Culardoch Shieling, Cairngorms National Park Hut, Scottish Highlands Mountain Shelter, Architecture Images
Culardoch Shieling in the Cairngorms
Contemporary Mountain Shelter in Northern Scotland ? design by Moxon Architects
31 May 2017
Culardoch Shieling Hut
Design: Moxon Architects
Culardoch Shieling – Lunch Hut

Moxon Architects design modernist inspired highland hut

Culardoch Shieling, a mountain hut in Cairngorms National Park in the Scottish Highlands, has been completed by Moxon Architects. Located at the foot of Culardoch, the remote new shieling (Scottish Gaelic term for hut) looks out across the expanse of the scenic upper Glen Gairn.

Measuring just 47m2, the building is a contemporary interpretation of humble structures such as traditional Scottish crofts and shepherds? huts or Swiss Alpine shacks. Commissioned by the client as a unique place for entertaining on their highland estate, the hut is fitted with a long table for hosting these social gatherings.
Moxon?s design maximises the spectacular views of the surrounding landscape, whilst ensuring that the all?wood structure has minimal impact on the terrain itself. The structure comprises a simple cruck (curved timber) frame with deeply overhanging eaves and a roof covered in heather, moss and stone. This serves to camouflage the hut in the highland mountain range when viewed from above.

As well as taking cues from vernacular shelters, the design is informed by 20th century modernism. The monolithic ...