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Biography
Alastair is a policy analyst at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and works on the Programme for Educational Building. His main focus is the role of innovation in design to meet educational needs and to support better physical learning environments. Current work includes projects on higher education buildings and their role in supporting the needs of education and research, education for sustainable development, buildings for vocational education and training, procurement policy and practice, and futures thinking in educational infrastructure.
Alastair is a UK registered architect and member of the RIBA. He joined the OECD in August 2007 from the University of Westminster where he ran a research programme looking at performance evaluation for higher education buildings. He also taught in the School of Architecture on the Part III programme on professional practice, architectural technology, design management and construction law.
In architectural practice Alastair specialised in project briefing working on a range of education and commercial projects. He co-authored “Managing the Brief for Better Design” published in 2001. Following an earlier career as an editor and journalist for the Architects’ Journal and the RIBA Journal, he continues to write for a range of architectural, property and construction publications.
