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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

When Does a Project Become a Place?

Thank You, Urban Realm

In a World Soaked in Hateful Narrative

Teaching the Next Custodians

The Spaces Between

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Rebuilding Without Erasing: Why Adaptive Re-use Matters After War

If you are working on the reconstruction of Ukraine, Gaza, Syria, Sudan, or any city emerging from conflict, there is a familiar set of questions: How quickly can we rebuild? What should be prioritised? Which structures are beyond repair? These are necessary questions. But there is another question that rarely appears in planning frameworks or design briefs: What should we do with buildings that remember violence? The buildings that don’t fit Post-conflict reconstruction tend

Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan: What Post-War Cities Must Learn About Memory

Ukrainian / Arabic Text Rebuilding After War: What Buildings Remember If you are planning the reconstruction of Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, Syria (or any city emerging from war) there is a question that rarely appears in engineering briefs, donor frameworks, or architectural masterplans: What do the buildings remember? After conflict, the world mobilises to rebuild walls, roads, schools, and monuments. We measure recovery in square metres restored and skylines repaired. Yet in eve

Why Peacebuilding Needs Climate Thinking and Climate Action Needs Memory, Place, and Justice

By Frazer Macdonald Hay Across the UN and global policy landscape, the term “climate–conflict nexus” has become shorthand for the reality that environmental shocks and social instability are increasingly inseparable. But the nexus is often described in economic or technological terms, food security, water scarcity, critical infrastructure, adaptation finance, and “smart” responses. Yet missing from most of these discussions is something fundamentally human: How people inhabi

There are webinars then there are WEBINARS

This was a Webinar of note. The UCL’s Urban Laboratory held a Webinar called Urbicide and Horizons for City Re-making . An event in...

Local Recognition and the ringing of UNESCO Bells in Iraq

After the last major battle for Mosul and whilst pockets of ISIS were still active in the city, I began searching for sites of civil...

Unshakable Castles

Image of Burj al Murr by al-Khoury Written by #FrazerMacdonaldHay Quick Read: The Burj al Murr and the Holiday Inn in Beirut, once...

““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.