New Rural Vernacular - Talk by Isabelle Priest

New Rural Vernacular - An in-person Talk by Isabelle Priest

Join us in-person for a talk by Isabelle Priest. Her latest book, New Scottish Houses (contemporary architecture and living in the landscape), brings together for the first time the best examples of contemporary rural houses in Scotland. Showcasing the new rural vernacular that has developed in Scotland over the past 20 years, it presents this rich seam of architecturally designed houses as a new, exciting and specific movement that aims to be distinctly Scottish reflecting local identity, landscape & culture. Over the last two decades, Scotland’s most remote and rural locations have become the site of ultra-modern, architect-designed homes, conceived with a strong empathy for the natural environment.

Fusing contemporary design with the beauty of a rugged landscape, homes featured in Scottish Houses include principal residents, modern farmhouses and holiday hideaways. These are immersed in the wilderness – on islands, coastlines, lochs and mountains. They connect with a growing outdoor culture and ways of living, attracted by the search for retreat.

The houses draw on context and traditional forms to establish a new vernacular tied to Scotland’s geology, climate and sense of identity. Many self-built, off-grid, or on majestic but challenging sites, the homes offer solutions to designing for the climate crisis through performance, technologies and building with minimum resources.

Read Book Review here: https://www.ribaj.com/culture/what-architects-can-learn-from-scotlands-contemporary-rural-houses-new-scottish-houses-contemporary-architecture-and-living-in-the-landscape.

Programme

• 5.30pm: Doors Open
• 5.45pm: Opening address by Deputy Caroline Labey on the Island Identity project.
• 6.00pm: Presentation by Isabelle Priest
• 6.45pm: Q&A
• 7.15pm: Thanks & closure.