This Minimalist Gable Home in the Scottish Highlands Is an Exemplar of Compromise
He wanted a pitched roof, so she got bigger social spaces for their family’s Isle of Skye residence.
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A single window seldom steals the show of an architectural project, but very few share a view like the one in the living area of Neil and Laura Stephens’ home, Taigh Créadha, in the village of Achnacloich. The roughly ten-by-six-foot window on the gable end of the softly-hued minimalist home looks out over Scotland’s rugged Isle of Skye coast and out to the Cuillin mountain range.
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Iain Aitch
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Author, journalist, and Dwell contributor. London, England.
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