Timber Frame Archives • Tiny House Scotland

Jonathan Avery "I've been designing small houses for a long time!"

Tiny House - Nothing new really!

Posted on 13th August 2016 Jonathan AveryPosted in Architecture, Cabins, Design, Drawings, Small House, sustainability, Timber Frame, Tiny House

Things seem to be coming full circle…I’ve been designing small tiny houses for a long time now; I drew this one in 1995!

Sign of things to come?

Scottish Parliament Thousand Huts Meeting

Posted on 24th February 201626th February 2016 Jonathan AveryPosted in Architecture, Cabins, Design, eco-friendly, Huts, sustainability, Timber Frame, Tiny House, wood

A seminal moment in the Thousand Huts Campaign at the Scottish Parliament.

Last night I attended the launch of the new huts planning guide at the Scottish Parliament with 80 planning professionals, architects and hut builders at an event hosted by Angus Macdonald MSP. Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Richard Lochhead has welcomed the guide, saying:

“Huts and hutting are a great way for people to enjoy Scotland’s outstanding natural environment, with all the benefits to health and wellbeing this can bring. I very much welcome the publication of this guidance, which I hope will provide an important opportunity for many more people in Scotland to enjoy the recreational benefits associated with huts and hutting.”

The Thousand Huts campaign team and Planning Advisory Group have spent 2 years working with planning and building professionals to produce this guide to help planners, architects and hut builders alike achieve good practice in new hut developments. This work was supported by The Planning Exchange Foundation, and has been reviewed by planning, legal and tenancy professionals in the public and private sectors and at a local and national level. It is designed to help support the rolling out of Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) on huts.

It was a very inspiring evening which is set to change the future of planning laws for small buildings in Scotland.

#hutting #thousandhuts

Topped Out with Spruce!

Posted on 23rd September 2015 Jonathan AveryPosted in Houses, Nesthouse, Small House, Timber Frame, Tiny House

The NestHouse by Tiny House Scotland and an Autumn sky. I know its a bit late for topping out - but I couldn’t do it when the frame was first finished because the weather was threatening a wet spell and I wanted to get it wrapped and roofed!!

NestHouse 4.8 framing has begun

Posted on 21st August 2015 Jonathan AveryPosted in Cabins, Houses, Nesthouse, Timber Frame

Framing for the NestHouse 4.8 prototype is well under way here. Watch this space for updates!

Finally - the NestHouse prototype is ready to start!

Posted on 30th July 201514th December 2015 Jonathan AveryPosted in Cabins, Design, Nesthouse, Timber Frame

Finally we can get on with the prototype NestHouse 4.8, watch this space!!

Gothic Arbour

Posted on 27th April 20153rd April 2017 Jonathan AveryPosted in Architecture, Design, Gardens, Timber Frame

Tiny House Scotland’s latest construction - a garden arbour in a neo-gothic style. To be used as a view point, weather shelter and sculptural landmark. L 2.1m x W 1.1m x H 3.3m. Heavy timber frame post and beam with new and recycled materials. Redwood shiplap cladding. Sixty degree roof. Hand cast concrete piers. Recycled windows set asymmetrically for standing and sitting heights. Reclaimed corrugated steel sheeting for the roof and rear elevation.

L 2.1m x W 1.1m x H 3.3m.

To be offered as part of the Tiny House Scotland buildings range - prices starting from £1495 (details to follow - email if you are interested in one!) See the product page here.