-
Architects: Rural Design Architects
- Area: 145 m²
- Year: 2013
-
Photographs:Nigel Rigden
-
Manufacturers: EQUITONE, Marley Eternit, Untreated Scottish Larch
Text description provided by the architects. Pursuing a dream to build a family home on the Isle of Skye, our clients came to us with a need to self-build, on a very tight budget. Our response to their brief, which included 3 bedrooms, an artists studio and a study, had to be spatially efficient, simple and easy to build. Their site, a triangular hollow set between two small drumlins and exposed to the often hostile climate of the west coast of Skye required a unique design. Just above the base of the hollow, to the north-west, the view to Loch Bracadale opened up. With an ambition to touch the ground lightly the plan form and stepped section of the Black House was devised and the potential of the site unlocked.
