Ed Kelly BArch (hons) RIAS, Architect, Partner

Ed regsitered as an architect in 1979. He formed EKJN architects in partnership with Jon Newey at the end of 2005 after running his own practice – Ed Kelly Architects since 1991.

Prior to that Ed worked as a Principal Architect / Construction Manager with Dornier Lufthart in Nigeria, Architect Office Manager for Design Group Nigeria in Kaduna, Architect with Covell Matthews Partnership and with John Drummond & Partners in Glasgow.

Ed has experience of designing and project-managing a wide variety of projects including medical centres, housing for the private sector, commercial complexes, a care in the community centre, restaurants, industrial units, aircraft buildings, sports complex and many conservation and conversion projects of existing buildings.

Ed was formally acknowledged as an Accredited Conservation Architect in 2010 following many years of painstaking work on projects such as Duntarvie Castle, Edinburgh Weaving Mill and the Caledonian Hotel in Oban.

Ed also carried out Planning Supervisor services on commercial, residential and industrial projects for many years, completed the conversion to CDM-Coordinator in 2007 and is a member of the Association of Project Safety.

Ed is our representative for projects in Edinburgh, South Queensferry, Mid Lothian and the Borders with additional contacts in the Highland regions.

Jon Newey, BA(hons) BArch (hons) RIAS, Architect, Partner

Jon regsitered as an architect in 1989. He formed EKJN architects in partnership with Ed Kelly at the end of 2005 after several years as an Associate with Edinburgh-based practice NGP architects.

Having worked previously as a project architect with the Cochrane Mcgregor Group in Edinburgh, HLM Architects in Glasgow, Ritchie and Rennie Architects in Sheffield and Crampin-Pring-McCartney in Nottingham, Jon has experience of designing and managing a wide variety of projects including social housing, retail complexes, railway stations, medical centres, a prison, the flagship headquarters building for Standard Life Bank, several restaurants, holiday accommodation, schools, community centres and non-traditional council house repairs, not to mention a large number of smaller domestic commissions.

Jon carried out Planning Supervisor services on commercial, residential and industrial projects for many years, completed the conversion to CDM-Coordinator in 2007 and is a member of the Association of Project Safety.

Jon has specialist skills in the design of sustainable buildings and is the man to talk to about passive solar design, stack-effect ventilation, heat pumps, solar panels, photovoltaics and wind turbines.

Jon is our representative for projects in the Central Belt including Livingston, Bathgate and Linlithgow, with additional contacts in the Highland regions.

Ian McIntyre, B.Sc. (Hons) ACIAT, Architectural Technologist

Ian joined EKJN in 2007 after working as an Architectural Technician in Oxford for The Metal Window Company and the Education Design section of Falkirk Council. Ian has experience of researching, designing and managing a large number of projects including stately homes, barn conversions, street architecture and many educational buildings throughout the Falkirk area.

Since joining EKJN Ian has gained experience designing a number of dental practices, residential projects, a commercial factory project and project management for the refurbishment of a large hotel.

Ian is our representative for the Falkirk area, Stirling and Dunblane.

Fiona Runciman, HNC, CPP, Practice Manager

Fiona joined EKJN in 2008 after working for 27 years in the Civil Service.
She brings a wealth of experience in Human Resources and Marketing, as well as the organisational skills required of a busy practice.