Built in a disused quarry in Crathie, Royal Deeside, Quarry Studios is home to Moxon Architects' Scottish office and Tàrmachan café.
Project Type: Commercial, New Build
Design Credit: Moxon Architects
Client: Moxon Architects
Featured: Hidden Scotland, Architects Journal
Photography: Tim Soar
Designed by Moxon Architects and crafted by Tor over two years, Quarry Studios displays impeccable detailing.
As the steel, timber and concrete structure are often left visible as a finish, each stage of the build was carried out with skill and precision from a dedicated team.
With durability and sustainability as core themes throughout the build, a large section wall of locally-sourced Douglas Fir links the architects' studio with the café — both highly insulated spaces, heated with a ground source heat pump, whose borehole goes 250m into Cairngorms granite.
Fireplaces were crafted with steel and concrete, where texture-rich local timber boards were selected as shuttering to leave a permanent imprint.
The old quarry site was rich with self-seeded birch, rowan and alder, along with other flora. Special care was taken to relocate and replant trees and to protect and enhance the habitat which included the installation of a pond fed with rainwater from the buildings’ aluminium roof.
— American Institute of Architects UK Award 2021
— Architects’ Journal Award 2021
— Scottish Design Award 2021
— Finalist: BCIA Commercial Project of the Year 2021
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