The Fernaig Cottage, with a roof made from GreenCoat®, has been nominated for one of the UK’s most prestigious architecture awards – RIBA House of the Year 2017.
Already a winner of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) Awards 2017, the former shepherd’s cottage located in Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands, was rescued from dilapidation by Gillian Scampton, Pedder & Scampton Architects and Andrew Barnett, Hopkins Architects, London.
Originally, the shepherd’s cottage with a red tin roof was considered a landmark by local residents in the area. The entire project comprised of the renovation, adaptation, and extension of the cottage, where much of the original structure was repurposed and recyclable materials were used. The architects also took advantage of solar gain, an air source heat pump as well as materials with high thermal mass.
The cottage retains much of the original stone walls and utilizes a red corrugated colour coated steel roof made from sustainable GreenCoat® steel. SSAB, who manufactures GreenCoat® steel products, is a company recognized worldwide for producing one of the world’s best steels.
“GreenCoat® steel is very workable and pliable and can be folded to tight tolerances, which you can do while keeping the coating intact,” explains Andrew Barnett, Hopkins Architects, London.
The Fernaig Cottage roof installation went smoothly and thanks to the low temperature elongation, the result was a clean look without buckling or deformation for years to come.
GreenCoat® steels are widely known in the building industry for their long colour retention and resistance to UV radiation as well as scratches. They feature Swedish rapeseed oil in the coating making them the most sustainable colour coated steel products on the market. GreenCoat® steels have been developed for harsh weather conditions and are highly resistant to corrosion.
“It was a fantastic discovery that the coating is made with Swedish rapeseed oil instead of fossil fuel oil. It just fell into our sustainable strategy for the entire project,” explains Gillian Scampton, Pedder & Scampton Architects, London.
The RIBA House of the Year is awarded to the best new house designed by an architect in the UK and will be broadcasted on November 7th as part of Grand Designs: House of the Year, a special four-part UK Channel 4 TV series presented by Kevin McCloud. The winner will be announced later this year.
The red roof of the Fernaig Cottage was made with sustainable GreenCoat® steel.
Other recent award-winning architecture featuring GreenCoat® steel products include House KD, by GWSK Arkitekter and the Skýli design study by Utopia Arkitekter, which have both been shortlisted for the 2017 World Architecture Festival (WAF) Awards. The apartment complex named Fjärilen (butterfly), designed by Belatchew Arkitekter AB, has a roof and façade made from GreenCoat® steel and is shortlisted for the Swedish Building Award 2017 (Stålbyggnadspriset 2017).
The Fernaig Cottage is currently nominated and awarded for:
2017 Longlisted RIBA House of the Year
2017 Winner Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) Awards
2017 Winner Resource Efficiency Award
2017 Highly Commended British Homes Award
2017 Shortlisted Manser Medal
2017 Shortlisted AJ Retrofit Award
2017 Shortlisted Sunday Times “Britain’s Best Homes” Award
