MAAC-Studio

Hidden amongst the trees, near Eilean Donan Castle, is a surprise.
The little "Brutalist" chapel of St Donnan.

Sitting quietly in the woods, approached by a winding path, it evokes stillness and calm. The plain exterior conceals an interior of bare, expressive materials. The alter of carved concrete and stone are serene.

It is quite poetic.

Scottish Episcopal Church
United Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness
Inverness Guide
Scotland's Churches Trust

Staring into the void - if a crack appears in a masonry wall and you point it up with you point up a crack with cement mortar. The lime washes away and you end up with a big whole behind.

The sweeping picturesque curve of Cromarty Harbour, designed by the engineer John Smeaton and completed in 1785, is special on many counts.

It not only looks beautiful, it shaped the development of the town, and it shaped the development of engineering.

Smeaton was a pioneering engineer, especially in the development of lime mixes.

We are on site with taking samples for analysis to inform future conservation works.

I wonder what they will tell us.?