Riverside House is located at Aros Bridge in North Mull. The house sits at the mouth of the River Aros looking east out across the Sound of Mull towards the Morvern peninsula on the mainland.

The design is comprised of three main volumes. The first is the road facing white house, designed in continuation of the massing and form of an existing row of cottages; while a dark metal and timber clad element shadows this form and visually recedes into the slope at the back of the site. The two parts are joined by a dramatic hallway connecting the main living spaces and giving views out across the Sound of Mull to Ardnamurchan.

The design uses Cross-Laminated-Timber construction, which is exposed internally allowing the roof geometry to define the different spaces in the splayed, open-plan living areas. Different levels, nooks, and views are carefully placed to give glimpses across dramatic internal spaces and out into the surrounding landscape.

Photography: Johnny Barrington