A new build house designed to be energy efficient and allow interaction with the established surrounding garden. The shape of the sedum roof allows light deep into the plan and internal doors are aligned to create a flow through the building.

In the corner of a bedroom, a new wet area incorporating a shower, sink and toilet has been created enclosed within a functional wooden cabinet which is designed to be as unobtrusive as possible.

A dream project, including everything from landscape to furniture and ironmongery. The style of the work has been contemporary, bringing out the history of the place with sensitivity and subtlety.

The sensitivities for planning consent for a new house with expansive views across the Insch Marshes and the Spey valley in the heart of the Cairngorms National Park were considerable.

The Wee Bothy is one of the ancillary buildings to Old Milton House within the Old Milton Highland Estate.

Old Milton House lies east of Kingussie within the Cairngorms National Park. It sits in a raised position with expansive views across the Spey valley, and the estate comprises the main house, a bothy, a new cottage and a garage set within a mix of woodland and parkland at the centre of what once formed a much larger estate.

The conversion of a beautiful ruin next to a standing stone involved unusual complexities in obtaining Scheduled Monument and other consents for this bothy which has no access, water or drainage and has been a self-build project.

The owners of this simple and unusually highly energy efficient family house, designed by Mary Tindall in 1975 and known by them as Mary’s House, wanted an conservatory.

Perhaps the best Tower House project in the last 20 years, the design is unique in many respects and has proved to be an important contribution to the debate concerning the repair and restoration of Scottish ruins.

The brief was to convert a fine steading building into a farmer’s home. The original steading complex with two open courtyards is an interesting example, both in plan and details, particularly the cantilevered roof structure to the central spine.