An innovative and exciting movement has emerged in Scottish architecture. Over the last two decades, Scotland’s most remote and rural locations have become the site of ultra-modern, architect-designed homes, conceived with a strong empathy for the natural environment.
Fusing contemporary design with the beauty of a rugged landscape, homes featured in Scottish Houses include principal residents, modern farmhouses and holiday hideaways. These are immersed in the wilderness – on islands, coastlines, lochs and mountains. They connect with a growing outdoor culture and ways of living, attracted by the search for retreat.
The first book of its kind, each chapter contains a curated collection of recently completed houses, demonstrating the diversity of geographical locations, projects and architectural practices. The buildings draw on context and traditional forms to establish a new vernacular tied to Scotland’s geology, climate and sense of identity. Many self-built, off-grid, or on majestic but challenging sites, the homes offer solutions to designing for the climate crisis through performance, technologies and building with minimum resources.
Featuring insightful commentary and more than 200 drawings and photographs, alongside interviews with five architectural practices, this beautiful book celebrates how architects and homeowners are creating inspirational, contextual and sustainable spaces in the landscape.
Architects featured:
Dualchas Mary Arnold-Forster Architects Ann Nisbet Studio Loader Montieth Izat Arundell Baillie Baillie Architects.
By:
Isabelle Priest
Imprint: RIBA Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 250mm,
Width: 210mm,
Spine: 10mm
Weight: 800g
ISBN: 9781915722522
ISBN 10: 1915722527
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 01 July 2025
Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Foreword Introduction **Chapter 1: Central ** Ostro designed by Paper Igloo Glendale Cottage designed by Ann Nisbet Studio Flax Mill designed by TAP Architects Q&A: Mhairi Grant, co-director, Paper Igloo **Chapter 2: East ** Ardoch designed by Moxon An Office and Two Houses designed by Loader Monteith Architects Spyon Cop designed by Brown and Brown Architects Q&A: Andrew Brown, co-director, Brown and Brown Architects Chapter 3: Islands ** Achnacloich designed by Dualchas Torrin designed by Dualchas Tinhouse designed by Rural Design Caochan na Creige designed by Izat Arundell Heaste designed by Mary Arnold Forster House No. 7 designed by Denizen Works Island Retreat designed by McGinlay Bell Q&A: Alan Dickson, co-founder, Rural Design Chapter 4: North Taign na Coille/Sutherland House designed by WT Architecture Nedd designed by Mary Arnold Forster Kyle House designed by GRAS Q&A: Wil Tunnell, principal, WT Architecture **Chapter 5: South ** Cuddymoss designed by Ann Nisbet Studio Tidal House designed by Brown and Brown Architects Caengal designed by Loader Monteith Architects Blakeburn designed by HAAR Q&A: Eilidh Izat, co-director, Izat Arundell **Chapter 6: West ** Hundred Acre Wood designed by Denizen Works Iorram designed by Baillie Baillie The Den designed by Technique Studio Lochside House designed by Haysom Ward Miller Architects Index
Isabelle Priest is an award-winning architecture journalist and writer. She currently works as managing editor at the RIBA Journal * where, among other sections, she edits the houses and house extension sections of the magazine. Isabelle has previously worked as a writer and editor at many magazines, including *Architecture Today, The Architects’ Journal and as a correspondent for a10 New European Architecture in Amsterdam.
