Our client tasked us with designing one of the best apartments in Edinburgh. No mean feat. The starting point wasn’t easy: the property was one of two Georgian townhouses, which had been altered unsympathetically to form large properties on each of the six floors.

While respecting the Georgian character, we made various bold design moves and reconfigured the layout to create a contemporary apartment that delivers impact. We laid whitened oak flooring in a herringbone pattern and installed contrasting radiators and doors throughout. Such design details added drama and punctuation to these grand spaces.

One of our key priorities was to reinstate the original front drawing room, which is now a kitchen/dining space and a drawing room. The scale of the apartment is hard to imagine. In response to its sprawling proportions, we had to carefully consider controllability, interconnectivity, energy, heating and lighting throughout. Our proposal has breathed new life into this Category A-listed home in Edinburgh’s New Town. It’s a home of distinction and full of personality.

This home won the Rias Award in 2017.