Buildings Archive 2009

Two penthouse floors have been added to this neoclassical building bestowing an element of height that the original failed to reacH, making for an impressive pairing when viewed alongside the similarly treated Sutherland House.

On a limited budget, City Architecture Office was appointed to rationalise and extend this Arts & Crafts two-storey end terraced villa in Corstorphine. The client demanded a modern open plan kitchen, dining, study and lounge with the...

Children's House, designed to encourage positive behaviour and management techniques by careful arrangement of the public, semi-public and private areas.

City Architecture Office enjoyed designing a solution to modernise & extend this late 20th century suburban house. An appraisal of the property identified the opportunity to alter the internal layout to provide an additional bathroom on the...

As a family grows, its options can be to live in cramped conditions, relocate or to extend the home. City Architecture Office met this challenge to find extra living, sleeping and family space by altering and extending the existing layout to...

The site was purchased with planning consent for a detached house almost identical to its neighbours. The client negotiated a contract with the builder and gave Gordon Duffy of Studio DuB free rein within the given parameters. Duffy retained the...

The Practice was delighted to be asked by Gareth Hoskins Architects to work with them on 'A Gathering Space' Scotland's first purpose-built exhibition space at the Venice Biennale of Architecture. Gareth Hoskins won the prestigious competition run...

Reiach and Hall were appointed by Aberdeen City Council and the University of Aberdeen to prepare a brief and obtain outline planning consent for a major sports facility in Aberdeen. Through competitve interview and design presentation we were...

HLM Architects (Glasgow Office) in association with Hall Black Douglas  Architects (Local Belfast Practice) were appointed in 2000 to masterplan the £150 million redevelopment of the 1960s Altnagelvin Area Hospital situated in...

The brief was to sympathetically convert a Grade A listed Georgian building with a 70’s extension to the rear, fully refurbishing the exterior and interior into a 187 bed 4-star hotel, incorporating a new ozone pool, spa and gym. Although...

The Avenel estate is situated a short distance from Kilmacolm.  It is a lush landscaped garden and woodland that is now an important local wildlife habitat which took over four decades to create.  Plot one is the first of six Arts and...

Bankton Primary School was built in 1980. The existing single storey accommodation was too small for a 2 stream school and required an extension to provide two new classrooms, a new Sports Hall, a parents’ room and a new Nursery / Wraparound...

Located in the heart of Berwick-upon-Tweed, this building houses flexible office space with shared facilities for new and growing businesses in the area. The brief required the building to generate a creative bustle within the traditional grain of...

Inspirational and courageous design work have combined to create a magical Boathouse on the shore of Loch Tay incorporating 007 class and style to create of a unique living space which breathes and changes with the loch. The result is a...

In 2001 the practice won a limited competition for the design of a new British High Commission in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo. The commission is an exciting international development for the practice and it is also a rare example of the...