NEWS 1 week ago ❍ DUSK ❍ With daylight hard to come by at the moment these up / down external wall lights make for a great light feature on the newly rendered walls. Looking forward to seeing the finishing touches come together ahead of completion. 🌗💡 #newbuild #details #dusk #lightingdesign #externallights #daylightsavings #rural #vernacular #contemporarydesign #scottisharchitecture #residentialarchitecture #aberdeen #aberdeenshire #design #scottishdesign #aberdeenshirearchitects #rwalkerarchitects #RWA ... See more 2 weeks ago ❍ BUILD IT 2019 ❍ Looking forward to attending Aberdeen’s construction and property conference Build It Aberdeen next Friday. The topics this year will focus on ‘embracing innovation’. 👩🏻💻👨🏻💻👨🏻🔬👩🏻🔬 #buildit2019 #builditaberdeen #innovation #sustainablefuture #mearnsandgill #scottisharchitecture #residentialarchitecture #aberdeen #aberdeenshire #design #scottishdesign #aberdeenshirearchitects #rwalkerarchitects #RWA ... See more 2 weeks ago ❍ RENOVATION ❍ A great turn out for the talk last night on ‘sustainable renovations’ and the varying issues that surround the topic. Very informative and some lovely sketch details too! 🗣 #sustainable #renovations #sustainability #heritage #buildinghistory #thepebbletrust #SEDA Robert Gordon University #RGU #changeourtomorrow #scottisharchitecture #residentialarchitecture #aberdeen #aberdeenshire #design #scottishdesign #aberdeenshirearchitects #rwalkerarchitects #RWA ... See more 2 weeks ago ❍ VERNACULAR ❍ Simple and practical - old school ingenuity spotted on today’s site visit; horseshoe / link chain door closer! 🔒 #rural #context #farmstead #sitehistory #horseshoe #vernaculardesign #conversion #stonegable #timberdoor #farm #ruraldesign #residentialarchitecture #aberdeen #aberdeenshire #scottisharchitecture #design #scottishdesign #aberdeenshirearchitects #rwalkerarchitects #RWA ... See more 1 month ago ❍ GHOST ❍ The ‘ghost’ of an existing opening closed up, and its partner on the opposite gable. These remnants are the beginnings of a new conversion project! Happy Halloween. #rural #context #farmstead #sitehistory #vernaculardesign #gablearchitecture #steadingconversion #stonegable #timberdoor #farm #ruraldesign #residentialarchitecture #aberdeen #aberdeenshire #scottisharchitecture #design #scottishdesign #aberdeenshirearchitects #rwalkerarchitects #RWA ... See more 1 month ago ❍ SEAVIEWS ❍ The view from this afternoon’s meeting. A potential project to open up the property to the seaviews... and you can see why! 🌊 #coast #context #residentialarchitecture #aberdeen #aberdeenshire #scottisharchitecture #design #scottishdesign #aberdeenshirearchitects #rwalkerarchitects #RWA ... See more 1 month ago ❍ SITE VISIT ❍ A soggy site visit to see progress to our new build that retains an existing gable and lean-to. While the outside will stay true and sympathetic to its rural location, the plans for inside are unashamedly contemporary. Looking forward to see how this one turns out! #rural #context #farmstead #sitehistory #vernaculardesign #contemporarydesign #contemporaryinterior #doubleheight #vaultedspace #leanto #glazedgable #ruraldesign #residentialarchitecture #aberdeen #aberdeenshire #scottisharchitecture #design #scottishdesign #aberdeenshirearchitects #rwalkerarchitects #RWA ... See more 2 months ago ❍ SITE STRATEGY ❍ Some conceptual layout sketches for an exciting project in its early stages of design. We’re exploring access, form, density, orientation and shelter while retaining site features to preserve the rural character of the site. #rural #context #farmhouse #designconcept #conceptsketch #sitesketch #archsketch #siteanalysis #sensitivedesign #vernaculardesign #contemporarydesign #ruraldesign #residentialarchitecture #aberdeen #aberdeenshire #scottisharchitecture #design #scottishdesign #aberdeenshirearchitects #rwalkerarchitects #RWA ... See more 2 months ago ❍ LINKWOOD ❍ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Delighted to receive the photographs for our recently completed new build project near Pitmedden. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 📸 Photo credit: Niall Hastie Photography Contractor: Cairnrowan Custom Homes Abodo Wood NorDan UK Scotframe Timber Engineering Limited #newbuild #pitmedden #viewsformiles #smalldevelopment #rural #vernacular #architecturephotoshoot #lifeofanarchitect #ruralarchitecture #residentialarchitecture #aberdeenshire #scottisharchitecture #design #scottishdesign #aberdeenshirearchitects #rwalkerarchitects #RWA ... See more 2 months ago ❍ COMPOSITION ❍ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Looking at composition, proportions and materials with sketches for an Aberdeenshire farmhouse extension project. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ #extension #dontmoveimprove #context #farmhouse #designconcept #archsketch #naturalmaterials #sensitivedesign #ruraldesign #naturalstone #grassroof #intensivegrassroof #timbercladding #alucladwindows #residentialarchitecture #aberdeen #aberdeenshire #scottisharchitecture #design #scottishdesign #aberdeenshirearchitects #rwalkerarchitects #RWA ... See more « ‹ 1 of 5 › » Back © 2018 Rachael Walker Architects Ltd