Wooden House, Skye, Scotland, UK, Europe

Skye House, Milovaig, Western Isles rural design: first completed project 'The wooden house' on the north west edge of Skye images © rural design architecture and landscape, scotland rural design are based on the Isle of Skye, and have established a practice specialising in the design of buildings and landscapes in the rural landscape of scotland. Wooden House has been featured in numerous magazines since featuring on e-architect.co.uk Skye House : another rural project by the same architects Scottish Architecture Scottish House Highland Houses Elgol House (aka the wall house with apologies to John Hejduk) This single storey holiday house sits on an unusually flat site overlooking a wild flower meadow that is populated by Deer during the evening. The house is simply planned, kitchen, bathrooms, utility and entrance lobby are accommodated in a thick wall facing north, the occupied spaces all face south, connected by a simple top lit circulation route.Every effort is being made to minimise disruption between inside and out, floor to ceiling glazed openings maximise solar gain during the day, and will dissappear during the evening reinforcing the connection to outside. Traditionally constructed including the re-use of stone already on the site, completion is targetted for february 2006. Burnside, Plockton - a development of 24 houses in a sensitive site on the approach to Plockton in Rosshire (just before the school if you know the area). The design is based on the layout of the settlement at Diurnish in Kyle, and will comprise a combination of terraces in render, and 'barns' in timber, stone and corrugated sheet. The buildingsbuildings are low energy incorporating superinsulation. Based on the principles of homezones the external spaces will be entirely shared surfaces, and incorporate novel ideas for traffic calming. The client is lochalsh and skye housing association, an application for planning was lodged at the beginning of June. Archived: Aerial View South / Aerial View North / View from road