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“THE ARRANGEMENT WE HAVE

HERE ALMOST HARKS BACK TO

THE VICTORIAN IDEAL”

This zonal arrangement to the main living spaces involves top so that when you’re lying in the bath you can adjust the
three cores and servicing stacks effectively creating separate mirror to get a periscope view of the landscape.”
areas – the TV lounge, the living room and terrace, and the The chimneys and roof of the main house are finished in
dining area – each with its own bay window to the views. zinc. “The zinc and off-sawn larch cladding make reference to
The stacks extend upstairs and out through the roof, taking contemporary Scottish vernacular. They are also robust and
the form of three chimneys. All the extracted air comes up maintenance-free, as well as economical. In the grand scheme
through the spine walls and up through these chimneys, but of things, the cost per square metre for the house wasn’t silly.
they also perform another important function: “The client It’s value for money,” he says. “For example, the Brazilian
wasn’t keen on internal bathrooms, but as we couldn’t put slate on the terraces is easily attainable and maintenance-free.
them all on an outside wall, the solution was to use these Inside, the engineered oak boards above the under floor heat-
chimneys to allow daylight to enter and provide ventilation,” ing and the wall cladding to the ‘cores’, which are painted
says Cameron. “They can be opened or shut via a control softwood timber slats, are high quality but affordable. The
button in the bathroom. There is also a moveable mirror at the kitchen units are standard Howdens carcasses with bespoke

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