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Duns Housing, Scotland, Photos, Project, Award, Homes, Design, Images, Property
 

Todlaw Supported Housing, Scottish Borders

Contemporary Scottish Borders Building by Oliver Chapman Architects

 



Oliver Chapman Architects, Edinburgh
Date: 2007
Photos: Angus Bremner

Todlaw Supported Housing

RIAS Best Building in Scotland Award Finalist 2008

Todlaw Supported Housing, Station Court, Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
Architect: Oliver Chapman Architects
Client: Berwickshire Housing Association
Contractor: J Swinton Ltd
Structural Engineer:
Services Engineer:
Contract Value: £1.4million
Date of completion: October 2007
Gross internal area: 1120 sq m

Duns Housing

RIAS Citation:

The strategy of using a housing rather than an institutional model for the care of people with substantial disabilities and illnesses has been carried out with clarity and has produced a piece of housing which would be admirable for any occupation. The occupants feel that they are living in the town in the same way as everyone else. Clearly this is a project of great significance to its users.



This is a project with an extremely low budget yet the architects have achieved buildings of quality and beauty. Economy is achieved in the repetition of built elements but distinctions are achieved through shifts in colour and orientation. There is a delicate play between consistency and variation. The arrangement offers beautiful vistas and composition.



One of 5 Scottish 2008 RIBA Award winners

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