Notes on the beauty of imperfection and the legibility of craftsmanship.
Read MorePutting material choices and sustainability at the centre of the design process.
Read MoreSome thoughts on the use of clay, and clay plasters.
Read MoreA beautiful photographic essay by Tom Stark.
Read MoreAn accompaniment to our exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy
Read MoreTopping out at Taigh-bàta, and reflecting on the process of making crafted buildings.
Read MoreWe agree with Frank Lloyd Wright that ‘wood is universally beautiful to man’.
Read MoreHoliday let licenses are a hot topic at the moment, and we’ve been asked by several clients to help clarify how this might effect their business or project plans.
Read MoreWe don’t start with an aesthetic and try to work out how to make it sustainable. We start with what’s sustainable and use our creativity to make it beautiful.
Read MoreCollective Self Build is an underutilised model. We’d like to see more houses built with community and connectedness at their core.
Read MoreWe have a philosophy in the studio, that good design not only can be simple, but should be.
Read MoreOccasionally, building requires a setting to be created, or a site to be transformed. In other cases, there’s an overwhelming sense that the less changed or manipulated, the better.
Read MoreWhen a facade is pared back to the essential ingredients of surface, mass, and material, small and subtle gestures speaking to craft and construction are given heightened significance.
Read MoreBuildings need to breath! Most new homes are hermetically sealed, and are constructed using synthetic, Petro-Chemical based materials. We’re interested in alternatives.
Read MoreWhen looking for a site in a rural location, there are a number of things you should consider. We specialise in achieving planning approval on challenging sites, and are always happy to give advise on what options are available in your specific situation.
Read MoreCraftsmanship speaks to the careful, and skilful process of making. We relate to this way of working.
Read More…“every architect who strikes or avoids a ‘snag’ ought to open the matter to his fellows”. In the spirit of Edwin Gunn, we want to share our personal experiences of building, snags and all.
Read MoreAfter 18 months of hard work by all involved, it’s been amazing to finally share images of Kepdarroch Farmhouse. We’re delighted by the response from the press, and really enjoyed reading the recent feature on Wallpaper.com.
Read MorePlanning approved for a new house on a steeply sloping site in the Highlands of Scotland.
Read MoreWe’re delighted that planning approval has now been granted for our courtyard house within a woodland clearing in central Scotland.
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