Blog: Stratheden Hospital | Dementia & Mental Health Unit
2009 Architect - Richard Murphey Architects Richard Murphy Architects’ modern addition to the Stratheden Community Hospital complex in Cupar, Fife provides open, secure and safe space to its residents and workers. The U-shaped plan makes most of the south facing vista. Views out to the beautiful rural Fife landscape are provided in individual bedrooms, and also around communal meeting spaces that are great for visiting families. The circulation space wrapped round the curtain walls of patient spaces including the dining room and lounges together with two enclosed garden spaces. My grandfather lived with dementia in his final few years and spent 4 [...]
Blog: Scottish Oceans Institute
2019 Architect: BMJ Architects The Scottish Oceans Institute is a newly developed and refurbished research facility in St Andrews focussing on marine science. The £16.5 million development is to become a hub for maritime research for both Scotland and the rest of the globe- this building is a testament to Scotland's commitment to our oceans and marine life. The newly refurbished building hosts a multitude of collaborative spaces used for research and teaching alongside the all-important temperature-controlled environments for marine life to thrive and be analysed. This is all located under the roof which symbolises our ocean waves creating a [...]
Blog: Lindores Abbey Distillery
2017 Architect - Organic Architects Lindores Abbey Distillery is the birthplace of Scottish whiskey with the first records of scotch being made here. The custodian of Lindores spent decades researching and planning the return of the distillery to the same grounds where it all started using the same methods as the Tironensian Monks. With the site having a huge archaeological significance to the industry and the area, there was very little one could do on the site in terms of building. During the dig, several walls and medieval pottery dating from the 12th century were uncovered cementing the reason the [...]
Blog: Laidlaw Music Centre
2020 Architect - Flanagan Lawrence Client - University of St Andrews After meeting a potential client on Queens Terrace I stumbled upon the new St Andrews Music School, now open and the first time I’d seen it since the scaffolding was removed. A handsome building and a new piece of Architecture Fife can be proud of. The quad that has been created in front of the Bute building adds to the public realm and enhances the historic building. The Music school mediates the traditional site and a modern building with the use of stone, in keeping with the location, and [...]
