An expansive seating area faces westwards from an elevated section of the open plan to provide an incredible panorama, while an advanced thermal spa facility frames the dense native vegetation from a slightly recessed vantage point. Roof and base slabs expressed in unpolished concrete provide a neutral base from which to observe the loch. In building on a v-shaped plan visibly projecting from the hill, our architects afford their work an ethereal quality. Reaching for and reflecting the deciduous woodlands, it is at once present and absent, in confluence with the ever-changing surrounding landscape.
As with the spa complex, the massing and materials of the neighbouring boathouse is restrained and in-keeping with the existing cluster of buildings on the estate. It comprises a pair of pitched roof pavilions, each generously glazed, clad in durable locally sourced timber, and resting on a pre-existing concrete plinth.
