Council members
Neil Middleton
PRESIDENT
Architect | Freelancer | 5-a-sider
Neil is an Edinburgh based architect and has been working on freelance projects throughout Scotland since the end of 2020. He joined the EEA council in 2022 to become more engaged with the wider architectural community.
Emma Garland
VICE-PRESIDENT
Architect | Bibliophile | Maker
Emma is a chartered architect and joined the EAA in 2022, having studied and practiced architecture in Edinburgh for the past 16 years. Emma has worked across a variety of sectors, most recently focusing on residential and urban design, with a particular interest in the opportunity architecture has to make positive societal and environmental change.
Dan Anderson
VICE-PRESIDENT
Pianist | Nature Enthusiast | Architect-in-Progress
Dan joined the EAA as a student representative in 2019, and previously served as Vice President from 2020-23. He leads on the website, social media & communications for the EAA, as well as supporting the organisation of the annual awards.
Joanne McClelland
PAST PRESIDENT
Optimist | Creative | Determined
Joanne is a conservation accredited architect with passion for convincing everyone that a fairer world will make a happier world. People, profit and planet.
Alex Liddell
Architect | Dreamer | Critic
Alex is a co-opted member of the EAA, and leads the EAA Competitions group. He joined the EAA
to advance the debate on design and to promote good architecture.
Sofie McClure
Architect-in-progress | Designer | Photographer
Sofie joined the EAA as a student representative in 2023 and studies at ESALA. She currently works in an Edinburgh-based architecture practise for her Part One experience. Her interests include photography, sketching and organising events.
Charles Strang
Collegiate | Green | Scot
As a retired architect-planner I appreciate the opportunity to contribute to other architects' work, and enjoy their stimulus. Governance, strategy, policy, and a just green transition are other interests, as is a belief that community-based conservation management plans are the way forward.
Mariana Novosivschei
Curious | Hopeful | Perseverant
Mariana is an architect dedicated to making the practice of architecture more mindful of supporting all life without infringing on our broader planetary system. She joined the EAA in 2022 and is currently chairing the EAA's Sustainability Working Group.
Fraser Graham
Architect | Liberal | Geek
Fraser joined the EAA Council in 2023. He works for a conservation focussed practice, with a passion for rescuing historic and at-risk buildings and working to improve historic building fabric for a greener future. He is also passionate about improving CPD within the profession, and is working on this as part of the Education Working Group.
Seva Yurchenko
Ayla Riome
Jens Bergmark