Richard Gibson.

About Richard Gibson

Richard George Gibson ARIBA was a British architect born and trained in London but mainly known for his buildings in Shetland from the late 1960s. His works include social housing developments, schools and museums, as well as restoration and conversion projects. His best-known projects include the John Jamieson Closs (1982–84), Gremista (1999) and Grödians (2011) housing developments in Lerwick, Mainland, and Hamnavoe Primary School, Burra (1980). He received the Royal Institute of Architects in Scotland's lifetime achievement award in 2010, and continued to practise based in Lerwick until 2016.