Historic Buildings & Conservation

Located within the Anstruther Conservation Area, this project involved the complete refurbishment of a Category B listed dwelling overlooking the seafront. The aim was to revive the property's historical integrity while enhancing its original...

Black and Stone is the transformation of a long-abandoned ploughman’s cottage into a 210-square-metre, four-bedroom family home. Set within the rugged Scottish landscape, the project is inspired by the simplicity and integrity of Nordic...

Following the decommissioning of the gas boilers and greenhouses at St. Andrews’ Botanic Gardens, the practice was invited to repurpose the existing boiler house into a new education space tailored for school pupils, university students,...

Crathes Railway Station, long neglected and in a state of disrepair, caught the attention of Fiddes Architects through a client eager to transform the historic structure into a modern family home while preserving its iconic heritage as part of...

John Gilbert Architects has completed conservation work at the Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow, with a focus on repairing high-level masonry. Restoration work at the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), one of Glasgow’s most iconic and...

This project involved the careful restoration and sensitive extension of a picturesque eighteenth-century villa situated within the Edinburgh New Town Conservation Area. Our design objectives were to preserve and restore the charming character of...

ADP Architecture designed the retrofit of the listed Granton Gasworks Station Building, transforming it into a sustainable, adaptable workspace for artists and creative entrepreneurs. The scheme for City of Edinburgh Council features a fully...

John Gilbert Architects has completed work on the retrofit of two tenement flats on Norfolk St for New Gorbals Housing Association. John Gilbert Architects is proud to announce the completion of the Norfolk Street Retrofit project, which saw the...

A picnic cottage enjoyed by Queen Victoria when holidaying in Balmoral has been restored to its former glory by Moxon for The National Trust for Scotland.  The project will preserve the building for future generations to enjoy and engage...

The design solution for the castle is an example of ‘conservation by design’. By inserting a new piece of architecture within the ruin we have provided a passive solution to the long term consolidation of the exposed ornate carvings...

Tarlair is a unique triple pool structure comprising paddling pool, boating pool, swimming pool and pavilion (tea-room), located just outside Macduff. The pumped seawater pools were one of the first such Art Deco structures to be built. The site...