Okay, Blenheim Palace, I see you 👀 Vanbrugh definitely wasn`t playing around with this masterpiece. The detail, and opulence of each space is really incredible. And the British Icons of Fashion exhibit? As mind-blowing as the architecture. Perfectly designed exhibits for each room. Definitely worth a visit!
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A great article in @myhomebuilding magazine by @caroline.ednie featuring one of our projects in Ceres.
You can read more on our blog via our website.
Photo Credit: @katie_pryde_photography
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Brilliant use of Siberian larch cladding on this beautiful house extension in Upper Largo, Fife - by Fife Architects. We also used SIPs within the structure due to it being a stronger, more sustainability and faster construct compared to other traditional build methods.
If you are looking to extend your home and looking for some advice please get in touch via our enquires page on our website.
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It is the season for sowing wild flowers, which reminds us of this green roof timber extension and house renovation in Elie. We designed the extension with an extensive green roof, planted with a mix of sedum and wildflowers to benefit the site by restricting surface water run-off, enhancing the site’s biodiversity and providing insulation via the planting medium’s thermal mass. We really love the wildflower garden providing a visually beautiful, low maintenance, wildlife friendly environment.
If you are looking for ways to introduce more eco friendly ideas into your renovations or new build, please get in touch via our contact us page.
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We’ll never get over this room with a view. If you’d like to enhance your existing view, find out more about potential improvements you could make to your home or starting a new build, please get in touch, we’d love to help.
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As spring approaches, now is the ideal time to kickstart any renovation or new construction projects you’ve been considering. We provide initial consultations and guidance to get you started. Reach out to us through our contact page, and we’ll be delighted to assist you.
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So many wonderful styles, textures and colours of samples to choose from. Clients can make use of our studio here in St Monans, where you can observe samples in person and talk through a variety of options to suit your taste and project. Get in touch via our website and we’d love to help you get the ball rolling on some building or renovation ideas, link in bio.
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Material samples for one of our clients, who is looking to achieve a natural look to compliment the properties woodland surroundings.
We have been looking at darker cladding options - charred vs painted…
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“The Weetabix room” as it was described on @scotlandshomeoftheyear
We specifically chose to use OSB for its strong sustainability factors and durability. It can be stained or painted to your taste. We kept it naturally stained to mirror the beautiful surroundings of the house.
More photos of this stunning project available on our website...
Photo: @keithhunterphotography
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Meet Our Team - Adam Cunningham
Adam is an Architectural Technologist with over 7 years experience who joined Fife Architects in 2023. After completing an HND in Construction at Fife College, Glenrothes, he graduated with a BSc(Hons) in Architectural Technology from The Robert Gordon University in 2017.
Prior to joining our team, Adam spent 5 years at national practice Halliday Fraser Munro.
Adam assists Fermin and Lucy on technical work stages of projects, using his broad knowledge of the construction industry and practical expertise.
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Thank you @urbanrealm_social for featuring us in your top 100! Great to see our name alongside so many other brilliant architects across the country
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A visit to London College of Fashion, by design architects Allies & Morrison, this building is integrated within one visionary campus that provides an inspiring and collaborative environment;
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We are lucky enough to have the beautiful St Monans harbour on our door step
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Some initial drawings and designs we did for a client, a stunning spot in the borders over looking the Cheviot Hills
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A real pleasure to visit Alison and Colin today at their renovated home in Ceres. A rewarding experience to see the additional space in use and to hear about how it is benefiting their lives. Utilising the space for calm, connecting with nature, hosting friends and family. A fine balance of relaxing and socialising.
This project boasts many successful elements, one of which is its strong sense of sustainability. Using oak was a conscious decision, as it naturally stores carbon throughout its lifespan, ensuring the extension is essentially carbon neutral.
Thank you so much for having the team over!
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Fife Architects recently helped secure planning permission for the installation of these in-line solar panels on this Category B-Listed home, dated 1772, in Auchtermuchty, Fife;
Since moving in to the house in 2011, the dedicated owners have made continuous efforts to improve the energy performance of this historical building, in a sympathetic way.
Over the years, a combination of replacement glazing, insulation upgrade, air source heat pump install, smart heating zones and now solar panels have helped the owners reduce their household Co2 emissions from 7 tons approx to an estimated 1 ton.
A great example that renewable and modern technologies CAN work for old buildings - well done to our clients!
Meet Our Team - Kyriaki Koutsou
Kyriaki is an Architect with over 10 years experience who joined Fife Architects in 2023. Graduating with an MA in Architecture Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens in 2008, she completed her studies at The Bartlett School of Graduate Studies, London, in 2009. Prior to joining our team at Fife Architects, Kyriaki spent 5 valued years at long established Sinclair Watt Architects, Methil, Fife.
