Cannon, Dick RSA
b. 1943
In 1980 Canon co-founded the practice of Elder & Cannon Architects. Its reputation has been built on achieving excellence over a diverse range of building types, often in challenging and sensitive contexts. It has a strong design philosophy and seeks to provide each project with its own identity, through creative solutions, evolving these thoughtfully to meet and exceed client expectations. In 1986 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Scottish Architects and in 1991 he received the RSA Gold Medal for Architecture. Cannon is a former tutor at the Mackintosh School of Architecture, and an external examiner at the University of Glasgow. Canon was elected a Member of the Royal Scottish Academy in 2007.
