Green Light for Green Living in Fife: Planning Approved for Garage Greenhouse & Sustainable Renovation
Our commitment to green living continues with recent planning permissions secured for two distinct yet complementary sustainable projects: a innovative new garage with a rooftop greenhouse and a transformative sustainable renovation in Anstruther. Recognising the...
The Timeless Beauty and Benefits of Using Stone in Architecture
Stone has been a cornerstone of architecture since the begining of time. From the grandeur of ancient monuments like the Egyptian pyramids and the Roman Colosseum to the elegant cathedrals of Europe and the iconic structures of modern design. Despite the rise of...
Fife Architects featured in the first Scottish Field of 2025
Balbirnie Gate Lodge: Room to Grow We are excited to kick start 2025 with a feature in Scottish Field magazine. Balbirnie house is a well loved project of ours, located in the rural countryside of Markinch, Fife. We really enjoyed the process of expanding this already...
2024 WRAP UP!
As 2024 comes to an end, we have been reflecting on a year of architectural accomplishments, creativity, opportunities and growth As 2024 draws to a close, we find ourselves pausing to celebrate the remarkable journey we've shared. This year has been a tapestry of...
Bringing Architectural Visions to Life: From Concept to Reality the Fife Architects Way
More than just pretty pictures: See how Fife Architects take projects from concept renders to a real-world building through careful planning, design, and collaboration. At Fife Architects, we believe the journey of an architectural project is a fascinating one, from...
Fife Architects Coastal Project Featured in Selfbuilder and Homemaker
Selfbuilders + Homemaker magazine has featured one of our coastal projects. It was a pleasure working with Suzanne and David to create their ideal home, and we’re delighted to hear they had a positive experience as well. "The couple’s self-build adventures...
Four of Fife Architect’s projects featured in this years Urban Realm Magazine ASA24 Annual
Fife Architects Featured in the ASA24 from Urban Realm We are thrilled to be featured several times in this years ASA24. We appreciate the recognition for these selected projects, more information can be found below... Coastal Renovation | Balbirnie Gate...
Home & Interior Magazine: Colourful Kitchens Feature
Fife Architects Featured in Home & Interiors Scotland Magazine Home and Interiors spoke with Lucy Beltrán, one of the partners at Fife Architects about the current trend of colourful kitchens. “Our practice is definitely a fan of colour, and we try to give our...
A Greener Horizon: The Rise of Living Green Roofs in Scottish Architecture
The Rise of Green Roofs in or Homes At Fife Architects, we've always believed that great design should harmonize with nature. As we look out over the rolling hills of Fife and the historic skylines of our Scottish towns, we're excited to see a new trend taking root -...
Fife Architects Featured in Scottish Field Magazine – Iron Mill Bay
Fife Architects Featured in Scottish Field Magazine
One of our favourite projects Iron Mill Bay, was featured in the August ’24 issue of Scottish Field Magazine!
Fife Architects Secure Planning Permission for Four New Exciting House Projects in Fife
It's been a busy start to the year for Fife Architects. We are thrilled to be working with some incredible properties and wonderful clients. Recently, we have secured planning permission for four exciting projects in the East Neuk of Fife: a new build replacing an...
Sustainability in Residential Architecture: Building with the Future in Mind
At Fife Architects, we are committed to environmentally conscious design. We carefully select and recommend sustainable materials for every project, whether it’s a new build or a renovation. While restoring or renovating existing buildings is generally more...
Fife Architects Featured in Scottish Field Magazine – Energy Efficient Home Renovation
Fife Architects Featured in Scottish Field Magazine We are thrilled to share that one of our recent whole house renovation and extension projects has been featured in the latest issue of Scottish Field Magazine! The project, located in the coastal town of Anstruther,...
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...
Really enjoying the progress of this project, making the most of those exceptional views 🌊
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Delighted to see our coastal cottage renovation project featured on BBC’s “Scotland’s Home of the Year” yesterday.