Kyriaki is an excellent team member, working across all project stages.
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Layering a combination of Graphisoft Archicad, hand drawing and Adobe Photoshop techniques to create these initial design sketches for a new home development in 2024;
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Exploring materials for a project is one of the most exciting and rewarding stages in the design process.
Yesterday we`ve decided with our clients on a gorgeously subtle natural palette for an exciting renovation and extension project currently in development in Elie, Fife.
The selections feature blonde oak for interiors, Scot Larch timber cladding for the exterior, complemented by accents of natural limestone cladding, and travertine floors. We can`t wait to progress this project to site!
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The warmth of the oak frame. 💚
Why Oak?
Building with oak offers several sustainability benefits. Apart from being a natural renewable material, Oak is durable and long-lasting, but will also degrade naturally at the end of its life.
The use of oak in construction also contributes to carbon sequestration, as the wood stores carbon throughout its lifespan and naturally embeds the carbon within the built structure.
Its us also warm and lovely to touch!
Oak frame extension, Ceres, Fife
Best Use of Timber Award & Best Small Project 2023, Dundee Institute of Architects, Scotland.
Scottish Field Magazine – Energy Efficient Home Extension, Fife
Energy Efficient Home Extension, Anstruther, Fife Discover a breathtaking modern home transformation in Anstruther, Fife that seamlessly blends coastal tranquility with energy-efficient design. This coastal retreat boasts sweeping views, solar power, an air source...
Build It Feature May 2024 – Energy Efficient New Build Home
This new build house was designed as a new energy-efficient family home sited in a vacant lot within the Colinsburgh Conservation Area. The new simply designed house marries current styles of architecture with traditional building techniques and evokes a style that...
Homebuild & Renovations April 2024 – Sustainable Oak-Framed Extension in Fife, Scotland
Sustainable Oak-Framed Extension in Fife, Scotland Completed in August 2023 this idyllic Green oak-framed extension to a Scottish home embracing sustainable, nature-inspired design. With carbon-neutral timber framing, indoor-outdoor living spaces, and Scandinavian...
New Build Heat Standard 2024 : An end to gas boilers for new build houses!
In April 2024, building regulations will change to prevent the use of ‘direct emission heating (DEH)’ systems in new buildings, and some conversions. These are systems which use more than a ‘negligible’ level of greenhouse gas emissions. In practice, this means that...
Building Futures: A Post-Pandemic Update on Some of Our Recent Home Improvement Projects – Part 2
Hey there, welcome back to Part 2 of our exciting journey through the projects that have sprung to life in the wake of the pandemic. If you've been following since Part 1, you're already in the loop about the special circumstances that have fueled our collaborative...
Building Futures: A Post-Pandemic Update on Some of Our Recent Home Improvement Projects – Part 1
Welcome to our latest update! After what feels like a lifetime of uncertainty during the pandemic, we are thrilled to share just how busy and bustling our practice has been lately. As the world gradually regained its footing, so did the construction and design...
New Year, new office, we’re all new!
A lot has been happening here at Fife Architects since the New Year! It’s nice to take a breath and reflect on what we’ve been up to and why we do it… New Office Fife Architects have been tenants at 15 Station Road, St Monans for over 2 years now, (since the building...
Fife Architects attend the 2019 Home Building & Renovation Show in Edinburgh
In October 2019, Fife Architects attended the Home Building & Renovation Show in Edinburgh. This was our first time exhibiting in a trade show and having made the decision to exhibit early in the year, and after a few weeks of preparation we were really looking...
Our Low Energy New Build House Featured in ‘Homes & Interior Scotland’ Magazine
Our recently completed low-energy new build house project in Charlestown, Fife has been featured in August's edition of Home & Interior Scotland Magazine. Completed in 2019 this low energy new build house sits on a historic coastal site at Iron Mill Bay,...
Fife Architects secure planning permission for a modern coastal home renovation and extension
Fife Architects have secured planning permission for an extensive house renovation and extension to a coastal property in Elie, Fife. The project will see an already converted farm building overlooking the Golf Course modernised using a costal and industrial design...
Fife Architects win ‘Best Small Project’ Award
We are delighted to announce the Fife Architects won an award for 'Best Small Project' at this year’s Dundee Institute of Architects Design Awards for our Timber Clad Extension & Internal Alterations, Pittenweem.The project comprised a pair of timber extensions to...
On the drawing board for 2018: Renovations and extensions
2018 has seen Fife Architects design several new renovation projects for private clients. Here we have included a few examples of projects currently at the initial design stage. They include a pair of extensions and upgrades to homes in Crail, a modest green roof...
