The Scottish Government announced the appointment of Karen Anderson as the new Chair of Architecture and Design Scotland. This appointment will be for four years.
Karen Anderson is an architect and a founding partner of Anderson, Bell Christie Architects, Glasgow.
She graduated from Glasgow's Mackintosh School of Architecture in 1984 and has been in practice as an architect since then.
Karen has significant experience in social housing and community involvement in re-development, working on masterplanning and, urban and rural design guidance in areas as diverse as Raploch, Stirling; the Isle of Gigha; Argyll and Bute; and North Lanarkshire.
Architecture and Design Scotland was established by Scottish Ministers in April 2005 as the national champion for good architecture, design and planning in the built environment.
The principal aim of the body is to inspire better quality in design and architecture so that Scotland's built environment contributes in a positive way to Ministers strategic objectives and the National Outcomes.
Architecture and Design Scotland operates as a Company Limited by Guarantee funded directly by the Scottish Government.