Orkney has the opportunity to set an example to the rest of Scotland in how to develop and sustain its communities. That was the view of Skye architect Neil Stephen of Dualchas Building Design who was speaking at a housing event in Kirkwall last week about rural planning and design.
In his latest article on Scottisharchitecture.com Neil Stephen muses about life and death and the importance of growing a beard to project authority and engender respect.
A modern blackhouse by Dualchas Building Design is featured as part of a major permanent exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Scotland: A Changing Nation traces the varied experiences of people living and working in 20th-century Scotland through five major themes of modern life; war, industry, daily life, emigration and politic.
The building of the multi-award winning house 'The Shed' , designed by Skye practice Dualchas Building Design, is to be shown across the UK when it features on ITV One's Dream Homes on the 12th of July.
The programme follows architect Mary Arnold Forster as she realises her unusual ambition of building a luxury house - which looks like an agricultural building.
