Winners At 2016 Cairngorms National Park Design Awards Unveiled

The winning designs have been announced at the 2016 Cairngorms National Park Design Awards.

A number of successful projects secured accolades at the event in the Boat of Garten Community Hall on Monday, 14 November.

The overall winner was the new build Strathdon House property designed by Brown + Brown Architects. The overall runner up was an extension to a residential property – Tigh an Uillt in Nethybridge – entered by Sean and Lara Langmuir.

Judges awarded the prize to Strathdon House for its 'compelling, simple design' and described the extension to Tigh an Uillt as a ‘lovingly created elegant space’.

In addition, Corndavon Bridge over the River Gairn in Deeside won the Infrastructure category and Am Fasgadh, Newtonmore – which houses the main collection of the Highland Folk Museum – secured the top prize in the Place-Making category.


One of the judges, Andrew Wright OBE, said: "We were impressed with the high quality of the entries across the categories, and the enthusiasm of those who had prepared them.

"Arriving at decisions as to which of the projects merited awards was challenging, and at the end of the exercise we were left with the firm impression that design standards were rising within the boundaries of the National Park and that the awards scheme had been successful in promoting the value of good design – not only to those who benefited from it directly, but to the wider community."

The full results are:

• Residential New Build: Winner – Strathdon House.

Commendations – Tigh Beag, Nethybridge.

• Residential Extensions & Refurbishments: Winner – Tigh an Uillt, Nethy Bridge.

Commendations – Coldrach, Crathie and the Former Schoolhouse at Braemar.

• Commercial: Winner – Russwood Offices, Newtonmore.

Commendations: Cromdale Station and Invertromie Steading at Kingussie

• Infrastructure: Winner – Corndavon Bridge, in Deeside.

Commendations: Kingussie Community Hydro.

• Place-Making: Winner – Am Fasgadh at the Highland Folk Museum, Newtonmore.

Commendations: Milton Burn housing development in Aviemore and the Glenlivet Bike Trails as well as a special group commendation for Corrour Bothy, Bob Scott’s Bothy and the Hutchison Memorial Hut.

Image: Strathdon House

(LM/MH)