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Helen Lucas Architects awarded commendation in Saltire Society Housing Awards

11 September 2013

Grange Loan has been awarded a commendation in the Alterations, Renovation and Extension category of the Saltire Society Housing Awards.

 

The property is a Listed Building and had been derelict for a number of years. The existing lodge house had only three small rooms, which are now the main living space. The house has also been extended with two contemporary wings. This provides a kitchen on the ground floor and - by utilising the slope - a bedroom wing on two levels, ground and lower ground.
 
Helen Lucas Architects detailed the modern materials carefully to ensure the quality of finish would compliment the existing historic building.
 
The judges commented:
"Client and architect worked closely and intensely to restore and extend a derelict gatehouse in the leafy Grange, Edinburgh. The existing stone building and discrete two-storey extension have been carefully planned, crisply detailed and beautifully executed. The compact internal layout and restrained palette of materials allow the new extension to nestle quietly and respectfully around the existing building."
 
Tagged with: Architects, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Architects, Extension, Helen Lucas Architects, Listed Building, Renovation, Timber Cladding

Pathways to Professions

11 September 2013

Helen Lucas Architects have been providing placements  for school students through Edinburgh University's Pathways to the Professions programme for a number of years. There is now a film!

 

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Commendation for Grange Loan

7 September 2013

Our recently completed project at Grange Loan has recieved a commendation at the Saltire Awards.

Tagged with: Architects, Contemporary, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Architects, Extension, Helen Lucas Architects, Listed Building, Stone, Zinc

Duddingston Village

5 September 2013
Helen Lucas Architects have received Planning & Listed Building Approval for a Garden Room Extension within the Conservation Area of Duddingston Village.
 
The extension is proposed on the site of a previously extended part of the original house; and incorporates a stone-built front wall which has over the past 30 years stood externally as a garden wall to the property.
 
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Tagged with: Architects, Edinburgh, Listed Building, Stone

Award nomination: Saltire Society Housing Design Awards

1 August 2013

We are delighted that our project at Grange Loan, Edinburgh has been nominated for a Saltire Society Housing Design Award, in the  category for alterations, renovations and extensions.

 

Winners will announced by the Minister for Housing and Welfare, Margaret Burgess MSP, at the Awards ceremony on Monday 9th September.  The chair of this year's judging panel is the broadcaster Lesley Riddoch.

 

Tagged with: Edinburgh, Edinburgh Architects, Extension, New Build, Renovation, Timber Cladding