Plot 14 - The Skylight Home
A healthy, breathing, 4 bedroom detached home, centred around a dynamic living space which adapts to suit the time of day. Generous and light-filled during the day then cosy and intimate at night.
Key facts about this house
Internal floor area
134m2
Bedrooms
4
Public rooms
2
Design: A dynamic breathing permeable insulated roof, drawing fresh air directly through the insulation and in the process heating and cooling the air passively.
Construction: Timber frame construction, with dynamic insulated roof, standing seam zinc roof covering, and natural larch clad walls.
Architect: Richard Murphy Architects
Richard Murphy founded his practice in 1991. Its early reputation was built on highly crafted and innovative domestic work in the Edinburgh area.
The practice has since won an unprecedented 17 RIBA Awards, and has considerable experience in the arts, education, housing, health, public and community use and master planning across the UK and Ireland, Europe and Sri Lanka. Richard Murphy Architects defined their goals as: to make architecture equally of its place and of its time.
