A design for ten energy efficient houses for a 1976 UN Habitat competition DESCRIPTION: The site was located central Canada, with an extreme continental climate and heavy snow. Unlike many designs for individual “Autonomous” houses at that time, I was interested in grouping the houses for economy of construction, to minimise heat loss and to […]
Internal alterations and re-roofing of the former laundry to form guest bedrooms and library. DESCRIPTION: The West Wing is a single storey, former laundry block, of stone construction, extending 27m Westwards from the Tower. Alterations were carried out in the 19thC and again in the 1960’s when a library was formed and services installed. A pitched roof […]
Improvements to the 15th C tower with new services, kitchen bathroom and atrium. DESCRIPTION: The site is rural with Policies comprising a former Deer Park and mixed woodland, classified as a Designed Landscape in the local Plan, with views of the Lammermuir Hills to the South. The Tower is of cultural interest as the plot to […]
A series of small scale projects to allow listed buildings to work as part of an organic farm.
Alterations to a Category “A” Listed administration building to form a wheelchair accessible shower and WC with a new zinc clad roof. The design aims to harmonise disparate group of buildings and extensions dating from the 19th to the 21st centuries