Our School house renovation project amongst the best residential architecture in Scotland
We are very pleased to announce that our School House Renovation project has been selected as one of the 100 Best Residential Architecture Projects in Scotland of the past 20 years. The project was selected by the RIAS and featured in their book "2020...
Fife Architects win Graphisoft Archicad Award!
We are very happy to announce that our new build house project in Charlestown has won a Graphisoft Archicad Award 2017 for Small Project of the Year. Archicad is the industry-leading BIM software and the award recognises excellence in the use the software...
On the drawing board: New renovation projects for 2017
2017 is proving to be a very busy year already and since January we have begun a number of new renovations which are currently in the initial design stage. Included here are three brief examples to showcase some of the different projects that we have been working on....
Fife Architects win design award for eco-renovation
We are still in a celebratory mood after winning the award for 'Best Small Project' at this year’s Dundee Institute of Architects Design Awards for our Easter Fernie School House renovation near Cupar. The schoolhouse 'eco-renovation' saw the refurbishment and...
Fife Architects featured in ‘Living Magazine’ Autumn Issue
We are delighted to be featured in Living Magazine's autumn issue published by DC Thomson. The article features our Millring Conversion project near Pittenweem in Fife. Designed and managed by partner architect Lucy Beltran, the article briefly describes the...
Our industrial house design gets planning approval
We have exciting news to share // Our new house design for a site in Fife has received full planning permission. The new family home will be situated on a coastal site just outside Charlestown near Dunfermline. The site is on the shoreline of the Firth of Forth and...
Fresh House Renovation Projects
We have several new projects on the go focusing on practical house renovation ideas and modern home extensions. The projects are all in the initial design stage and include a ground floor house renovation and extension in Elie, a timber clad extension of an artist's...
New year, new projects
Happy New Year to you all...2016 is shaping up to be a busy and challenging year here at Fife Architects in a good way! Fired up with 'January oomph' we are currently working on a new build house at an unusual plot nestled on the shores of the Forth, south...
Site Visits: Oak Frame Extension and a Refurbished School House
We have news on two current residential projects: the first an oak frame extension with internal alterations to a B listed property in the picturesque village of Falkland and the second, the complete renovation and extension of a former school house set in rolling...
Fife Architects Finalists in Herald Property Awards 2015
We have two lots of good news to share with you in this post. Firstly, we were excited to hear that we are finalists in the Herald Property Awards for Scotland 2015 Best Renovation/Conversion category announced just last week. The awards were started in 2007 and aim...
House in the Woods featured in Real Homes Magazine August 2015
We are pleased to see one of projects House In The Woods - a kitchen dining extension in rural Fife - featured in the current issue of Real Homes Magazine (August issue) in their 6 page style guide to timber clad extensions. We were commissioned by the owners to...
New Project: Doocot Conversion
We are delighted to announce that we have been appointed to develop the conversion of a former Doocot near Pittenweem in Fife. The project will seek to restore some of the traditional features of this amazing building while also converting it into a luxury, one...
Something old, something new
Sometimes it’s good to pause, take a breath, look back at what has gone before and give yourself a mini retrospective. So for this post we are sharing with you a selection of projects we have worked on and which for one reason or another have yet to feature on our...
New Projects: Contemporary Family Home and New Oak Frame Extension
Fife Architects have just submitted planning applications for two new exciting projects one in Fife & the other in Perthshire. The first of the two projects proposed is for an exciting transformation of a small traditional farm cottage near Ladybank. The...
Fife Architects current projects update
What's happening at Fife Architects? Here is quick snapshot of our current workload and projects. We currently have three jobs on site, the first is a conversion of a tenement flat in Glasgow. This project includes the complete redesign of both bathroom and...
House by the Woods shortlisted for RIAS Awards 2014
We are delighted to say that our timber extension project 'House by the Woods' has been shortlisted for an RIAS award this year. A total of 27 projects have been shortlisted for this year’s RIAS/RIBA Awards and the winners will be announced at a ceremony on the 18...
Our Timber Extensions are Featured in Home & Interiors Scotland!
We are happy to announce that our pair of timber-clad extensions in the East Neuk have been featured as a case study in the recent 'Building & Renovating' supplement of Home & Interiors Scotland. We really enjoyed working on this one and feel lucky to have...
Intelligent Buildings // Innovative Futures
We are excited to announce that a new edition of Intelligent Buildings edited by Prof. Derek Clements-Croome has now been published and includes a chapter written by Fermín Beltrán. The chapter, which is the closing chapter in the book, is titled "Innovative...