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and an expression of the studio's broader
principles concerning authenticity and
environmental responsibility. "Every home
we design shares a common approach
shaped by our ethos," explains Director
Andrew Brown. "Yet each building is
unique—a response to landscape, site,
history, materials, and client. Lower
Tullochgrue epitomizes our commitment
to sustainable, low-energy design and
crafting homes that enhance the local
environment and our clients' lives."
Challenged with creating a large modern
home by extending a traditional Highlands
cottage for use by extended family, the
architects fully refurbished the historic
dwelling, which now houses bedrooms
and baths, including the enlarged master
cotland is known for its
spectacular landscape. Rolling
hills, inky lochs and emerald-
green fields strewn with ancient
stone edifices, all backdropped
by stormy skies—even the
uninitiated know. Yet even among this
company, Cairngorms National Park,
ensconced in the heart of the Scottish
Highlands, stands out as dramatic, with
its own host of geologic treasures vying
for recreational supremacy year-round.
Architecture, even at its most sterling,
cannot hope to compete with such a
setting. The best does not try. It does,
however, capitalize on it. Sometimes, as
with the scrupulously considered Lower
Tullochgrue house, to resplendent effect.
Designed by Brown & Brown Architects,
a modern architectural studio based in
Aberdeenshire, Scotland with a succession
of residential works across the UK, Lower
Tullochgrue is a prize-winning project
