Work has begun on a £27 million mental health facility in Dumfries by Archial Architects.
The 85-bed facility is close to the Crichton University Campus and the design was influenced by the greenfield site.
Archial director Calum MacCalman said: “Because of the greenfield nature of the site, together with the fact that nature tends to find a way of providing solutions which are elegant, aesthetically pleasing and practical, it seemed only natural that we should enable nature and the site itself to drive forward the design for this facility.
“It’s a wonderful setting with tremendous aspects and the design of the facility seeks to make the most of the many benefits to be had from the site itself by making the building as sustainable as possible and by maximising the use of daylight.”
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