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Recording Studio for Simple Minds, Loch Earn, Stirlingshire

Brief

Gaia were approached by the band to design a studio adjacent to their existing house on the shore of Loch Earn

Design

The scheme consists of a double hexagonal plan, with acoustic requirements which avoid parallel surfaces for controlling reverberation. The studio space is double height with glulam portal frames and - unusually for a recording studio - glazing to afford views across the loch. It has been used as the major base for much of the band's recording over the past ten years. This is an example of high-tech activity enclosed in low-tech materials but with both the thermal and acoustic specification at a high performance level.