bank townscape.” 

Staff Appointments

MRA wish to extend a warm welcome to our new member of staff
Miss Lynsay Bell who joins us from Edinburgh.  Lynsay is a qualified architect and will be sitting her professional practice examination early next year and will be working closely with the team on all aspects of conceptual design, production and visualisation with her own portfolio of clients.

Lynsay brings new skills in CAD and 3D design to the office which will be much appreciated and well used in forthcoming projects.

Miss Sarah Russell who has been with the practice two years is attending her final year course at Robert Gordon University to complete her studies and become a qualified architect and we welcome Sarah back to the office in a part time capacity to assist us with our project work load. 

Design Awards

Michael Rasmussen Associates again won the top housing Design Award in the 2006 Aberdeenshire Design Awards for Upper Swanley which gained a Distinction along with a commendation for craftsmanship.

MRA also gained a distinction award in the Business Category for the Craigmyle Cheese Factory at Torphins, Aberdeenshire.  “I am delighted on behalf of my clients and staff to have received these two top awards from what is now a prestigious design awards ceremony.  It is a fitting reflection of the hard work that we put into our designs and the team effort that goes towards creating quality architecture, by working as a team with our client my talented staff and particularly our contractors were able to produce economic and attractive buildings”