Buildings Archive 2007

Designed in the 1920s by architect James Miller, whose work was influenced by American 
neoclassical ommercial rchitecture, his 
building with an A-Listed facade has been 
transformed into a nine-storey office complex. Along with the elegant, classical exterior, the existing lavishly detailed ground-floor banking hall has...

To appear as a modest 1 storey building from the road but to have a fully glazed 2 storey  building from the shoreside to exploit the magnificent views.

Dualchas were approached to design 3 houses on adjacent sites overlooking Loch Long near Dornie. Two of the houses are 4 bedroomed in rendered block with the central house clad in larch. All 3 have slate roofs.

A two storey modern building on an elevated site in Uig Skye, which could exploit the views, yet be unobtrusive.

This concert venue and nightclub development on Sauchiehall Street brings back to life an old Glasgow picture house - the ABC Regal.  The venue comprises two completely different music venues on separate floors ABC1 and ABC2, accommodating 1100 and 350 people respectively, four bar areas, main entrance lobby, various artists' dressing rooms...

The new state-of-the-art Marine Operations Centre controls all vessel movements in and out of the busy Harbour from its prominent site within the Footdee Conservation Area. It succeeds the old Navigation Control Centre, built in 1803.The design concept was the interaction of two interlocking forms: solid and light. The solid element - built from...

A high quality office space within a brown field urban regeneration area on the Guernsey waterfront.

We have a good long-term relationship with AEGON and have worked with them on a variety of projects involving interior design and branding elements. On this particular project, we were asked to redesign their visitor reception and staff entrance.

For the visitor reception, we were asked to re-brand and create a more welcoming...

The key objective was to develop and ultimately deliver a new tower which will enable safe and cost effective delivery of air traffic control services to Edinburgh Airport over the next 25 years.

Reiach and Hall’s new Arts Faculty building is the first significant contemporary building - and the newest addition to the historic town centre campus - commissioned by the University of St Andrews in over 30 years. Won through competitive interview, the new Arts Faculty building accommodates the Department of International Relations,...

The new state of the art Maternity Hospital will become the focal point of maternity facilities at across Ayrshire and Arran, providing a comprehensive service from a single site. Designed around a simple “figure of 8 plan”, the 8500m2, 2 storey, centre will embrace all aspects of Maternity care from early pregnancy assessments and...

Within the heart of Pollokshields conservation area our proposal seeks to extend an existing villa to create a more suitable family home. The redundant garage at the side of the house was removed to allow the addition of a modern single storey extension built using traditional materials. The new building line is set back from the front of the...

The late 18thC merchant’s house, Barkly House, lies within the conservation town of Cromarty. The ‘B’ Listed house stood derelict since the interior and roof were destroyed by fire in the early 1980s. Over the years the exposed stone structure deteriorated very badly and the house was included on the “Buildings at...

15 metre diameter pink arches cover a once- barren courtyard within an 1980’s development. The new arches formed in single pieces of curved high tensile steel provide the primary structure for a transparent polycarbonate roof covering. The intermediate layer of timber beams supporting the roof covering creates a pergola effect over the...