Moxon completes Cairngorms HQ extension

Moxon Architects' extension to the Cairngorms National Park Authority headquarters, which was officially opened on 16 November

Source: Simon Kennedy

Modern addition to National Park Authority base ’extrapolates town grain’

Moxon Architects has completed the extension of the Cairngorms National Park Authority’s Grantown-on-Spey headquarters, substantially increasing the floorspace with a modern wing.

The £1m extension uses traditional materials deployed in what its designers said was a “contemporary idiom” that enhanced the innate characteristics of the town.

It features an exposed cross-laminated timber structure that is clad in natural European larch, as well as pleated zinc and frameless glazing.

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