Projects
Mossend outdoor nursery, Dumfries and Galloway
client Kids Ahoy Childcarecontract value £149,000 area new build 180 sq. m. site/playground 2,370 sq. m. Kids Ahoy asked Halvorsen Architects to design a new outdoor nursery near Dumfries, on...
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House extension, Dunbar, East Lothian
client private engineers CRA Ltd. contract value £70,000 total remodelled area 56 sq. m. Halvorsen Architects extended and remodelled a 1970s house in Dunbar, East Lothian. A sun room was...
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New House, Eskbank
client private contract value £280,000 area new build 110 sq. m. A speculative house for a small town-centre site in Eskbank near Edinburgh, this has a simple plan with three...
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House extension Eskbank, Midlothian
client private engineers CRA Ltd. contract value £82,000 total remodelled area 45 sq. m. The previous pokey ground floor extension was replaced by much larger and extremely light sunroom. A...
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House Extension, Leith, Edinburgh
client private engineers CRA Ltd. contract value £57,000 area 35 sq. m. An extension to a Victorian house in Leith, Edinburgh, this project was designed to maximise the light coming in...
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Nursery playground, Eskbank, Midlothian
client Genesis (J&T) Ltd (Trading as Happy Days Nurseries) Happy Days acquired a new nursery in Eskbank, Midlothian, a year ago and asked Halvorsen Architects to design an imaginative and original new playground for...
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New pre-school nursery, Haddington, East Lothian
client Genesis (J&T) Ltd (Trading as Happy Days Nurseries) This is our proposal for a nursery school on the outskirts of Haddington, East Lothian. It is located in the large,...
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Woodland Nursery, Eskbank, Midlothian
client Genesis (J&T) Ltd (Trading as Happy Days Nurseries) engineers CRA Ltd. area 130 sq. m. Happy Days moved in to Hardengreen House, Eskbank, Midlothian – a large Georgian house originally...
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Whole Tree Architecture article
The latest issue of the Association of Scottish Hardwood Sawmillers‘ magazine The Full Circle is out and features an article by Gail on designing whole tree structures. The magazine will be...
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Extension to Happy Days Nursery, Dalkeith – Phase I
client Genesis (J&T) Ltd (Trading as Happy Days Nurseries) engineers Gordon Eadie and Iain Thew contract value £150,000 area 48 sq. m. new build, 30 sq. m. refurbishment This is...
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Restoration of Georgian House, Gorebridge
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...
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Old dairy restoration
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...
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Passivhaus Studio, Edinburgh
client private engineer CRA Ltd. contract value £70,000 area 55 sq. m. The client lives in a listed 1950s, Morris and Steadman house – the ‘Upside Down House’, and needed...
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DNA sculpture, travelling UK
Poet Melissa Bailey asked me to collaborate with her on the design an installation that represents DNA and it’s unchecked mutations that can lead to cancer. She wanted a sculpture related to her...
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House extension, Midlothian
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...
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Extension to and remodelling of house, Bristol
This project was for a client for an extension to and remodelling of house, Bristol that I had worked for in London. He had a similar situation in Bristol –...
Read MoreDisappointing planning decision by Midlothian Council
As co-chair of Gorebridge Community Development Trust I sent this letter to the Midlothian Advertiser. Unfortunately it seems that nothing can be done now to change the council’s mind but a...
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House extension, London
The clients wanted a new play room and bedroom extension for their listed Georgian terraced house in Marylebone, central London. The challenge for Halvorsen Architects was to provide reasonable accommodation...
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Gorebridge Locality Plan, Midlothian
In 2009 Midlothian Counil asked Gorebridge Community Development Trust to . . . . . . text to follow.
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House extension, Essex
The clients wanted to make their modern 1970s house and outbuildings less fragmented and open up the interior to the garden. The scheme unifies the various elements with a series...
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House extension Midlothian
Halvorsen Architects were asked to replace an existing lean-to extension and remodel the interior of part of a Georgian house in Lasswade, Midlothian. All the internal walls in the area...
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Gorebridge Beacon, Midlothian
client Gorebridge Community Development Trust architect Lee Boyd engineer David Narro Associates mechanical and electrical engineer Irons Foulner Partnership landscape architects Rankin Fraser contract value £2.7 million I joined the...
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House extension, Edinburgh
Greenhill Place, Edinburgh client private engineer CRA Ltd. contract value £90,000 area 58 sq. m. The brief was to replace and enlarge an existing poorly built 1970’s extension to a...
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