Flower Michelin extends Scottish house with cabin clad in blackened wood shingles

Shingle House by Flower Michelin Architects

Flower Michelin Architects has rennovated and extended a house on the west coast of Scotland, adding a charred shingle-clad gabled cabin that references traditional Scottish Blackhouses.

Shingle House is a large, red sandstone building overlooking the Isle of Arran, which had been largely neglected.

Shingle House by Flower Michelin Architects

Flower Michelin Architects reworked the layout to bring it up to modern standards, with an extension that provides an open plan living, kitchen and dining space.

The Shingle House extension was designed to respond to the surrounding landscape while respecting the aesthetic of the original property.

Shingle House by Flower Michelin Architects

“The west Scottish coast provided a dramatic backdrop; the Inner Hebrides set behind windy seas and rugged beaches,” said the studio.

Drawing on traditional Scottish Blackhouses, with their sunken stone walls, the base of the extension is clad in slabs of riven stone.

Shingle House by Flower Michelin Architects

“Charred timber shingles and textured riven stone envelop the extension and hint at the history of North Ayrshire: the colour of peat; the rough, burnt texture of coal,” said the studio.

“These dark, hardy and rich elements present a reflection of the landscape and a sample of the natural elements, which survive the harsh weathering along the coastline.”

Shingle House by Flower Michelin Architects

A new feature staircase opens up the entrance to the main house and also simplifies thee circulation. Living spaces, a study and a snug occupy the ground floor, with bedrooms at first floor level.

For the children’s bedrooms, the loft space of the steep roof has been opened up to create plywood-clad mezzanines that function as platforms for sleeping and studying.

Shingle House by Flower Michelin Architects

The extension’s form draws on the gables and projecting bays of the existing house.

Its steep pitched roof that dips in the centre so it doesn’t block the main house, which remains visible from all sides.

Shingle House by Flower Michelin Architects

The new living area opens onto a terrace at the rear of the home, and the guest room above is lit by skylights in the sloping roof.

Linking this new structure to the original home is a partially glazed corridor, which creates a transitional space that frames views of the landscape.

Shingle House by Flower Michelin Architects

Shingle House’s interiors are punctuated with areas of bright colour, with deep green counters and fittings in the new stone-floored kitchen area.

A bright red spiral staircase leads up to a mezzanine in one of the bedroom, and vibrant floral wallpaper lines the main stair.

Shingle House by Flower Michelin Architects

Flower Michelin Architects was founded in 2004 by Alex Flower and Chantal Michelin.

Scottish Blackhouses also served as inspiration for a recent project by Mary Arnold-Forster Architects, which saw the two shed-like structures of a home being clad in black tin.

Photography is by Fred Howarth.

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