Scotland's Inspirational Design Highlights via gov.scot

Aside from the Scotland's Housing Expo 2010, the Scottish government website has some interesting material relating to the context of housing in Scotland. Their list of "inspirational designs" has some projects very relevant to what we are doing in both Aviemore and An Camas Mor.

http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Built-Environment/AandP/InspirationalDesigns

The projects are organised by type and by both rural and urban context and include bullet points for why they are considered successful. Links to the design firms responsible are also available, which I encourage you to explore if any of the projects intrigue you since the firms themselves have much more information and better imagery.

Similar Scottish Sites

Group 7 - Tyndrum Gold Mine (Glen Cononish)

Here's just another example of a site which shows similar links in terms of landscape use and resources. It is similar in that it is also situated within a National park and is a popular tourist destination. Unlike Aviemore, a recent discovery of gold has become a controversial topic of discussion as it involves drastic changes in the landscape in order to extract these materials. Aviemore has also faced landscape changes and social impact in the past.

Below is a link to newspaper articles and also a 1 hour documentary really worth watching.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scots-village-tyndrum-braced-become-5032403

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AaadQsjRcc