Buildings Archive 2016

The Royal and Ancient established a museum in 1989 on a site immediately to the rear of their famous Clubhouse. The existing building was single storey with a roof mostly covered by an extension of “the Scores”, an area of open grass...

The Centre of Wellbeing, in Edinburgh, for the Thistle Foundation – a charitable organisation who offer support to those with disabilities, enabling them to live independent lives, in their own homes. Replacing a former facility that was...

The project is the extension and renovation of a period property in a conservation area. It has been designed both as a bold contemporary statement, and a sensitive addition which respects and enhances the scale, form and character of the original...

Located in the green belt, on a steep rolling hill, the building is integrated into the landscape by creating two folding grass roofs: in plan the wedge-like form (narrowing the north side) minimises the impact from the village road, and allows...

This former school has been extended and the interior rationalised to create a more spacious and coherent layout. Windows are a particular feature of this project allowing stunning views of the surrounding countryside. The addition of a biomass...

The Waves sawe demolition of two dilapidated cottages and construction of a single replacement dwelling on a remote spot in the Manor Valley, Peebles. Designed by Aitken Turnbull Architects the scheme responds to the client brief for a home...

The Theatre Royal in Dumfries is the oldest working theatre in Scotland. Built in 1792 the theatre occupies a corner site in the town centre and is home to the Guild of Players, an amateur theatre group. The facilities in the theatre were in...

Set in the hamlet of Gorstan in the Scottish Highlands, Tigh-na-Croit, a fully certified PassivHaus, nestles quietly into an area of former crofting land to the north of Hillcrest Cottage and west of Hill Cottage. The brief was simply to create...

This bespoke house is located in the Cairngorm National Park, and sits on a beautiful South-facing site at Newe, Strathdon, in Aberdeenshire. A simple mono-pitch form follows the slope of the site, with a stacked stone wall running along the...

The Tinhouse by Rural Design has recently been completed, and is perhaps our most personal project to date. Designed and self built by the practice founders Alan Dickson and Gill Smith, it has been used as a test bed for all aspects of the...

The walled garden house is part of a masterplan produced for nine buildings in Pittrichie Aberdeenshire, including several listed buildings. The walled garden plot is enclosed on all four sides by a tall stone wall and sheltered by mature planting...

The property is situated in a rural setting in the Don Valley adjacent to Bennachie; a prominent range of hills in Aberdeenshire. The brief was to rationalise the internal layout to suit the client’s current and future requirements,...

A major Community Health Centre accommodating seven GP practices clinical services and NHS Lanarkshire office accommodation together with Public Library, First Stop Shop & Housing Services for North Lanarkshire Council The new centre is...

Purcell was appointed to obtain planning and listed building consent for the alteration and extension of a vacant B-listed former print works to 104 bedroom hotel. The building was last used as a public house and part of the roof had been damaged...

The agricultural landscape of Angus is the setting for 'Zinc-House', a purpose built home and office of 525m2 completed in 2015. The site topography is agrarian, expansive and deceptively undulous, it is also distinctly regularised, with the...