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Nan Eilean Siar Architecture in northwest Scotland, UK

post updated 27 July 2022

Western Isles Architecture News

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27 July 2022
Comann Eachdraidh Sgìre a’ Bhac, Isle of Lewis, West Scotland
Architects: Bard Ailteir
Back District Historical Society Isle of Lewis
photo : Alexander James-Aylin
Back District Historical Society, Isle of Lewis
Comann Eachdraidh Sgire a’ Bhac have identified this site for a new heritage centre, a brief that would satisfy a long overdue need for a local meeting place that will conserve and record the local history of the area. It is envisioned that the new construction will be welcoming, friendly and fully accessible to all.

25 Feb 2022
Taigh Bainne, Eriskay, Scotland
Architects: BARD
Taigh Bainne Eriskay Outer Hebrides
photo : Alexander James-Aylin
Taigh Bainne Eriskay
The bothy ruin sits atop an elevated plateau overlooking the Prince’s beach, located some metres below a lay-by on the main road towards the Eriskay – Barra ferry slipway. It was here that, on 23rd July 1745, the young pretender Charles Edward Stuart made first landfall in Scotland, prior to the second Jacobite uprisings.

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Western Isles Buildings News 2006 – 2013

1 Nov 2013
Kisimul Castle, Isle of Barra – Building renewal news
Kisimul Castle Isle of Barra building
photo © Donald MacLeod
Kisimul Castle Isle of Barra
One of Scotland’s most iconic castles is to undergo major conservation, archaeological and interpretation work as part of a plan agreed between Historic Scotland and Macneil of Barra. Kisimul Castle of the Isle of Barra is regarded as the most significant medieval castle in the Western Isles. It sits spectacularly on a rock in the bay and is the seat of the Chief of the Clan Macneil and the symbolic home of the Clan around the world. It is of local, national and international significance and one of the most recognised sites in Scotland.

Cuithir houses, Isle of Barra, Nan Eilean Siar
2003
Design: Benjamin Tindall Architects
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Eight houses for Barra and Vatersay Housing Association – social housing
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Developer: Tighean Innse Gall

Taigh Sanna, Isle of Vatersay, Barra, Nan Eilean Siar
Design: Benjamin Tindall Architects
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Self Catering Accommodation

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Western Isles Building – Recent Design

Western Isles Schools Project
Design: 3DReid, Architects
3DReid has won the Design Team Contract for the £55 million Western Isles Schools Project (WISP) in Scotland. The client is Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council). The private sector development partner is Faithful & Gould. This is the first Hybrid PPP procurement project in Scotland, which aims to provide all the best aspects of PPP without the perceived drawbacks. Funding is in the form of a government grant rather than a private investor.
Western Isles Schools Project

Valtos House, Uig, Isle of Lewis
edge architecture & design
Valtos House
photo © Keith Hunter
Valtos House

Western Isles Architecture

Key Scottish West Coast Architecture, alphabetical:

An Turas, Tiree

Design: Sutherland Hussey Architects
An Turas
photo © Adrian Welch
An Turas : Stirling Prize nominee

Camustianavaig House, Isle of Skye
2009-
Architects: rural design
Camustianavaig House
image from architects
Camustianavaig House

Coll Byre, Coll
2007
Architects: Dualchas Building Design
Dualchas house
image from architects
Dualchas house

Edinbane house, Skye

Architects: rural design
Edinbane house
image from architects
Edinbane house

Fiscavaig House, Isle of Skye
2009
Architects: rural design
Fiscavaig House
image from architects
Fiscavaig House

House, Isle of Skye

Architects: rural design
Skye House
image © rural design architecture and landscape, scotland
Skye House Scotland

House, Uig, Isle of Skye
2007
Architects: Dualchas Building Design
Uig house
image from architects
Uig house

House, Isle of Skye
2007
Architects: rural design
Western Isles House
image © rural design architecture and landscape, scotland
Western Isles House

Plockton houses, Lochalsh, Ross-Shire, Western Isles
2008
Architects: rural design
Plockton houses
image from architects
Plockton houses

Portree project, Isle of Skye

Design: Sutherland Hussey Architects
Western Isles Building
image from architects
Western Isles Building

The Sawmill Woodlands Centre, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Nan Eilean Siar
2003
Design: B@Last
For The Stornoway Trust

Stornoway Arts Centre – An Lanntair, Lewis

Design: Nicoll Russell Studios
Stornoway Building
image from architects
Stornoway Building

Tigh An Dochais, 13 Lower Harrapool, Broadford, Isle of Skye

Architects: Dualchas Building Design

Western Isles Schools Project
2009-
Design: 3DReid
Western Isles Schools

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