Douglas Forrest is a Scottish retired architect. He studied architecture with

Andy MacMillan Andrew MacMillan OBE RSA FRIAS RIBA (11 December 1928, in Maryhill, Glasgow – 16 August 2014, in Inverness) was a Scottish architect, educator, writer and broadcaster. He served as head of the Mackintosh School of Architecture in Glasgow betw ...

, and , had been practising as an architect for over 35 years. He describes his area of interest as "architectural archaeology", and seeks to preserve historical features of buildings when renovating them for modern use. His work in renovating buildings in the north east of Scotland has won awards from the

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and from

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. Forrest worked with architectural designer Kit Martin on the renovation of

Cullen House Cullen House is a large house, about south-west of the coastal town of Cullen, Moray, Cullen in Moray, Scotland. It was the Family seat, seat of the Clan Ogilvy, Ogilvies of Findlater, who went on to become the Earl of Seafield, Earls of Fin ...

between 1982 and 1989. He also oversaw the restoration of the clock and steeple of the former church in the nearby town of

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in 1986. He has worked on a project to save Wardhouse, an abandoned

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mansion near

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, and on a scheme to convert the ruins of New Slains Castle into holiday accommodation. Forrest's design for the club house at

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drew criticism from MacMillan for its old-fashioned architecture. The design was defended by the secretary of the

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, who argued that the building was well-suited to its purpose, and praised the quality of the specified materials.

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