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Uniform November

People | Place | Memory | Change

Helping organisations, communities and institutions understand, communicate and protect the things that matter most.

Uniform November is an independent consultancy led by Frazer Macdonald Hay. Through interviews, research, writing and strategic reflection, we help organisations explore the relationships between people, place, memory and change. Our work spans narrative and legacy projects, cultural heritage, peacebuilding, post-conflict recovery and community resilience.

What We Do:

Narrative & Legacy Projects

Capturing the stories, values and experiences that shape organisations, leaders and communities.

Cultural Heritage & Place

Exploring how heritage, architecture and memory contribute to identity, belonging and resilience.

Peacebuilding & Recovery

Supporting organisations working in contexts of conflict, displacement and social change.

Research & Writing

Producing publications, profiles, essays, training and strategic reflections that connect practice with insight.

Recent Work:

Cultural Protection Fund (Tenth Anniversary) Publication

Commissioned to research, interview and write a ten-part profile series marking ten years of cultural heritage protection and international collaboration.

"You captured my story with immense kindness and consideration." Kimani

"It is not often that you see your own life reflected back to you through someone else's words." Eshraq

Between Chaos and Care (Ukraine)

A narrative series documenting the experiences of first responders, civil society leaders, security professionals and community actors working through war.

The Times and Scotland on Sunday

Published commentary exploring memory, place, displacement, conflict and resilience.

UNESCO, ICCROM, British Council & International Partners

Supporting cultural heritage protection, post-conflict recovery, training and community resilience initiatives across Iraq, Syria, Ukraine, Indonesia and beyond.

About Frazer Macdonald Hay:

Frazer Hay is a consultant, researcher and writer whose work explores the relationships between people, place, memory and change.

His career has followed an unusual path through public service, architecture, education, cultural heritage and peacebuilding. From the Royal Air Force and Fire Service to the architectural team behind the new Scottish Parliament, from founding the Glasgow School of Art Singapore to supporting recovery and resilience initiatives in Iraq, Syria, Ukraine and Indonesia, his work has consistently focused on how people adapt to challenge and shape the places they inhabit.

Today, through Uniform November, he works with organisations, communities and institutions seeking to better understand and communicate their stories, values and impact. His clients and partners have included UNESCO, ICCROM, the British Council, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), UN-Habitat and The HALO Trust. Frazer currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Scottish Peacebuilding Platform and is the author of the forthcoming manuscript What Buildings Know: Adaptive Reuse in an Age of Conflict, Climate and Conservation.

Selected Clients & Partners

UNESCO • ICCROM • British Council • Cultural Protection Fund • International Organization for Migration (IOM) • UN-Habitat • The HALO Trust • University of St Andrews • University of Edinburgh • Skanska • Currie & Brown • British Chamber of Commerce Singapore • The Substation • The Island Foundation

Knowledge Sharing

Explore the Uniform November Journal for reflections from the field, research insights and commentary on cultural heritage, memory, peacebuilding, displacement and recovery.

Heritage & Memories of Violence

IDP & HLP

Urban Recovery

Articles

The Conversation Before the Workshop

The City Cannot Wait for Peace

When Does a Project Become a Place?

Thank You, Urban Realm

In a World Soaked in Hateful Narrative

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Buildings, Memory, and Mediation

Exploring peacebuilding as a lens for adaptive reuse I have been thinking about the relationship between peacebuilding and adaptive reuse. At first, the connection may not seem obvious. One operates in the aftermath of conflict, working with fractured societies, contested narratives, and fragile relationships. The other is often understood as a technical or architectural process, adapting existing buildings for new use. But the more I work across both, the less separate they

A Building Speaks Before Demolition

In conversation with a building scheduled for demolition ..... The manuscript I have recently completed, Adaptive Reuse: Conflict, Climate and Conservation / What Buildings Know , is structured as a conversation. Each chapter opens with the voice of a building facing demolition. It reflects on its condition, its memories, and its uncertainty about what comes next. These openings are not decorative. They frame the themes that follow, adaptive reuse, conflict, climate, conserva

What Buildings Know & Why It Matters Now

I have recently completed a manuscript exploring adaptive reuse, not simply as an architectural method, but as a way of thinking about how we live, remember, and change. At its core, the book asks a simple question: What happens if we stop treating buildings as objects to be replaced, and start understanding them as things to be read? Over time, that question became something else entirely. It became clear that adaptive reuse is not only about buildings. It is about how we re

Reuse Isn’t Easy — But It’s Essential

By #FrazerMacdonaldHay Client Sketch By #FrazerMacdonaldHay Adaptive reuse remains one of the most underutilised tools in our...

Befriending our Existing Concrete

Text by #FrazerMacdonaldHay Quick Read: In an age of climate crisis and cultural amnesia, concrete is often misunderstood—viewed as a...

““whatever is true for space and time, this much is true for place: we are immersed in it and could not do without it. To be at all - to exist in any way – is to be somewhere, and to be somewhere is to be in some kind of place”.

"No one therefor can conceive anything, but they must conceive it in some place”.

Owner:

F.M.H..... MLitt Peace & Conflict, Msc Architectural Conservation BA (Hons) Int. Architecture; MCSD, PgC TLHE

F.M.H is a Post-conflict, consultant - Specializing in Social Cohesion, DDR, Memorialization, Architectural Conservation, Housing Land and Property (HLP) issues.