Mack Memories: Niall Murphy

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Quite frankly, Niall Murphy = Glasgow Heritage. The highly knowledgable director of Glasgow City Heritage Trust, his passion for our dear green place comes through in every photo he shares on Instagram, encouraging us to always look up. Niall is an architect with 25 years of experience, specialising in heritage, conservation, and community issues in Glasgow. He is currently the Co-Chair of the Glasgow Built Heritage Commission, the Chair of the Govanhill Baths Building Preservation Trust and served on the Glasgow Urban Design Panel for a decade. Niall played a key role in securing funding for the ‘Make Your Mark’ East Pollokshields and Port Eglinton Charrette in 2016 and was a member of the Scottish Government’s Development Management Working Group (2016–2018). He has received several awards, including the Glasgow Doors Open Day Outstanding Talk Award (2023), and frequently lectures on architecture and urban design. He has also hosted GCHT's if Glasgow's Walls Could Talk podcast, which is very much worth a listen! Niall and I had a delightful chat in the GCHT office, which made this one a little bit echo-ey - just imagine us in some epic vaulted space or something. Music is nearly 100 other performers by jeye.