Japanese House
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