CONTACTS/ SUPPLIERS
ARCHITECT Stuart Bagshaw, SBA Architects
sbaarchitects.org
CAITHNESS SLATES (EXTERNAL) Norse Stone
norsestone.co.uk
DOORS & WINDOWS Treecraft Woodwork treecraft
woodwork.com
FURNITURE (BEDROOM & LIVING AREA) Bo Concept
boconcept.com
BAR STOOLS Bruntsfi eld Designs bruntsfi
elddesigns.co.uk
FLOORING/TILES Strathearn Stone & Timber
stoneandtimber.co.uk
KITCHEN DESIGN & INSTALLATION Joseph/French
osephfrench.co.uk Birkwood Scotland
birkwoodscotland.com
building,” Theresa explains. “Mark was learning on the ob and for his fi rst build he couldn’t have picked a more diffi cult one. ne of the most diffi cult aspects of the build was the roofl ine both for Stuart and ark. art of my approach is that like my buildings to mature into the landscape, Stuart explains. f you use materials from the site they grow into the landscape. owever, the roofl ine was probably the biggest challenge, designing it in such a way that it fi tted into this natural and wild environment.
While Stuart had deliberated over the design, ark had the pleasure of making the design come alive and the roof certainly kept him occupied for a while. he main house is a mm timber frame kit with steel supports, block skin and then rock, ark explains. ut the roof is an entirely different entity. Layered up with a sarking board, membrane, batons, two layers of marine ply, fi bre glass tape, rubber coating, geotex tile, drainage membrane, geo web, mesh, soil and turf, it’s about mm thick and it’s not maintenance free. Fortunately, Stuart was on hand to provide
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moral support and professional help. We worked together very closely, and the relationship was absolutely as it should be between client and architect, but we had no problem asking uestions, ark remembers. “We see it a lot through our business when clients use an architect to get planning permission, ditch the architect and then suffer the pitfalls. Architects can bring a lot more to the table than ust a set of drawings. Stuart advised us on aesthetics and the internal design. nternally, the design also dictated many of the decor and furniture choices as ark recalls: he beauty and cleverness of the design is that it’s actually very simple, but it hides a lot of complexity, features and angles. t therefore made sense to choose a couple of materials to run with as much as we could. And, while heresa and ark have access to a vast range of products and new innovations through their business, they were surprisingly decisive. We chose the oak fl ooring relatively early in the process, says heresa. f course, new products came in over time, but our fi rst decision was the right one. Fortunately, ark
LANDSCAPE SCULPTING Murdo Macrae Building Contractors
LIGHTING David Brown Lighting Design
davidbrownlightingdesign.co.uk Lam Lighting lam
lighting.co.uk Scabetti
scabetti.co.uk
PAVING INSTALLATION (EXTERNAL)
Landscaping by Wallace
wallacelandscaping.co.uk
PLUMBING
Coast to Coast Heating Services
coastplumbingsupplies.co.uk
SANITARYWARE & UNDERFLOOR HEATING William Wilson
williamwilson.co.uk
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