Todlaw Supported Housing, Scottish Borders

Oliver Chapman Architects, Edinburgh Date: 2007 Photos: Angus Bremner 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 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 Oliver Chapman Architects Another Oliver Chapman Architects House: Ferry Road, Edinburgh Another Oliver Chapman Architects House: Findhorn Place, Edinburgh Swinton House - Scottish Borders, also by OCA Modern Houses Highlands House Edinburgh Houses Scottish House