Buildings Archive 2016

The smallest of three simultaneously constructed health centres for NHS Lanarkshire, accommodating a single large GP practice and NHS Community The new centre is constructed adjacent to the local swimming pool, with which it shares a service...

Located at Lochcarron, the brief was to create 6 affordable units, 2 houses and 4 flats. The specification of the houses was high, each having a wood burning stove and MVHR system. The approach was to keep the form, materials and colour pallet as...

The project at Laggan Locks is a collaborative work by Sean Douglas & Gavin Murray (D&M) and Oliver Chapman Architects (OCA). It forms the second phase of Scotland’s Scenic Routes initiative. The site at Laggan was identified as a...

Following Scottish Futures Trust’s initiative to design a reference primary school for Scotland, Walters & Cohen was chosen by East Dunbartonshire Council (EDC) to build out our proposals for the new Lairdsland Primary School in...

This oak framed sunspace was designed as a replacement to a previous uPVC sunroom which had been constructed onto an historic villa in Montrose. The previous sunspace extended beyond the original house incongruently. It obscured the views of the...

Taylor Architecture Practice, T.A.P., have completed an extension and refurbishment of the National Waterski Centre, for Waterski and Wakeboard Scotland at Townhill Loch, near Dunfermline. Sitting on the edge of the man-made loch in Townhill...

This replacement house is located on a site in Bieldside, overlooking the Dee valley. The house was designed to provide a modern family dwelling house which had an integral garage/plant room on the ground level and all living accommodation on the...

HRI architects were commissioned by Russwood Ltd to design their new offices situated alongside the Newtonmore railway station at the south end of the Russwood sawmill complex; a site with open views of the Glen Feshie hills, within the Cairngorms...

Newbattle Gardens is located just north of Newbattle Abbey in the Eskbank area of Dalkeith and is a small housing estate of large brick built detached houses. Further to the completion of our house extension at No. 19, which was completed in 2010,...

A new contemporary house located in the North of the Highlands which takes advantage of its elevated site with spectacular views in every direction, particularly towards the steeples in Thurso and the Old Man of Hoy. The building has been designed...

Parkview is a prominent site to the west end of Dundee, its park-like setting compliments the adjacent Victoria Park to the east, Balgay Park to the north and the Western Cemetery to the South West. The main feature of the site is the exuberant...

The Peacock Salt meeting room cube is a playful response through form and material to an unusual harbour situated salt warehouse site. A demanding internal environment inspired the thoughtfully detailed use of materials that can weather salt and...

The brief was to create a contemporary destination retail complex an important ‘gateway’ site to city of Edinburgh. The design was contextual in its response to the site which has a strong visual connection with the Pentland Hills. The...

The brief was to provide an integrated visitor experience with indoor and outdoor swimming, gym, function suite and cafe facilities alongside a spa experience befitting the 5* resort.

Built upon the ruins of a derelict building in Portsoy harbour, the new boatbuilding centre employs a minimal materials palette which sites within the reconstructed external stone skin. A primary Glulam structure creates a large industrial like...