Peter Nelson

Peter is a local Chartered Architect and Project Manager who graduated from the Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow University, in 1984 and qualified as a Registered Architect in 1985. He has worked in both Local Authority and Private Practices on various housing, community, social and educational projects.

Peter won a Design Competition to construct a new Registration Office Complex at Gretna in 1989 and led many major projects and programmes for Dumfries & Galloway Council. He also worked on orphanage improvements in Romania in 1993 and 1994 for the "To Romania with Aid" charity organisation. 

He became the Architectural Services Manager for Dumfries & Galloway Council until 2004, when he transferred to lead the Strategic Asset Management for all Dumfries & Galloway Council properties until 2014. 

Since late 2014 Peter has been acting as Project Client for the £2m Theatre Royal redevelopment in Dumfries, alongside working on private commissions.

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