Donald is a Research Fellow with and Co-director of the Mackintosh Environmental Architecture Research Unit. He is a registered Architect who graduated from the University of Strathclyde with degrees in both Building Design Engineering and Advanced Architectural Design. He has a strong knowledge of contemporary building standards and technical design approaches developed through a 6 year tenure with Scottish firm, Elder and Cannon Architects. During this period Donald worked on various building typologies, including large and small scale residential developments, and was Project Architect responsible for the RIAS ‘Best Building in Scotland, 2010’ Shettleston Housing Association Offices.
Within the Mackintosh School of Architecture Donald teaches at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels as well as undertaking work towards MEARU’s ever developing academic research and consultancy portfolios. His recent research has focussed on post occupancy building performance evaluation of energy efficient homes with a particular emphasis on their performance relative to internal air quality.