House of the Day: House at Camusdarach Sands by Raw Architecture Workshop

House at Camusdarach Sands, Raw Architecture Workshop, The Modern House
House at Camusdarach Sands, Raw Architecture Workshop, The Modern House
House at Camusdarach Sands, Raw Architecture Workshop, The Modern House

Located on Skara Brae, one of the Orkney Islands, this house was built in 2014, based on the traditional partially-submerged dwellings constructed to provide inhabitants with thermal insulation and protection from the stormy climate.

Built into steeply sloping ground with the exterior painted black, the house was designed to reflect the surrounding peat, gorse and stormy skies.

Photography: Raw Architecture Workshop

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