Christoph Ackermann
Principal, Architect, Business Director - UK North
Glasgow- Qualifications
- University of Strathclyde, BSc(Hons), MArch Registered with the Architects Registration Board
Christoph is an architect and principal in the Glasgow studio.
He has considerable experience in delivering major projects across a variety of sectors including science and research, healthcare, education, workplace and retail. He leads interdisciplinary design teams in the development and construction of complex projects from inception to completion and has been managing and realising projects using Building Information Modelling for over a decade.
He recently completed the award-winning Technology and Innovation Centre for the University of Strathclyde and is currently delivering the new School of Engineering for the University of Edinburgh as well as the Student Teaching and Learning Hub at the University of Strathclyde and the BioHub Project in Aberdeen. Previous projects include Nanjing Medical University, Eastwood High School, Lasswade High School, Buchanan Galleries and the Capella Building in Glasgow.
What will design practices of the future be like?
“Whatever they are they won’t be as we imagine them today but hopefully a rewarding mixture of fun and challenges.”
Projects
Learning and Teaching Building, University of Strathclyde
The University of Strathclyde’s new Learning and Teaching Building is at the heart of its Rottenrow Campus in Glasgow.
Eastwood High School
Eastwood High School is a modern building sits effortlessly in its parkland setting respecting its Georgian neighbours.
ONE BioHub
A physical hub for the life sciences sector in the region, offering the opportunity for knowledge transfer and growth.
Nanjing Medical University
BDP’s design presents a strong architectural form that unites the two buildings, and responds to the landscape setting of the campus masterplan.
St James Quarter
A major mixed-use regeneration of the St James Centre is located at the east end of James Craig’s New Town.
School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh
Our plans for a new School of Engineering for the University of Edinburgh form the first of a five-phase masterplan.