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Case Studies
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Tressour
Wood Aberfeldy (1993) This was the first
of Gaia's eco-houses in Scotland. It uses all timber
construction and breathing walls.
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Highland
Eco-Centre,
Ullapool
(1996) Gaia were approached by a private client wishing
to develop an exemplar of autonomous technology and
sustainable building as a demonstration of ecological
best practice in the Highlands.
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Kirk
Park, Easter Dalguise, Perthshire
This affordable rural house was built for a local
family with the assistance of a Rural Home Ownership
Grant from Communities Scotland.
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Balgowan
House, Methven
This idiosyncratic design is a modern interpretation
of the vernacular.
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Ledliath Culkein
Drumbeg Sutherland
(1997) This 4-bedroom house was designed to have
a minimum impact on the landscape. It is of timber
frame construction with locally sourced Douglas fir
cladding and harled masonry.
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Ledliath
Bunkhouse, Culkein Drumbeg, Sutherland (2003)
This completely timber, split-level building
was built as an addition to the main house.
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Plash
Mill Cottage, The Lade Braes, St. Andrews
This listed building was converted from a derelict
condition into a family house.
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Littlecroft,
Scottish Borders (2002)
This small Study/Guest Annexe features light earth walls, made using a mix of
blocks and monolithic (shuttered) clay and woodchip or straw within a timber
frame.
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Bridge
of Lyon, Fortingall
An ecological extension to a former Chapel.
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Nettleton
House, Killin
(1995) Gaia designed this small budget holiday home
on Loch Earn from Scottish sourced and untreated
timber.
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Duireaskin
Farmhouse, Aberfeldy
Gaia have been involved in various phases of
work at Duireaskin over a period of years.
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Duireaskin
Steading & Bothy, Aberfeldy (1997)
This conversion involved utilising the available
space to make interesting living rooms with
fine views to the north & west.
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Crossmount
House, Kinloch Rannoch
Gaia has been involved with the systematic repair
of the fabric of this imposing listed building
to ensure that it is preserved for future generations.
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Keeper's
Cottage, Pitlochry
Gaia carried out extensions and alterations to
this traditional estate cottage.
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Donlellan,
Strathtummel
This small house has recently been greatly improved
by the construction of a porch that links the old
cottage to a converted garage.
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Glenview,
Fowlis Wester
This cottage was renovated and the derelict stone
barn restored and converted.
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Loch
Tummel, Strathtummel (2003)
This new 3-bedroom house with a double garage
and workspace/loft was built on a south facing
hillside site with magnificent panoramic views
overlooking Loch Tummel.
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General
The Tressour Wood House (UK House of the year
1993) is the best known of the Gaia eco-houses, and is still
much visited. It is however, just one of a range of small eco-buildings.
Our
Birnam office, previously Aberfeldy, specialises in domestic
projects valued between £50,000 to £500,000.
They offer a range of services for the domestic client from
advice on feasibility, through Planning and Building Warrant
applications, to a full architectural service with site supervision.
In each of these smaller projects we seek to extend our knowledge
and understanding of natural materials through innovative development
of details, procurement methods, treatments etc.
We also seek to do this in the context of a holistic design
that is cyclic rather than linear.
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