Julia Soulos

Julia holds a BSc and MSc in Architecture from Vienna’s University of Technology and worked for several years in Austria before moving to Edinburgh. She joined Simpson & Brown in 2016 and completed her UK professional examinations while working at the Practice. She became an Associate of the practice in 2023.

Since joining, Julia has worked on both domestic projects for private clients and large-scale public buildings. She led the extension to the category B listed Bellevue Chapel in Edinburgh’s New Town and has successfully applied for planning and Listed Building Consent for an extension to the Grade A listed St. Georges Church Jesmond, Newcastle. Julia has supported several larger scale projects including restoration works at Lindisfarne Castle, the new Visitor Centre at Lincoln Cathedral, Johnnie Walker Princes Street in Edinburgh, Mackintosh at the Willow in Glasgow and a major roof repairs project at Floors Castle in the Scottish Borders. She is currently part of the team working on the transformation of Thomas Hamilton’s Category A listed Royal High School into the new National Centre for Music in Edinburgh. Julia is passionate about conservation and relishes working on historic buildings. She is committed to good practice, high quality, detail, and teamwork.

KEY PROJECTS:

NATIONAL CENTRE FOR MUSIC

Simpson & Brown has been working on behalf of the Royal High School Preservation Trust since 2015; providing multi-disciplinary architectural heritage consultancy and design services for the transformative reuse, conservation, and restoration of the iconic Thomas Hamilton-designed Old Royal High School on Calton Hill in Edinburgh, into the new National Centre for Music. The proposals will provide a sustainable new use for the Category A listed site as a world-class centre for music education and public performance, for the benefit of the whole of Scotland.

BELLEVUE CHAPEL

Completed in 2018, the work includes alteration to the main hall, alteration of the existing rear hall to maximise the accommodation on a very restricted footprint in a traditional style and a contemporary new hall extension to the side.

JOHNNIE WALKER PRINCES STREET

The project, completed in 2021, involved the restoration and extension of a Category B listed former department store to create a seven storey experiential brand home for the iconic whisky.