Newhailes was originally built in the 17th century and has stood on the site just outside of Edinburgh for over three centuries. The house was originally owned by the Dalrymple family and featured prominently in the Scottish Enlightenment. The house itself is beautiful with some unique wall coverings and interior design details. The gardens however, and in […]
We’re close to unveiling the final work at NTS Brodick Castle. It’s one of our biggest builds and certainly one of the most challenging with rough terrain, tricky weather and a stream running right through the middle of the site. Oh, and the fact that it’s on the Isle of Arran, so the commute to […]
As we’ve grown as a business, we’ve been invited to look at ever bigger and more interesting projects, right across the world. So when we were asked to look at a potentially fantastic project in Hamilton, Bermuda, we didn’t have to think about it for long. The decision was made even easier by the fact that […]
When we visualise the adventure play we’re planning to build, it’s often difficult to ever imagine it will look like the drawings when it comes to the actual construction. Well here’s an example of just this scenario in action. Above, you can see the original drawing and then below, you can see the skeleton of the […]
All of our build team on-site are talented builders. But most of them have other talents too. One of them, Joshua davies happens to be a pretty good film-maker and here are two of his short films about a day in the life of a treehouse builder. And then the follow up where they showcase their […]
Brodick Castle is a castle which lies just outside the port of Brodick on the Isle of Arran, an island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. A fortress has been on the site from as far back as the fifth century, but more recently, it was a seat of the Dukes of Hamilton. It is now […]
When we built the first phase of Lowther Castle Adventure Play, which became ‘The Lost Castle of Lowther’ there was always a plan that if it was successful, then we would be asked back to build an extension to the play to drive it further into the woods and increase the amount of play available. […]
One of the joys of the work we do in building adventure play around the world, are the natural materials we get to build with. Wherever Possible these are sourced locally. With the build at Lowther, much of what we used was harvested fro within the very woods we were building in. Our wood miles are […]
We are very proud to announce that we won an award for our work at Culzean Castle. It’s the Making Spaces 2016 Architecture Award and was announced at a black tie dinner at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. The award was collected on our behalf by Caroline Smith of the National Trust for Scotland.
We have been exceptionally lucky with the weather during this build so far and that’s bound to change. The good news is that we are well on schedule and making the best use of the calm before the usual Scottish storms. There’s real form starting to emerge with the structures amongst the trees and you can […]
