ARCHITECTURE
DETAILS
What A One-bedroom house with adjoining workshop
Where Lanarkshire
Architect Ann Nisbet Studio
Main contractor Smart Group
Structural engineer David Narro Associates
Quantity surveyor BCC
Out of adversity comes opportunity, or so the saying goes. But it must be hard to conjure up a bright side when you see your house going up in flames. That's what happened to Kathy Li and Richie Elliot at their home in the Carron valley in Lanarkshire – but, surprising as it sounds, the tragedy did in the end positively shape the story of their new house.
“We lost all our belongings in the fire and were left homeless,” recalls Kathy, an architect who teaches at Glasgow School of Art. “It was pretty traumatic. But after the initial shock wore off, we realised that what
