James Dunbar-Nasmith

Sir James (Duncan) Dunbar-Nasmith, CBE, RIBA, PPRIAS, is a leading conservation architect from England. He was born in 1927, son of Admiral Sir Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith, VC KCB KCMG DL, and his older brother is Rear-Admiral David Arthur Dunbar-Nasmith, CB DSC. Sir James is perhaps best known as the architect of Sunninghill Park, the home of the Duke of York, and Balmoral Estate architect. He is in professional practice as a partner in Law & Dunbar-Nasmith, architects, Edinburgh (1957-), and Hilger, Law & Dunbar-Nasmith, architects, Wiesbaden since 1993. He was Professor and Head of the Department of Architecture at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, and the Edinburgh College of Art 1978 - 1988, and is now Emeritus Professor at Heriot Watt University. Sir James has been Chairman of The Scottish Civic Trust from 1995. He was made a CBE in 1976, and knighted in 1996.