Douglas Alexander is a Professional Architect with over 40 years of experience. His reputation for his grass roots and respectful heritage approach is well known and he cares deeply about saving old buildings and seeing them creatively reused, especially when juxtaposed with good modern architecture and interiors.

Douglas is now an independent architect and heritage consultant, providing heritage and design advice, including working collaboratively with other architectural practices.

Douglas is the 2018 recipient of the James Irwin President’s Medal, the highest accolade offered by the Australian Institute of Architects in South Australia.  The award recognizes Douglas’ exemplary service to, and promotion of, the Profession of Architecture.

His reputation for his grass roots and respectful heritage approach is well known and he cares deeply about saving old buildings and seeing them creatively reused, especially when juxtaposed with good modern architecture and interiors.

Significant adaptive reuse projects include the South Australian Maritime Museum at Port Adelaide and the Australian Institute of Architects award winning St Peters Precinct Project. Douglas also designed several concepts for the successful Gawler Connect project.

Douglas was the first Heritage Advisor appointed in South Australia in 1987.  The appointment to the former District Council of Burra (now Regional Council of Goyder) lasted 24 years. Douglas is currently working on the Burra Water Wheel and Buddle Pits project, and on the Unicorn Brewery Cellars.

He was Heritage Advisor to the Town of Gawler from 1997 to 2022 and provided the service to several metropolitan and regional councils listed below until mid 2022. 

Under his direction, Flightpath Architects received several Australian Institute of Architects awards and recognition for many projects, including the St Peters Precinct project.  Douglas was directly involved in several key projects for Thebarton Theatre.

Douglas also provided Heritage Advice for the former Glenside Hospital Master Plan, a residential project being delivered over the next decade adjacent State Heritage listed buildings including a child care Centre involving the adaptive reuse of a former Laundry.