Stallan first worked with Glasgow architect Peter McGurn on major community and urban regeneration projects across the West of Scotland before joining architects RMJM in 1988 as International Design Principal and European Design Director.
[1] He is best known for designing the 2014 Commonwealth Games Village and his work on the Falkirk Wheel and Scottish Parliament whilst at RMJM.
Stallan has also collaborated with notable architects including Frank Gehry, Will Alsop,[2] Joshua Prince Ramus, Rex[3] and for a short period with the late Enric Miralles.
[4] Stallan has also appeared on BBC's Building Britain series with presenter Muriel Gray discussing the regeneration of Glasgow's Waterfront.
[5] Stallan has been an invited critic and speaker at educational design institutions including the Harvard Design School, Glasgow School of Art and an external examiner at Dundee, Strathclyde and Newcastle University architecture departments.