Buildings Archive 2020

King’s Stables Road is a leading example of a mixed-use development that successfully integrates a true mix of uses into a sensitive, historic city centre.  The comprehensive redevelopment of the former Council Cleaning and Street...

The Primary School was extended in 3 phases, leaving most of the existing school untouched and keeping the school functioning during any construction at term times. The unusual design of the original school was the starting point for the brief...

Located at the southern end of the Kyle of Tongue in Sutherland, Kyle House sits on an elevated site with uninterrupted views in all directions. It is a humble, peaceful, low-energy house, built to last for generations and perfect for two people...

Isle of Arran Distillers commissioned Denham Benn to design a new distillery on Arran to produce a single malt peated whisky to complement their existing distillery and visitor centre at Lochranza. The development comprises a distillery,...

A contemporary new build on an elevated site near Pitmedden. The site benefits from panoramic views from an elevated level however with the prime view at the North, the design solution needed to address how this could be captured whilst ensuring...

Our clients were seeking to better link the living spaces of their house with the garden beyond, the challenge was realised through the addition of an extension and internal remodelling. The extension is simple in form; an expressed roof plane...

Kearney Donald Partnership were employed by The Highland Council to redevelop the site of a former exhibition and retail premises on Fort William High Street. The new building is set back from the High Street pavement and separate from the...

This project forms part of the new Maidenhill development at Newton Mearns, southwest of Glasgow. A completely new neighbourhood, comprising more than 800 homes, is being created with the new two stream primary school and early years facility...

This project sought to reinvigorate a derelict and tired outbuilding structure attached to the rear of an existing house in Kirknewton, by altering and extending it to form a new open plan kitchen, dining and living area. The original structure...

The scheme concerns the proposed remodelling and re-use of a series of adjoining properties on St Andrew Square & St David St, to form a 72 bed boutique hotel. The site sits within the heart of Edinburgh New Town, with these town houses...

Set behind a striking façade of Scottish stone at the point where Edinburgh’s historic Old Town meets the New Town, the hotel emerges as a cultural gateway to both the city’s storied past and its pulse-quickening present. The...

The existing hotel (formally known as Portree House) was designed by the prominent 19th century architect James Gillespie Graham and built between 1806 and 1810 and was originally the residence of the Chamberlain of the Macdonald Estates. The...

This project is the latest phase of the Maryhill Locks masterplan, comprising of thirty-three 3 and 4 bed terraced houses faces toward the Kelvin Walkway, with the development completing the urban block of Whitelaw Street and Lochgilp Street....

When we first met Michael McGrath, owner of McGrath Opticians of Byres Road, he spoke of his days as a young optician and how spectacles were dispensed. In bygone days, opticians were not permitted to advertise in any way, hence glasses were...

Menzieshill, a district in Dundee, was once recognised by the five 15 storey towers, housing over 440 residents, that formed the centre of this residential neighbourhood. The complex, designed in 1963, provided a range of community and social...