Buildings Archive 2017

This tenement in Edinburgh New Town was a law firm’s office until a developer subdivided it. The developer turned the upper floors into luxury flats and sold off the two basement floors. The basement was a store, complete with a walk-in...

AKA were commissioned to design a contemporary low energy dwelling on a tricky triangular site, which related well to its wooded setting and made the most of its fine views over rolling farmland. Craobhach is one of 4 plots created by Ballogie...

The shieling was commissioned as an escape, for small gatherings or parties, lunches or dinners, to be arranged around a very long and narrow table. It sits alone in the vast, rugged and windswept landscape of the Cairngorms, invisible from many...

A Grade-A 19th Century Jacobean-style hall, which has undergone a full refurbishment to provide office, exhibition and museum space, along with hard landscaping. Part funded by Historic Scotland and the Heritage Lottery Fund, the project...

Douneside House, the MacRobert family home until Lady MacRobert’s death in 1954, is owned and operated by The MacRobert Trust and set within the gardens and estate at Cromar, near Aboyne in Aberdeenshire. Traditionally the hotel provided...

Private house set in a cleft between rocks on the top of a cliff with stunning views towards the Western Isles. This “upside down” layout provides the main living area with views whilst catching light through a clerestory window to the...

A new cultural centre in the historic centre of Dunfermline. The competition winning design employs a top-lit internal street as the organising device, connecting the world’s first Carnegie Library to the new cafe, children’s library,...

Eastwood Health and Care Centre is the development of a reference design by Hoskins Architects with contractor Morgan Sindall. The facility has been delivered by hub West Scotland in partnership with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and East...

A449 were appointed to refurbish and extend a historic steading conversion at a stunning coastal location on the west edge of Musselburgh, East Lothian. Built into the robust sea wall, the existing dwelling was converted in the 1960’s, by...

As both clients and architects, the owners of this renovated, adapted and extended former shepherd’s cottage, were able to pursue an agenda which was about keeping faith with the character of the historic building they have re-purposed....

The key aims of the project were to provide amenity housing (social let properties for age 55+) for Shettleston Housing Association. The development was designed to include 29 units with two wheelchair accessible. The homes incorporate a number of...

Graven collaborated with Frame on the design of their new office environment in the Four Winds Pavilion at Pacific Quay, Glasgow, an A-listed former hydraulic pumping station overlooking the River Clyde. Graven delivered an interior design and...

The owner of this large, sandstone villa wanted a garden room, linking the existing house to their much-loved garden. There was also a 2M height difference between the 2 areas. The resultant garden room provides a study/lounge area with large...

Following their 2010 Campus Masterplan, Glasgow Caledonian University have recently completed a series of priority projects identified in the masterplan – the Campus Futures Project – that represent a £32m investment in their...

In 2013 Hoskins Architects undertook a feasibility study for Partickhill Bowling Club, exploring options to revitalise their clubhouse and grounds. In order to provide funds to improve its facilities, the Club decided to release an unused area of...