Client of the Year - Design

Paper Igloo: A constructive creative collaboration

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Paper Igloo 1

Paper Igloo is a genuinely sustainable architecture practice based in Scotland. For nearly 20 years, they’ve had the same ethos: their homes are forever. That’s down to the way they’re designed – with resilience, sustainability and thoughtfulness. Run by Mhairi and Martin, they believe in a holistic approach to sustainability. From using natural materials, to landscaping that protects and increases biodiversity – there are so many factors to creating genuinely sustainable and resilient architecture. The duo design all of their […]

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Scottish Furniture Makers Association

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Ashrise Opening

Transforming loss into legacy. The Scottish Furniture Makers Association (SFMA) represents a community of makers in which craft, culture, and environmental responsibility intertwine beautifully. This is exemplified by Ash Rise — a project established by SFMA, with support from FortyTwo Studio and Dendro Films, that invited leading SFMA makers to respond creatively and consciously to the devastating impact of ash dieback (a disease threatening 80% of the UK’s native ash trees). Rather than letting this native species of tree disappear […]

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