Category: ARCHITECTURE: Residential – Single Home

Ceangal House marks a new, architecturally striking heart of a working farm in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, built for a young family of five. Loader Monteith was briefed by the clients to design a new ‘outstanding home of architectural interest’ to replace the original 1800’s steading buildings that had long since fallen into a state of disrepair. Loader Monteith designed a courtyard home which echoes the language of the original steading, organised in an L-shape to provide shelter from the unforgiving […]

The new dwelling is in the Campsie Fells near the Carron Valley Reservoir and forestry. The project is located on the western edge of a small cluster of houses, with westerly views, across agricultural land, up the valley towards Meikle Bin. The site locality experiences intensive weather conditions and is exposed to strong south-westerly winds. Three important elements of the brief were to strive for a harmless house; it should be adaptable for old age with a focus on dementia; […]

The Arbor House is a new low energy home in a conservation area of Aberdeen, turning an open plot into a private, leafy retreat that foregrounds craftsmanship and design. Designed for a couple relocating from a rural village into suburban Aberdeen, The Arbor House is a contemporary, cantilevered home organised over two floors with slim Larch batten cladding punctuated by expansive glazing. It is nestled in a gentle dip on the northern corner of the site to capture and harness […]

Spyon Cop is a new three-bedroom house camouflaged on a hillside in Scotland’s Cairngorms National Park. Designed to appear as a hillock of its own, Spyon Cop frames far reaching views across two valleys and the bend of the River Don, offering a place of peaceful retreat to observe the seasons. The design sets out to preserve the horizon line and celebrate the unique location of the house. Spyon Cop features a pitched roofline, angled to create a sweeping elevation […]