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A selection of images and updates from the DS Architecture Instagram feed.

Windows and cladding detail at Dublin Street Lane, completed 2020 with @carlsson_properties_ltd
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#dsarchitecture #architecture #newbuild #mews #conservationarea #Edinburgh #design #house #scottisharchitecture

#testimonialtuesday - Always lovely to get such positive feedback from Clients 🙏
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#dsarchitecture #architecture #testimonial #feedback #scottisharchitect #solepractitioner #clients #people #business #construction #development #edinburgh

Zinc detailing from a small extension in Morningside, completed in 2017
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📸 by @rcphotographist
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#dsarchitecture #architecture #zinc #cladding #material #finish #detail #extension #project #edinburgh

Throwback to this small single storey extension in Ratho, clad using two widths of larch board in a repeated pattern of 2:1.
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#dsarchitecture #architecture #extension #build #cladding #timber #cladding #material #tbt #throwbackthursday

The zinc cladding has been installed in Duddingston, contrasting nicely with @wienerbergeruk bricks.
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#dsarchitecture #architecture #cladding #material #contrast #zinc #brick #Edinburgh #newbuild #house

Some of the latest projects have been updated on the DS Architecture website, from design concepts, through those currently in progress to some completed and none of which would have been possible without a huge number of collaborations (some tagged, but many more too!).
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Check out the site to find out more - link in bio - and get in touch if you are considering your own bespoke project.
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#dsarchitecture #architecture #website #projects #portfolio #solepractitioner #scottisharchitecture #scottisharchitect #edinburgh #design

Kitchen goals in Murrayfield
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#dsarchitecture #architecture #interior #interiordesign #kitchen #openplan #detail #design

Copper and larch
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#dsarchitecture #architecture #lights #cladding #material #detail

Dark brick and timber cladding in Ravelston.
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#dsarchitecture #architecture #material #contrast #brick #timber #cladding #build #construction #extension #design #detail

New house in Joppa
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#dsarchitecture #architecture #design #house #newbuild #edinburgh #planning #zinc #timber #render

It’s the smaller details that can often bring a scheme together. In this case, a garden gate was replaced to match the larch cladding on the new extension. Love the contrast of the timber and stone
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#dsarchitecture #architecture #gate #material #edinburgh #larch #stone #garden #wall #detail

Delighted to receive photos of this Murrayfield project, completed late last year by the fantastic @rollodevelopments.
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DS Architecture was engaged to design the alteration and refurb of the full three storey building, taking the design to Stage 04 before the Rollo team took it on to completion with a fantastic level of finish. Delighted with how it has turned out.
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📸 by @scottclarkphotographyuk
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#dsarchitecture #architecture #design #interiors #interiordesign #alteration #refurbishment #refurb #Edinburgh #house #home #project #completion #scottishinteriors #scottisharchitecture @homesints

Second interior image of the proposed extension in Edinburgh, where the design looks to seamlessly merge the spaces within the existing house with the new area created by the extension
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Rendered image by @dalgety_design
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#dsarchitecture #architecture #design #extension #Edinburgh #interiors #interiordesign #scottisharchitecture #scottisharchitect #house #home #3D #render #garden #material #zinc #stone #space #planning

Interior wide angle view looking back into the proposed extended space including kitchen, dining and living space and complete with wine store.
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Rendered image by @dalgety_design
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#dsarchitecture #architecture #design #extension #Edinburgh #interiors #interiordesign #winestore #scottisharchitecture #scottisharchitect #house #home #3D #render #garden #material #zinc #stone #space #planning

Planning has been submitted for this Edinburgh extension, adding valuable space to the garden level to create a family kitchen, dining and living area, opening out to the garden beyond.
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The scheme has been developed in close collaboration with the Clients, and brought life through this 3D visual by the always brilliant @dalgety_design
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#dsarchitecture #architecture #design #extension #Edinburgh #scottisharchitecture #scottisharchitect #house #home #3D #render #garden #material #zinc #stone #space #planning @wedesignhomes

#tbt - Not all schemes make it past the drawing board/screen, for any number of reasons.
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When starting out in 2014, I completed many feasibility schemes for potential clients, often using Sketchup to pull together quick models to help represent the ideas being proposed. These predominantly included domestic extensions, but also included the odd larger scheme too.
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It’s never time wasted despite the frustration of not getting to develop these initial ideas further, and always fun to look back at where things started
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#dsarchitecture #architecture #throwbackthursday #tbt #design #feasibility #outlinedesign #concepts #sketchup #model #3D

