Urban Sanctuary Left: The triangular gable end is clad in louvres with a background of lead and glazing Above: Richard's home has a strong sustainable agenda
Homage R vs heritage
In 2012 Richard Murphy pursued every architect’s dream of building his own home as both an architectural and environmental experiment.
ichard Murphy is a celebrated architect, recognised academic authority within his field and proud owner of an OBE. Since founding his own architecture practice in 1991, Richard Murphy Architects has won nineteen RIBA awards – more than any other practice in Scotland. In 2012 Richard set out to design and build a home for his own use. This project is a very rare example of the construction of a contemporary house within the World Heritage Site of the New Town of Edinburgh. New Town is a central area of Scotland’s capital, often celebrated for its original neo-classical and Georgian period architecture and considered to be a masterpiece of city planning.
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