At Edinkist, the wonderful new house being built at Loch Earn, rapid progress to the house has been outdone by birds who finished building their home in one of the Durisol blocks, well ahead of our clients and without the benefit of building control or consent from the National Park.
Our great team effort -100% participation with one team member not having been on a bike for 10 years – was rewarded with first prize in our category! Clare from the ‘Love To Ride‘ surprised us with a fantastic goody bag comprising of the long wished for track pump, some lights, a lock, multi tool, puncture repair kit etc.. Many …
‘Steady as she goes’, the Langside Mountaineering Club‘s hut negotiates a rocky trail through the woods, at the Kingshouse Hotel. The hut was built by members of the Club on land needed for the first phase of the major upgrading of the hotel and was caredully moved by our Contractor CorraMore. The hotel welcomes every user of the West Highland Way and the …
The latest edition of Pete Irvine’s Scotland the Best guidebook is now out. 12 editions in 20 years is remarkable; full of wonderful quirks and excellent ideas, without any padding. “Nobody tells it better… All that’s wonderful about Scotland is in the book“. Perhaps it should not be surprising but it’s also full of places Benjamin Tindall Architects have had the privilege …
The Museum of the Year award celebrates the most imaginative and engaging institutions in Britain, as selected by The Art Fund. One of five short-listed for 2016 is Jupiter Artland at Bonnington House, which we have been extremely privileged to be involved with on various projects over the past decade. The £100,000 prize is announced on 6th July. A more worthy contender is hard to imagine! Good …
Preliminary Sketch of North Elevation, June 2014 We are very excited about progress of a wonderful new house overlooking Loch Earn. One of its many innovations is the use of highly insulated Durisol blocks. Made of recycled pallets, they achieve a BRE Green Guide Rating ‘A’. They provide insulation on the outside (where it should be) as well as speed and economy. …
It was a great pleasure to go up to Inverasdale, Loch Ewe, Wester Ross, for a community consultation about the future of the Old School and Schoolhouse. Organised with the Wester Loch Ewe Trust, we met with a very keen and engaged community and the setting was breathtaking.
For admiring looks, in India, ‘The Engineer’s Choice’ is Ultratech Cement, made by Birla, who produce 67.7 million tonnes a year is the thing. It is also an indicator of India’s rapid growth, and the dominance of the concrete frame. Note the excellent refreshment service bare-chested workers receive on site. http://www.ultratechcement.com/services_engineers-and-architects
January’s incredible rains washed out the main A93 Braemar to Aberdeen road opposite Abegeldie Castle next to Balmoral. The River Dee created a new meander where the bank and its road was once straight. Unfortunately the next and opposite bend washed away 10m of bank and a line of mature trees, reducing the castle’s foundation to a vertical bank of …
