Stewart Brown
Stewart worked in Vancouver, Canada, before completing his formal architectural education at the University of Edinburgh and subsequently worked for Sir Basil Spence and Andrew Renton in Edinburgh on new university and college buildings. Since forming Simpson & Brown Architects with James Simpson in 1977, he has been the architect for several large new buildings, including alteration and repair to the Royal Lyceum Theatre and the Traverse Theatre, both in Edinburgh.
Stewart has a particular interest in the reuse of existing buildings for new functions. Recent projects, undertaken with his partners James Simpson and Andrew Davey, include the conversion of the Church of Scotland Assembly Hall to form interim accommodation for the Scottish Parliament, the adaptation of six Georgian town houses in Charlotte Square, Edinburgh to house the new headquarters for The National Trust for Scotland, and the repair and alteration of Sir Robert Rowand Anderson's great 1883 Catholic Apostolic Church into a multi-purpose arts venue and modern offices for the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations. Stewart was the supervising partner for the award-winning Scottish Seabird Centre in North Berwick, and for the construction of a new headquarters building for the Scottish Ornithologists' Club in Aberlady.
Stewart is the Chairman of the Executive Committee of Scotland's Churches Scheme, a charity set up to promote the opening of churches of all denominations in Scotland to visitors.
