Dinner on the Moors: A Rustic, Off-the-Grid Cottage in the Scottish Highlands - Remodelista
Our London friend Nell Card clued us in to what must be the most spectacular location for a dinner party we’ve seen yet: An off-the-grid wood cabin that’s one with the moors in Scotland’s Cairngorms National Park. Photography courtesy of Moxon Architects. Culardoch Shieling named for Culardoch the mountain above and the Gaelic word for hut was recently designed by London and Aberdeenshire based firm Moxon Architects... ...to blend in with the heathery Scottish highlands and serve as a remote rustic entertainment space for the private clients long communal dining table included The hut blends into the rugged fields and hills of the national park. Aside from some modernist touches, the hut (complete with rugged green roof of heather and moss) seems it could’ve been there for centuries; the all-wood structure and the lack of electricity mean minimal impact. The structure consists of one large, sparse room, where an elongated wood table is the centerpiece. Rectangular windows cut into the wood are inspired by Le Corbusier’s iconic Ronchamp chapel in France. Painterly light and half-spent candles. The caveat (and charm) of Culardoch Shieling? Looking out to the surrounding glen, where the River Gairn cuts through.