EAST END SAWMILLS

East End Sawmills
Glasgow

Completed: 2007
Design Principal: Robin Lee

Conceived of as an independent pavilion or kiosk set within the public realm the new structure houses a showroom and office. Constructed entirely of material sourced from the adjacent timber warehouse the building gives appropriate identity and expression to the existing facility. Composed of a series of storey-height trusses, manufactured in planed softwood the structure directly expresses its method of assembly and the structural methodology. Externally the building is clad in vertically orientated softwood slats providing solar shading and giving weight and solidity the framed structure. Internally the spaces are lined uniformly in standard sheets of Oriented Strand Board.

The singular form and material expression results in a building with a strong physical presence and clear identity.

© Robin Lee Architecture 2012

NORD LLP was contracted to East End Sawmills in November 2005
East End Sawmills completes 2007

NORD LLP was established in 2002
NORD LLP renamed to Robin Lee Architecture in 2011