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About RKA
We are a friendly, open-minded team whose work is inspired by people, materiality and light.
We co-create bespoke solutions for our clients, taking every opportunity to add beauty along the way.
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We are a friendly, creative team with 25 years’ experience. Our work is inspired by people, materiality and light.
We create bespoke […]
Blog: 107 Niddrie Road
Niddrie Road is a quietly unassuming street, just along from Queens Park, in the southside of Glasgow. I myself have walked by, on my way from the Train Station towards the park, and never noticed this hidden gem that is 107 Niddrie Road. I suppose it was designed to blend […]
Blog: The BOAC Building by Gillespie Kidd and Coia
The BOAC building in Glasgow was built for the British Overseas Airways Corporation in Buchanan Street, Glasgow, and was completed in 1970.
A five-story steel-framed office block, the upper floors are clad in copper, formed of sleek hexagonal openings around windows arranged in a gridiron. Although the facade’s rhythm and proportions […]
Blog: Trongate
RKA’s Glasgow office is in the Merchant City area, located just off Trongate. The name of this thoroughfare has intrigued me since we moved in and is the subject of this blog.
Trongate is one of the oldest streets in the city of Glasgow, it begins at Glasgow (Mercat) Cross, where the steeple of the old Glasgow Tolbooth is situated, […]
Blog: RKA Plaque
Etched Brass and Walnut Timber Wall Plaque
I was flattered to be commissioned out of work by RKA to make a door plaque for the recently opened Glasgow office.
Following a few design reviews with Richard and Chris, making sure I understood what they were after and informing them on what could […]
Blog: Kölner Dom
It had been 8 years since I had gone back to the city I grew up in; Cologne. Cologne is one of the oldest cities in Germany with a deep Roman History. Going back after so many years, I got to appreciate the city in a different light.
Cologne has a […]
