This video produced by Jim Stephenson options Ardoch Residence in Aberdeenshire by native studio Moxon Architects, which has been shortlisted for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Award for Greatest Constructing in Scotland.
The movie is a part of a sequence printed by Dezeen in collaboration with the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) to focus on the shortlist of 5 awards for 2024.
Within the video, viewers are taken to the hillside farm, which has been renovated and restored from a state of disrepair to incorporate a home, studio and orangery constructed utilizing “Scottish craftsmanship and native craftsmen”.
Moxon Architects founder Ben Addy and home-owner Naomi Mcintosh talk about the 'gradual structure' method to the undertaking, which has seen the positioning's 5 ruins renovated over a decade.
“It's not a form of mental method to a vernacular structure,” Addy stated. “It's truly very, very sensible, which I believe is a way more genuine model of the vernacular, as a result of the vernacular is a sensible method to building.”
“And so these buildings developed via dialogue; Naomi and I, after which the folks concerned in constructing them,” he added.
Moxon Architects beforehand obtained the RIAS Andrew Doolan Award for Greatest Constructing in Scotland 2022 for the Quarry Studios undertaking.
The award was established in 2002 to focus on Scottish buildings. This 12 months's winner will likely be introduced on November 22.
Different renovation initiatives additionally shortlisted for this 12 months's award embody the Fruitmarket Gallery by Reiach and Corridor Architects and the Burrell Assortment museum by John McAslan + Companions.
Different initiatives competing for the award embody North Gate Social Housing by PagePark Architects and the College of Aberdeen Science and Instructing Hub, additionally accomplished by Reiach and Corridor Architects.
Video and picture courtesy of Jim Stephenson.