Born in Finland, Kaapo moved to Scotland to study Architecture, earning his first Master’s degree at the University of Dundee, during which he completed his Part 1 placement in Oslo. He later returned to Finland to complete a second Master’s in Architecture, deepening his expertise in sustainability. In Finland, he worked on projects of various scales and types, from heritage refurbishments to large-scale developments. After returning to Scotland he joined a practice in Glasgow where he contributed to major regeneration work and achieved his Part 3 qualification. His experience spans adaptive reuse, healthcare design, and master planning, with projects ranging [...]

Jordan has been with the practice since day one, starting as a Part 2 assistant and qualifying as an architect before stepping into his current role as Associate. His project experience spans commercial refurbishments, fit-outs, civic buildings, hospitality, retail, and residential work, including sensitive adaptations and upgrades to listed and historically significant buildings. Originally from Zimbabwe, he moved to the UK to study architecture, earning his Bachelor’s degree at University of Dundee and completing his Part 1 where he gained experience in Retail and Student residential sectors. Jordan went on to complete his Master’s in Architecture with Urban Planning where [...]

Dan has previously worked for practices in Eindhoven, Edinburgh and most recently London. His previous experience includes working for a large architectural practice, working on projects with challenging briefs for a wide range of clients including local authorities; private developers; universities; and housing associations. He recently relocated to Glasgow where he joined RKA at the beginning of 2023. He obtained a first class honours degree in Architectural Technology in Aberdeen and went on to study Architecture at the Mackintosh school of Architecture in Glasgow. He completed his part 3 education at the University of Westminster in 2017. Dan is passionate [...]

Chris moved back to Scotland in 2021 joining RKA as an Associate following 8 years working with Richard at Orms in London. After graduating from the Mackintosh School of Architecture in Glasgow Chris worked in London for over 10 years during which time he completed his part 3 architectural education at Westminster University. Following a number of years with Canaway Fleming Architects Chris joined Orms where he worked on a wide variety of commercial refurbishment, re-use and new build projects, notably leading the multi-million pound mixed use office development of 101 Moorgate for Aviva Investors. During his time at Orms [...]

Richard founded RKA in 2019 after 25 enjoyable year in London. This included 16 years with Orms and the last 5 as Director. Richard’s family move to Scotland gave him the opportunity to set up his own practice, focus on design and delivery and bring together all the inspirational learning that he benefited from in the 3 practices he worked for in London. Richard completed over 20 built projects with Orms, responsible for 8-12 projects at any one time with values from £500k to £120m. The project sectors included Education, Commercial office, high end Residential, Mixed use including retail, restaurant, [...]