Housing

1073 Argyle Street sits on a triangular site fronting onto Argyle Street where the Finnieston Railway Line cuts through the urban block formed by the St Vincent Crescent and Napier Place tenements.

The new building seeks to be compatible with the overall integrity of the area and reinforces the classical tenement street edge to...

The design of the development explores three traditional residential typologies on the site.

The terrace was proposed to make the most efficient use of the complex geometry of the site. On the southern edge the site is bounded by a curving tree lined edge to Riddrie Park Cemetery. The decision was taken to place the townhouses...

The project comprises twin blocks, housing predominantly old and ex-homeless persons, that infill a gap site in a long row of 4-storey red sandstone tenements on the south side of the main route between Glasgow and the west highlands. The opening between the blocks allows light into the dark street and retains open south views across the...

A’Chrannag is located on the edge of town, just outside the Rothesay Conservation Area, using a brownfield site that was formerly occupied by the Foley House Hotel, demolished after a fire in 1995. The site has considerable wildlife value and is frequently used by locals for recreational walking and cycling. The name A’Chrannag was...

The project comprises alterations to and extension of a two storey artisan’s cottage dating from the 19th century which is an elongated room thick building which itself had been extended and adapted several times in its life. Our clients were looking to create additional space for a young family, to take advantage of the open aspect...

Low Borland is a B listed group of farm buildings.

The Clients brief was to convert the three byres to the south of the existing farmhouse to form a new three bedroom house with three public rooms. The new house was to have separate access from the farmhouse and preserve the privacy of the farmhouse entrance courtyard.

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The project brief for the Brownfield site on the South side of Edinburgh required a mixture of residential types: flats, 2/3 bedroom homes and amenity flats.

The subsequent layout arranged these in relation to the nature of the site boundary and surrounding accommodation and maximize both amenity and open space, including existing...

RMJM completed Fusion, Oswald St in May 2007, a mixed use residential development in the heart of the historic Broomielaw area of Glasgow, which is experiencing increasing investment. The development comprises 200 contemporary residential apartments, commercial space centred around a new public space. The space was designed in conjunction with...

This project is a garden room extension to an existing 1930’s house. The key premise of the design was to engage the house with the large south facing garden to the rear.

The extension takes the form of a simple pavilion comprising full height glazed walls to the south & west, rendered masonry walls to the east, and a...

ataSTUDIO where commissioned to renovate, extend and open this gothic villa to its woodland garden setting in Lanarkshire.

Two separate extensions balance visually around the centre of the existing house, to form two new 'bay windows' to the rear south-facing garden. These have enabled simple reorganisation of internal spaces to...

The sympathetic conversion of an existing Grade B Listed Victorian Hospital building into 15 townhouses and 6 apartments. Gowrie House has a distinctive façade of ornate red sandstone with numerous stone features including turrets, carvings and elaborate entrances.

The external appearance of the building has had minimal...

The development consists of 8 farm steading conversions and 20 new-build homes.

The first phase, which was completed in the autumn of 2006 offers seven conversions of 1, 2, & 3-bedroom accommodation, all designed to meet modern lifestyle requirements. The steadings have been organised internally to provide open plan living in a...

Family houses all feature a Ground Floor Bedrooms & WC’s which can easily be adapted to provide an accessible shower room making future adaptation more achievable. A 140mm Traditional Timber Kit construction was employed. The wall construction however has been designed to be ‘Breathable’, this essentially allows moisture to...

The client purchased an area of ground, approximately 100 acres, from the forestry commission. The trees have been recently felled and only stumps remained.

The brief was to design a house which would maximise the views of west loch tarbert. The planners did not want a house that would stand out and the design using local stone and...

Lotte Glob is a Danish ceramic artist whose practice is closely identified with the wilderness landscape in North-West Scotland. She commissioned me to build a living and working space that would enable her to integrate her practice, her business and her lifestyle. She stipulated that the design should be affordable and context-sensitive, as...