Graeme Scott

Graeme Scott is an Auckland architect and a director of ASC Architects since 1980. Working mainly in the commercial and institutional sectors of architecture, he has been involved in the built environment of the city for over 35 years. ASC Architects is one of the larger Auckland architecture companies which has won more than 30 New Zealand Institute of Architects awards since 1980.

Graeme was born in Auckland and graduated from Auckland University with honours in 1972. He is a fellow of the NZIA and has served on the NZIA Council and as the National Awards Convenor.

As a founding member of the NZIA Auckland Urban Issues Group, he was involved in urging a re-think of the 1995 Britomart redevelopment proposal and the Eastern Motorway proposal in the early 2000’s. In chairing the Group from 2004 to 2008, he became increasingly aware that the big urban issues of Auckland were beyond purely architectural solutions.

“I came to understand how the city is shaped by manifold forces, and how transport systems are probably the single most important group of these. Talking about architectural aesthetic issues in relation to the look and feel of Auckland, without addressing the overall car-dominance of the city, is an exercise in frustration. The priority given to mobility-space overwhelms urbanist objectives individual architects may have, irrespective of the excellence of some of their designs.“

Graeme lives in Mt Eden with artist Melissa Anderson Scott, and they have three adult children.