Serendipity made me purchase Alder. I was in the RIAS bookshop in Rutland Square to buy a much more prosaic Minor Works building contract when I spotted Alder and on impulse added it to my purchase. I had no idea what it was – there was little to go on except for some beautiful photographs […]
client private engineers Millard Consulting contract value £78,000 area 200 sq. m. Stenton Farmhouse is a large Georgian farmhouse that has had several extensions, but otherwise has had little work or renovation carried out. The owner wanted to upgrade the house to meet contemporary living standards, rationalise the labyrinth of back rooms, convert the garage
client variouscontract value £110,000area 658 sq. m. This is one of several projects that Halvorsen Architects has carried out as part of the Dunbar Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS), having previously worked on several similar CARS projects in Gorebridge, which is funded by Historic Environment Scotland. 61–65 High Street, Dunbar is grade-B-listed, mid-18th century tenement
client: private contract value: N/A Halvorsen Architects were asked to advise on a deep green retrofit of a four-bedroom detached house in Haddington, East Lothian. The 1989 house has a timber frame, with a rendered blockwork outer skin. It was draughty and cold, with patchy insulation, a lot of air leaks and cold bridging. It
client private engineers CRA Ltd. contract value £85,000 area 95 sq. m. A modest Georgian barn on a steading in Midlothian has been converted into accommodation for a growing family. The ground floor was remodelled to provide a large open-plan living area, study and bedroom alongside the kitchen. The attic was converted into a generous
client Balcaskie Estate engineers Millard Consulting total area 0.5 hectare Balcaskie Estate, on the East Neuk of Fife, commissioned Halvorsen Architects to convert Balcormo farm steading into a hub for small businesses such as the campervan converters that already operate there. This includes the renovation of several small stone Georgian buildings, significantly enlarging the one
This project transformed the interior, and especially the lower-ground floor, of a three-storey, grade II Georgian house in Warriston Crescent at the northern end of Edinburgh’s New Town. The goals included bringing light into the heart of the building — which was achieved through the addition of a large new roof-light at the top of the
client private 14 Main Street is a listed Georgian house in the heart of Gorebridge’s old town. It falls within a conservation area that is part of the Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS) funded by Historic Scotland and Midlothian Council to help in the restoration of buildings. Halvorsen Architects acted as architect for phase I
45 Main Street is a listed Georgian house in the heart of Gorebridge’s old town. It falls within a conservation area that is part of the Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS) funded by Historic Scotland and Midlothian Council to help in the restoration of buildings. No. 45 used to be the town’s dairy. Halvorsen Architects acted as architect for the
This is an extension to a Georgian sandstone house in Midlothian, using a timber frame, timber cladding and large areas of glass. The cladding is Siberian Larch – a popular cladding material with architects because of its durability, cost and more consistent texture than its Scottish counterpart. The timber is untreated and will turn silver-grey
