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Died: March 9, 2021. SIMON Winstanley, FRIAS RIBA, who has died aged 73, was an architect who brought a very personal, modern and ecological style to his work. His business was centred in Castle Douglas and much of it was carried out in the Dumfries and Galloway area. He had a canny ability to balance domestic demands with practical and fundamentally workable designs that maintained his distinctive vision for the finished house. This is clearly evidenced in his own house, The Houl, in Dalry, near Castle Douglas. Here he created a practical and elegant home which in 2011 was included in a Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) shortlist for the prestigious Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award. ....