Category: INTERIORS: Interior Design

The converted building was a commercial unit built in the early 1900’s. Most recently it operated as a sauna until purchased in 2014 by a developer who planned to convert it into a three bedroomed residential dwelling. Work started in 2014 saw multiple partial structural changes. 12 months in, work stopped, remaining static for six years until I purchased in 2020. As a shell, the property offered the opportunity to explore options away from conforming to the surrounding tenements. As […]

Founded by Brad Stevens, the creator of culinary concepts Bar Soba (1999) and Pizza Punks (2016), Mamasan’s launch at Liverpool ONE will mark the brand’s second opening. In line with the Glasgow site that opened in 2020, the Mamasan bar and brasserie at Liverpool ONE provides a flavourful, punchy South East Asian inspired interior architecture and design scheme. The food being all prepared fresh to order and elevated with the finest local produce from Britain’s land, farms and sea. Following the […]

This ground-floor retail space for vegan fashion retailer treen is located in the heart of Stockbridge, Edinburgh, near the remnants of a façade from a 19th-century market hall. The architectural language aims to reflect treen’s sustainable ethos, with an emphasis on warm, natural materials like clay plaster and Scottish ash wood. Extensive removal of previous internal alterations revealed softly curved walls and multi-layered textures that reflect the spaces original use as a grocery store. Subtly textured clay plaster was applied […]

In 2019, following their success in an invited competition Graeme Nicholls Architects were appointed by the Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway, one of the seven dioceses of the Scottish Episcopal Church, to design their new Headquarters.  The new Diocesan Centre is a 310sqm retrofit of an existing shop unit located at the Italian Centre in Glasgow. Our concept proposes a recontextualised palette of materials found in historic churches- stone, timber, brass, and patterned glass. It was essential to the client that […]

Bonnie & Wild is Edinburgh’s first permanent food hall and Scotland’s largest single F&B destination. Bonnie and Wild is a showcase of Scottish produce and Scottish hospitality.  It is home to more than a dozen independent restaurants and speciality retailers, a demonstration kitchen, private dining area and event space, alongside three bars, all with their own unique vibe.  Bonnie & Wild has been carefully crafted by Studio Duncalf and carefully selected partners to represent modern Scottish hospitality and style. We […]

Gladstone’s Land is a historic tenement building and merchant’s house situated on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, with over 500 years of commercial and residential occupancy. Drinkall Dean were commissioned to transform an under-performing National Trust for Scotland venue into a multi-use visitor attraction, including a luxury ice cream and coffee parlour at street level, and redevelop the upper floor apartments into luxury accommodation. The overall objective of the project was to maximise the potential of a significant and historical site that […]