The judges had lovely things to say about the design, and while we received full marks, we missed out “by a whisker” in a tie-breaker situation. Congratulations to the winning project - well deserved 🙌🏼
A heartfelt thank you to our client for the opportunity to work on such a special project and for representing it so well on the show.
Have you watched the episode yet? Let us know what you think in the comments!
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2025 has flown by so far and our team have been working hard so we all took a well-earned break yesterday afternoon and caught the May Princess from Anstruther to the Isle of May and what a spectacular day we had! Perfect weather to enjoy this amazing island home to hundreds of thousands of beautiful seabirds including over 100,000 puffins. Too many photos to share but hope you enjoy some of the shots our team captured;
Great progress in our project in Elie - such a brilliant location. The transformation is going to be dramatic!
Thanks to Josh and his drone skills 🙌🏼
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Look out for Fife Architects coastal home project on SHOTY next week, in the East category! 👀 #shoty #eastneukoffife #architecture
The Doocot
One of our projects from 2017 has been transformed into stunning holiday accommodation near Arncroach in the East Neuk. Although all aspects of our designs weren’t in the final development, we really admire the finished project.
We worked on designs for both The Lodge (sleeps 4) and The Doocot (Sleeps 2) both of which are available for holiday lets.
This initial designs explored options for the conversion and restoration of an existing disused Doocot. A new practical entrance that considers the existing barn door, utilising garage space and existing stone features and stairs. A new roof with roof-lights to maximise natural daylight, one large master bedroom with en-suite. A new living space and a new open plan kitchen / dining.
The accommodations is also surrounded by beautiful farmland and orchards, producing one of the coast most loved apple juice - 🍏 @eastneukorchards
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We recently worked on this design, to enhance our clients indoor/outdoor living space.
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We’re thrilled to share that our proposals for the restoration and extension of Priorletham Smithy—a C-listed gem near St Andrews—have officially received planning approval!
This marks an exciting step toward transforming this derelict yet characterful building into a sustainable, energy-efficient family home, while honouring its rich heritage and unique setting.
A huge thank you to everyone involved in getting us to this stage—we can’t wait to see this one come to life
📍St Andrews | 🛠 Restoration & Extension | 🏡 Heritage Meets Modern Living
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What about a curve?
One of our new build projects near Dunfermline is making excellent progress. The views of The Forth and surrounding fields will be exceptional.
The construction team is doing a brilliant job on the roof, and timber frame by Rob Roy Homes; thanks for sharing the images with us.
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Progress on our curved house project, looking forward to seeing the end result on this one, incredible views all round!
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This rooftop terrace is a prime example of utilising space. We can’t wait to see the finished results, just in time for summer.
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We are looking forward to re photographing this project after 10 years! Look out for the images in the coming months.
It’s a pleasure seeing homes we’ve worked on after they’ve being well used and lived in.
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Spectacular drone shots of today`s site visit, courtesy of our architect in training @jjoshdavey ! In order to fit this new extension into the site as snugly as possible, and maximize garden and deck space, there is only one right angle in the new build. The new landscaping is taking shape. With a strong concept of coast, this development will feature a wildflower sedum roof with coastal planting. #fife #fifearchitecture #architecture #fifecoastalpath
Great progress at this extension project by Fife Architects! One major element of this project was how to deal with a very old, very large sandstone retaining wall, located just behind the new extension. Options were considered and in the end, the decision was made to carefully remove the wall altogether however to keep all the beautiful stone on site to form a new rockery gently sloping up to the higher level of this spectacular site.
We have multiple projects under construction in Fife for 2025, working closely with client and contractor to deliver successful projects; #fifearchitects #architecture #building #fifecoastalpath #fifelife
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Some more beautiful drone shots from our colleague Josh, highlighting one of our current projects. Construction is well underway, making the most of those stunning views!
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Our first feature of the year in @scottishfieldmag
Thank you @dinky_media
If you’d like to read more about Balbirnie Gate Lodge, we will share a link in stories. You can also find in “news” on our website.
If you’d like to get the ball rolling on your project, please get in touch!
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A site visit to one of our projects in north east Fife, well underway with an end in sight.
Impressive country views!
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