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Ian Appleton

30 April 2020
Helen Lucas Architects wish to extend our deepest sympathies to the family, friends and colleagues of Ian Appleton, who sadly passed away last week. 
Ian was an architect and teacher of distinction and as a collaborator with his wife, Marjorie, a personal friend of the practice. He is perhaps best known as being the architect for Leeds Playhouse and as a formative influence on the history and development of Little Sparta, concrete poet Ian Hamilton Findlay’s expansive sculptural garden work. He became the first chairman of The Little Sparta Trust when it was established in 1995. 
 
He will be deeply missed, both in our practice and the wider Scottish architectural and arts community.
His family has asked that, instead of flowers, that all who wish to remember Ian donate instead to The Little Sparta Trust.
 
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Helen Lucas Architects featured in The Guardian

7 October 2013

This green oak framed house, completed in 2008, was featured in the homes section of the Guardian on Saturday 5th October.   The photographs show how the house has weathered into - and become a natural looking part of - the landscape.

 

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Tagged with: Architects, Edinburgh Architects, Highlands, House, New House, Roshven, Scotland, Sea Views, Timber Cladding, Views

Seaside Home Complete in Inverness-shire

5 December 2012

A new seaside family house is now complete in Roshven, Invernessshire.

 

The environmentally friendly house is constructed entirely of wood with Green oak frame creating large double height internal spaces. The timber walls have been super insulated with NBT breathable wood fibre insulation and a taped air tight wall construction. This makes the house very easy to heat. Due to the remote location there is no gas or water supply available. An Air Source Heat pump located under the houseuses electricity to generate energy at a three to one ratio to power the underfloor heating and domestic hot water. A bore hole drilled to a depth of fifty metres provides clean water from the rocks which is UV treated to provide the drinking water.

 

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Tagged with: Air Source Heat Pump, Beach, Bore Hole, Contemporary, Energy Efficient, Green Oak, Highlands, New Build, New House, Roshven, Scotland, Sea Views, Timber Cladding, Timber Frame, Zinc

Progress update on a New Build in Roshven

21 May 2012

A new build timber frame home in Roshven takes shape. The timber cladding has been added to a new build holiday home on the West Coast of Scotland.

 

The site overlooks a shingle beach with the building sited just above the high tide line. The siberian larch and iroko cladding will turn naturally to a silver grey harmonising with surroundings.

 

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Tagged with: Architects, Beach, Contemporary, Edinburgh, New Build, Roshven, Scotland, Timber Cladding, Timber Frame

Roof with a View

30 January 2012

The standing seam zinc roof has been installed at the site of one of our new build houses in Roshven, Glenuig.

 

The zinc specified is prepatinated to a dull grey colour to blend in with the natural greys of the surrounding rocky beach site. Zinc is a self healing material that is infinitely recyclable. More photos to follow when the protective coating is removed.

 

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Tagged with: New Build, Roshven, Site Photos, Zinc

Timber Frame Erected in Roshven

13 January 2012

The timber frame for a new house overlooking Goat Island on the west coast of Scotland has been complete.

 

Designed by Carpenter Oak Woodland from douglas fir the frame will remain visible after the building has been completed. The house has been designed to have a light touch on the landscape and sits on small concrete pads cast directly onto the rocky site.

 

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Tagged with: Green Oak, New Build, Roshven, Timber Cladding