We had a high expectation of craftsmanship, just like the Arts and Crafts designers would have done in their day. We avoided concealing construction behind plaster finishes, choosing to detail the timber roof so that its construction is visible and selecting a relatively light tone brick that’s exposed internally. This extra visibility put pressure on many details that don’t normally concern us like stray fixings passing through roof decks or swags of electric cables normally concealed by plaster board. As you step into the extension, you pass the tidied up original brick of the external walls. People often forget that bricks were manufactured in plenty of places in Scotland, not just in England. These ones had ’Niddrie’ embossed on the inside face. Winner of Scottish Design Award 2020 low cost project and commended in the Edinburgh Architectural Association awards 2020 Small Project category.
       
     
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Tron Kirk Edinburgh
       
     
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