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Advisory Board for Architecture Design Scotland
24/02/2005
The appointment of the Advisory Board of the new
organisation to champion the built environment was
announced today by Culture Minister Patricia Ferguson.
The new public body, Architecture and Design Scotland,
is being established as the national champion for good
architecture and design in the built environment.
The appointment of the Chair and Deputy Chairs of the
new body was announced on December 7, 2004.
All 16 appointments to the Advisory Board will take
effect from January 27, 2005. Six of the new Advisory Board
Members are currently Commissioners of the Royal Fine Art
Commission for Scotland, which will cease to exist when
Architecture and Design Scotland takes over the
Commission's independent design review role on April 1. The
terms of office of these appointees is determined by the
time they have already served with the Commission.
The appointment of three of these will run to March 31,
2006. They are Professor Ric Russell, Jill Malvenan (both
Architects) and Morris Murray (a Civil and Structural
Engineer).
The appointment of the remaining three Commissioners
will run to March 31, 2009. They are Karen Anderson, Paul
Stallan (both Architects) and Margaret Hickish (an access
consultant).
The other 10 members of the new Advisory Board Members
are new appointments and will have an initial term of
office running to March 31, 2009.
They are Gareth Hoskins, Professor Steven Spier, Terry
Mackie and Alison Blamire (all Architects); Eleanor
McAllister and Stephen Tucker (both Town Planners); Eelco
Hooftman (a Landscape Architect); Brian Veitch (a Civil and
Structural Engineer); John Irvine (a Chartered Surveyor)
and Rob Joiner (the Director of two Housing
Associations).
These posts are part-time and
unpaid. Eleanor McAllister is a member of the Labour
Party and has made a recordable donation and canvassed on
behalf of the party or helped at a election in the last
five years. None of the other 15 appointees have declared
any political activity in the past five years.
The Ministerial public appointments were made in
accordance with the Commissioner for Public Appointments in
Scotland's Code of Practice.
All appointments are made on merit and political
activity plays no part in the selection process. However,
in accordance with the original Nolan recommendations,
there is a requirement for appointees' political activity
(if there is any to be declared) to be made public.