Are you on the light side or the dark side?
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#dsarchitecture #architecture #kitchens #blackandwhite #lightside #darkside #design #interiors

Approach and entrance to this concept design for a house in Longniddry, as visualised by @dalgety_design
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#dsarchitecture #architecture #house #design #concept #entrance #cgi #render #visualisation #eastlothian #scottisharchitecture #scottisharchitect #corten #brick #material #detail #mass #form

Love these bedside lamps, installed as part of the panelled bedhead detail at the Dublin Street townhouse conversion project
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#dsarchitecture #architecture #interiors #lighting #design #lamp #refurb #conversion #edinburgh #detail #tbt

Open jointed larch cladding in Portobello, concealing a hidden door to a garden store and extending into the soffit.
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#dsarchitecture #architecture #detail #design #door #cladding #larch #timber #material

Delighted to receive images from @oroccoltd of this recently completed extension in #Portobello.
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Replacing an existing but smaller extension that contained a cramped and cold kitchen, the new structure seeks to maximise the light and space available to create a new open kitchen and dining space integrated with the existing house
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#dsarchitecture #architecture #house #extension #design #edinburgh #home #construction #newwithold #scottisharchitect #scottisharchitecture @wedesignhomes

A kitchen with a view!
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The alteration of one of the oldest inhabited buildings in Port Seton included opening up a view north over the Firth of Forth, inviting light in and optimising the aspect from the new kitchen.
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Completed with @oroccoltd
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#dsarchitecture #architecture #design #building #construction #kitchen #view #portseton #refurb #alteration

It's that time of year again when #Part3 students find out if they have been successful in qualifying as #Architects. Many many congratulations to those that have made it, it is very well deserved.
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To those that didn't, don't fret. I failed first time round, in 2010. Looking back, I was underprepared, under-rehearsed for the interview and I was devastated. Hindsight is of course a wonderful thing, but it was easily one of the best things that happened to me. I never lost the want to be an #Architect and the disappointment drove me to come back, engage with more experienced people in the profession, learn more, prepare better and take it a year later.
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11 years on, the lessons it has taught me in preparedness, organisation and humility have ultimately contibuted positively to me qualifying, getting to work with some amazing people and ultimately owning my own practice.
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You haven't got this far, 7 years or more for most, to not give it another crack. Don't be disheartened, come back stronger.

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#architecture #students #exam #partthree #failure #comebackstronger #bouncebackability #mondaymotivation

#testimonialtuesday - What we do as Architects is ultimately for the people who live in and use the designs we collaborate on and realise, so it's great to get such positive feedback from Clients 🙏
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#dsarchitecture #architecture #testimonial #feedback #scottisharchitect #solepractitioner #clients #people #business #construction #development #edinburgh

Floor plans for the new build house in #Findhorn. Set within a really constrained plot within the conservation area and arranged over multiple levels, the design sought to squeeze every inch from the available space.
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#dsarchitecture #architecture #drawings #newbuild #design #house #layouts #plans #site #construction

Great to see some pics of the completed kitchen by the inimitable @archispek at this project in Musselburgh.
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DS Architecture was appointed to design and take this extension project to Stage 04, securing the statutory consents. The clients wanted a large clean space that would in part double up as a prep space for their drama and musical productions, the lighting rig over the island being a nice nod to that side of the design.
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#dsarchitecture #architecture #design #kitchen #extension #musselburgh #eastlothian #space

Planning approved!
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Delighted to receive approval for this new house build in Joppa. Designed around some really tight gap site constraints on a tricky slope, it will throw up some technical challenges moving forward, but can’t wait to get into it.
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#CGI renders by @dalgety_design
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#dsarchitecture #architecture #newbuild #house #design #edinburgh #joppa #detail #material #site

Completion on the conversion of a former mechanics garage and subsequently a commercial office unit to form 2 new flats in Fountainbridge.
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These types of projects are always a little tricky and this proved no different, throwing up challenges at every turn, but delighted to get it over the line.
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#dsarchitecture #architecture #development #conversion #flats #design #edinburgh

Conversion of the cold and dark basement of an old legal office into a bright 3 bedroom apartment for @wearestone_acre with @_avenuenorth back in 2018. A challenging but rewarding project
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#dsarchitecture #architecture #edinburgh #newtown #townhouse #conversion #design #construction

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