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7N Architects bring an integrated approach to placemaking. We specialise in generating innovative ideas that deliver simple solutions to complex problems and focus on delivering transformational change by unlocking the full potential of buildings, places and spaces.

News

Here is a selection of news, views and things that stimulate our thinking.
Shetland Islands Council vote to approve 7N’s masterplan for a complex site in Lerwick’s historic town centre.
The site within Lerwick’s steep historic Lanes was cleared in the 1970s and had since been developed in an ad-hoc manner, with social housing, car parking and a temporary community garden. When it was determined by the council that the housing had reached end of its useful life and required replacing, an opportunity arose to restore and improve town centre living with a range of tenures and typologies. ...
"Fraser Avenue development has energised the community."
Key to the success of the masterplan has been a deep level of engagement with the local community in order to establish a shared vision of what a re-imagined Fraser Avenue might be. What was once a troubled and isolated street in one of the most disadvantaged areas of Scotland, has been transformed with good quality building stock that provides warm, dry, secure, and energy efficient homes, alongside ample public space where children can play. ...
New planning application to continue our transformative placemaking project at Fraser Avenue.
We have recently submitted a detailed planning application for Phase 3 of our long-running regeneration project at Fraser Avenue in Inverkeithing, Fife. The proposals follow from the success of Phases 1 & 2 (completed in 2021) in the wider site masterplan that was developed by 7N Architects. Phase 3, the final stage of the development, will deliver an additional 44 affordable dwellings for Kingdom Housing Association and Campion Homes....

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