A small family house in Portobello. The house is modest and restrained. It performs an urban function by completing the mews edge and fullfilling what is likely to be an end of terrace role as the adjacent gardens are developed over time.
It has a chimney - a wood burning stove - to add visual interest to the skyline and strip windows to the ground floor for privacy. The high garden wall, a typical portobello arrangement, continues around the house.
The house is modest and restrained. It performs an urban function by completing the mews edge and fullfilling what is likely to be an end of terrace role as the adjacent gardens are developed over time.
It has a chimney - a wood burning stove - to add visual interest to the skyline and strip windows to the ground floor for privacy. The high garden wall, a typical portobello arrangement, continues around the house.
The house is modest and restrained. It performs an urban function by completing the mews edge and fullfilling what is likely to be an end of terrace role as the adjacent gardens are developed over time.
It has a chimney - a wood burning stove - to add visual interest to the skyline and strip windows to the ground floor for privacy. The high garden wall, a typical portobello arrangement, continues around the house.
The Japanese House was shortlisted for a Saltire Housing Award and won the Edinburgh Architecture Association (EAA) small projects award for 2010. It has been widely published and was opened in 2010 for Edinburgh's Doors Open day, receiving 1200-500 visitors.
All pictures by Alan Craigie
