Faber Maunsell and Austin-Smith:Lord were appointed in to assist in the development of the project with Diageo’s in-house team.

Diageo have a long term commitment to the Malt Whisky industry in the North East of Scotland and due to increasing worldwide
demand, have taken the decision to extend their operation, by building a new malt whisky distillery on the site of their existing
maltings plant at Roseisle in Moray.

The 3000 sqm building has been designed to be a “distillery of the future” and aims to be Scotland’s most environmentally
friendly whisky production facility. The building will contain 14 traditional copper whisky stills and has been conceived as a series of identifiable volumes which reflect the three key functions of the distilling process. Being mainly an industrial process the architectural challenge has been to design a building which reflects the distillery process function whilst attempting to break down the mass, scale
and visual impact of the development to respond to its setting.

On completion the new distillery will be the biggest malt whisky distillery in Scotland. The new distillery development offers a
singular opportunity to provide a new landmark building both for the local area but also for the Malt Whisky industry on an
international stage.