Buildings Archive 2011

A new 2 bedroom house for a private client at Norbu by Lochgarthside, Inverness-shire. The client wished to move from their present house by the main road to a quieter, less polluted setting on their 5 acre small-holding. The 12 year-old native...

The recent renewal of Norton House for Hand Picked Hotels with new bedrooms and a state of the art health and corporate building within the Listed walled garden (£11 million) was completed in June 2010. The new leisure facilities include...

This exciting PPP project is one of the two new secondary schools and two new primary schools being built in the Greenock area. Work started on the secondary schools in late 2009 with completion in summer 2011. The scheme delivers an 850 pupil...

A new 4 storey extension was constructed adjacent to the existing maternity block as part of the first stage of the £750million redevelopment of the Southern General Hospital site in Glasgow. In total, 5800 sq m of additional floor space was...

Won in competition with five other architects, we were commissioned by Liebherr Great Britain Ltd to design and take on site their new office, warehouse and workshop facility in Bathgate, Scotland. The Liebherr family business was established...

The scale and proportion of the new extensions were carefully considered to ensure a minimal imposition on the existing house and its immediate surroundings was made. Utilising a restrained blend of traditional and contemporary materials and...

Conversion and extension of 'b' listed church into community business hub. Through discussion with planning and historic scotland we developed a contemporary extension to the church building that respects the existing building yet has an important...

As part of the Year of Highland Culture 2007, we were asked to design a multi-purpose platform for the use of diverse community groups as well as artists, writers, filmmakers and other groups on Forestry Commission land in Glen Nevis. Outlandia...

HLM's revolutionary energy-saving houses was exhibited at the UK's first sustainable Housing Fair, Scotland's Housing Expo, held in Inverness in summer 2010. The aim of the Fair was to create houses which have a strong focus upon high quality...

 Austin-Smith:Lord were appointed by Bield Housing Association for a residential development for an urban site in central Govan, Glasgow. This is an archaeologically sensitive site where we prepared a Masterplan for Water Row behind the...

Manchester’s People’s History Museum’s unique collections track the development of democracy through the lives of the working people of Britain. Although boasting a world class collection the Museum’s split between two...

The porch style on these buildings echoes the sentiment, being derived from examples in the West Highlands and Perthshire. The Design & Build developer appointed Reynolds Architects Ltd in 2008 to further enhance Simpson & Brown’s...

Competition-winning design for prestigious iconic building to provide study and social facilities for Post Graduates at Heriot Watt University. This building was located on an important corner within the site and consisted of central atrium,...

 A semi detached two storey house located within the Ravelston area in North West Edinburgh, with a sloping rear garden. We created a large open plan kitchen family room by removing four stores as well as opening up the kitchen and rear...

Two new floors of research labs and support accommodation have been formed within the shell of a redundant lecture theatre in this Grade A Listed building. The chemistry building was purpose built in 1937 with many innovative features that made it...