Wilmar is located in Royal Deeside, Scotland and is a replacement dwelling . The clients were inspired by a desire to build a home that suited their needs and an aspirations which reflected their own style, largely formed from periods living in Canada & Scandinavia with their young family.

The design elicits a modest contemporary feel while embracing elements that provide a relation back to older architectural styles reminiscent in the area.

The main body of the house is clad with Fibre Cement Roof & Facade Slates with aluminium flashings and ridge. This decision represents a modern interpretation of the local vernacular and adapts traditional Scottish detailing of simple clipped eaves with a hidden gutter.  

The secondary building element is the single storey open plan living area which protrudes from the southwest corner taking advantage of the afternoon and evening sun thanks to large, glazed features. This is clad in a Siberian larch open rainscreen treated with a silicone coating to ensure consistent but minimal weathering with a light grey finish. This material choice has been carefully planned out to help define the building form and in direct response to the site context.

The third form of the building is a single storey garage which repeats the slated pitched roof at a smaller scale and is finished in a white silicone render as contemporary take on the traditional wet dash cement render used abundantly in the North East of Scotland.

Utilising sustainable timber frame construction techniques, the building has been highly insulated and detailed to reduce heat loss & cold bridging whilst increasing air tightness and in turn reducing the reliance on the heating system creating a dwelling with a low CO2 footprint. The aspect of the main living areas benefit from the southern and western natural light providing ample solar gain. The new Air Source heating system is highly efficient and provides the heating and hot water for the entire house.

own as a building of style and efficiency within a rural town context.