The Sky Maze at Dalkeith Country Park features on BBC Radio Scotland’s ‘Out for the Weekend’ Programme BBC Radio Scotland’s radio programme ‘Out for the Weekend’ is a weekly inspiration and insight into what’s happening across Scotland as the weekend approaches. It’s hosted by Nicola Meighan and recently, our very own Steve ‘McSketch’ Vass featured […]
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A new project is always an exciting time at CAP.Co. They are even more exciting still when the project is one that’s drawn its inspiration so comprehensively from the history of its place. Leeds Castle, as the name would(n’t) suggest is a castle in Kent, England, near the town of Maidstone. It is built on an […]
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We recently showed the view of the site and some of the visuals for the planned build of the adventure play at NTS Crathes Castle. It’s a steeply sloping site, which gives us some interesting challenges and opportunities. It’s a new adventure play build in the grounds of the 16th Century Castle. The challenges are […]
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We recently showed you the first phase of our new Orangerie Adventure Play extension at Dalkeith Country park. We also showed you some of the plans for phase two here. Back in 2016 the park, stable yard and courtyard were all redeveloped to create a world-class visitor attraction known as Fort Douglas. This project encompassed […]
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We love it when a new project goes through the design process and begins to come to life in the visuals our design team produce. In this project we are adding a new Sky Maze extension to the brilliant Fort Douglas Adventure Play Centre at Dalkeith Country Park. Our first extension to the existing play […]
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In the first part of the Tiny House Project Build here we covered the early stages of the design and covered the hopes and aspirations for the overall build. Since then, the progress has been swift and the end is looking nigh. So I went back to revisit the project and talk it through […]
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Crathes Castle, near Banchory in Aberdeenshire lays a strong claim to being one of the more unusual castles in Scotland. Built in 1596 and later extended, it looks almost ‘polished’ in its finish as it has a ‘harled’ exterior. harling is a process similar to plastering that protects the stone structure from the weather by […]
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Last year we wrote about the work we did at Poringland Primary School in Norfolk. They have a philosophy that ensures their kids don’t just come to school to learn, they come to grow too. Their vision statement is just five words long and makes it all very clear indeed. The vision for our school […]
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Paul Travers has joined CAP.Co to strengthen the design and project management team. He’s someone many of us have worked with for quite a few years, being part of the awesomely talented Treehouse Company team, based in Kilmarnock back in 2005. They were the company that designed and built BeWILDerwood as well as many other […]
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If you’re not an avid watcher of Cbeebies, then there is a chance you may have missed Justin Fletcher and his ‘Something Special’ team at Culzean Castle Adventure Cove, filming their Super Heroes episode. The programme is all about teaching children to communicate and improve their language skills using a sign language Makaton. This fits […]
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