{"id":267588,"date":"2025-11-07T10:50:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T10:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/267588\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T10:50:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T10:50:11","slug":"simpson-brown-revives-16th-century-tower-in-scottish-highlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/267588\/","title":{"rendered":"Simpson & Brown revives 16th-century tower in Scottish Highlands"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 16th-century tower house by architecture studio Simpson & Brown that has been shortlisted for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award is featured in this video<\/a>\u00a0by Stephenson&<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The film forms part of a series being published by Dezeen in collaboration with the\u00a0Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland<\/a>\u00a0(RIAS) to highlight the annual award’s 2025 shortlist.<\/p>\n

Within the video, viewers are introduced to the Category A-listed Fairburn Tower in the Scottish Highlands, which saw its historic, fortified structure revived and transformed by Simpson & Brown<\/a> from a state of disrepair into a self-catering holiday let.<\/p>\n

\"InteriorFairburn Tower by Simpson & Brown has been shortlisted f0r the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award<\/p>\n

Commentary from project architect Julie Barklie highlights the importance of preserving Scottish renaissance architecture like Fairburn Tower and implementing sustainable retrofit approaches for their revival and longevity.<\/p>\n

“Unfortunately, the tower eventually became a ruin in about the 1750s, but regardless of how crumbly it seemed, it had that potential [and] that sense of history and needing to be saved,” Barklie said.<\/p>\n

“On the one hand, you have the practical side that it stays up, but at the same time, it’s been adapted to provide a viable, rented property that is popular to visit [and] that we can maintain easily in future generations,” she continued.<\/p>\n

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This week we revealed the shortlist for Scotland’s building of the year\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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The Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award is an annual award that highlights projects by Scottish architects, with this year’s winner set to be announced on 5 December.<\/p>\n

This year’s four-strong shortlist features projects that “celebrate architecture’s place alongside other disciplines”, the the award body said, and includes a public realm project, rural infrastructure project and education building.<\/p>\n

Vying for the title alongside Fairburn Tower is Gairnshiel Jubilee Bridge by Moxon Architects<\/a>, The Nucleus Building by Sheppard Robson and Union Terrace Gardens by Stallan-Brand Architecture + Design & LDA Design.<\/p>\n

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