sustainable architects — Sustainable Architects Scotland

As Found

Working within the hollowed-out shells of former agricultural buildings, the impulse to act is measured against a will to do as little as possible.

Colin BaillieOctober 14, 2024Scottish architect, Modern architect scotland, Architect Scottish Highlands, sustainable architects, sustainable architects scotland, eco home, eco architect, Eco Design, eco architect scotland, architect, Architecture, Local, local materials, natural home, natural buildings

Notes on the Nature of Building with Wood

We’re drawn to the softness and warmth of buildings that resonate with their origins in nature.

Colin BaillieJune 13, 2024Scottish architect, Modern architect scotland, Architect Scottish Highlands, sustainable architects, sustainable architects scotland, eco home, eco architect, Eco Design, eco architect scotland, architect, Architecture, Local, local materials, natural home, natural buildings

The Act of Making

Construction follows much planning. It’s a time for precision as well as reflection.

Colin BaillieMay 13, 2024Scottish architect, Modern architect scotland, Architect Scottish Highlands, sustainable architects, sustainable architects scotland, eco home, eco architect, Eco Design, eco architect scotland, architect, Architecture, Local, local materials, natural home, natural buildings

Out with the New

Notes on the beauty of imperfection and the legibility of craftsmanship.

Colin BaillieDecember 11, 2023Scottish architect, Modern architect scotland, Architect Scottish Highlands, sustainable architects, sustainable architects scotland, eco home, eco architect, Eco Design, eco architect scotland, architect, Architecture, Local, local materials, natural home, natural buildings

Fabric First

Putting material choices and sustainability at the centre of the design process.

Colin BaillieNovember 17, 2023Scottish architect, Modern architect scotland, Architect Scottish Highlands, sustainable architects, sustainable architects scotland, eco home, eco architect, Eco Design, eco architect scotland, architect, Architecture, Local, local materials, natural home, natural buildings

The Versatility of Clay

Some thoughts on the use of clay, and clay plasters.

Colin BaillieOctober 13, 2023Scottish architect, Modern architect scotland, Architect Scottish Highlands, sustainable architects, sustainable architects scotland, eco home, eco architect, Eco Design, eco architect scotland, architect, Architecture, Local, local materials, natural home, natural buildings

Craft, Tradition & Atmosphere

A beautiful photographic essay by Tom Stark.

Colin BaillieAugust 16, 2023Scottish architect, Modern architect scotland, Architect Scottish Highlands, sustainable architects, sustainable architects scotland, eco home, eco architect, Eco Design, eco architect scotland, architect, Architecture, Local, local materials, natural home, natural buildings

A Cottage & A Farmstead

An accompaniment to our exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy

Colin BaillieJuly 4, 2023Scottish architect, Modern architect scotland, Architect Scottish Highlands, sustainable architects, sustainable architects scotland, eco home, eco architect, Eco Design, eco architect scotland, architect, Architecture, Local, local materials, natural home, natural buildings

Hands-on

Topping out at Taigh-bàta, and reflecting on the process of making crafted buildings.

Colin BaillieJuly 3, 2023Scottish architect, Modern architect scotland, Architect Scottish Highlands, sustainable architects, sustainable architects scotland, eco home, eco architect, Eco Design, eco architect scotland, architect, Architecture, Local, local materials, natural home, natural buildings

Universally Beautiful

We agree with Frank Lloyd Wright that ‘wood is universally beautiful to man’.

Colin BaillieMarch 30, 2023Scottish architect, Modern architect scotland, Architect Scottish Highlands, sustainable architects, sustainable architects scotland, eco home, eco architect, Eco Design, eco architect scotland, architect, Architecture, Local, local materials, natural home, natural buildings

Good Ancestors

We 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.

A Culture of Community

Collective Self Build is an underutilised model. We’d like to see more houses built with community and connectedness at their core.

Colin BaillieNovember 23, 2022Self Build, Collective custom build, collective self build, sustainable architects, sustainable architect, sustainable architect scotland, Eco Home, eco architecture, eco architecture scotland, community architecture, scottish rural architecture, project managing a house build, scotland architect, scotland architects, highland architects

Traces

The Scottish Highlands have a long history of human habitation, and despite the commonly associated misnomer ‘wilderness’, the landscape bears visible traces.

Colin BaillieMay 24, 2020Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Architecture, Vernacular, Landscape, Design, Baillie Baillie Architects, Architect Scotland, Architects Scotland, Scottish Architect, Modern architect Scotland, sustainable architect, sustainable architects, sustainable architects scotland, Self build architect scotland