A compact metal-clad home is located on a Scottish hillside in the village of Tighnabruaich. This contemporary design project was developed in collaboration between the Glasgow-based architecture studio Technique and its clients—Paul Stallan of Stallan-Brand Architects and his wife Seonaid. The metal-clad home—now a functional residence—is the amalgamation of two separate small flats on different levels that were part of a larger house from the 1870s.
The texture of the metal-clad home, which has a spatial footprint of 90 square meters, is matte and pleasant on the eye. The collaborators also aimed to maximize views to the outside as the site includes "a panoramic outlook over a narrow sea channel known as the Kyles of Bute."
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