The end of the year is always a good moment to pause, take stock, and reflect. In architecture, progress is often slow and hard-won, so getting a project onto site  — and seeing it take physical form — is always worth celebrating. In 2025, six Studio McMillan Architects projects were on site . They vary in scale and location, but they share common themes: retrofit over replacement, accessibility as good design, and careful decisions that improve how people actually live. Darr

Works are now complete to this impressive listed Victorian property in Edinburgh. The clients asked us to relocate the kitchen from the...

It's great to be published again, and this time it's in the February 2025 issue of Build It magazine. The focus piece is on 'Garages...

Now is the traditional time to reflect and look back on the year and also to celebrate the achievements and successes. Getting actually/...

You can read about our Kelso project in the Jan/Feb 25 issue of Homes & Interiors Scotland, which is just on the newsagents shelves....

We’re excited that works are now at the wind and watertight stage in our Darras Hall house remodelling and retrofit project outside...

Two of our planning applications were successfully approved this week!  Both within Edinburgh, one in Meadowbank is a rear extension...

It’s just been over a year since the inaugural opening of the extended and refurbished Glengoyne Lodge at the Auchengillan Outdoor Centre...

In this fit out and refurbishment, the challenge was to make this low, vaulted ceiling in a 19th century former storage space in...

This family home in Edinburgh had grown organically over the years with various extensions and alterations, which lead to a deep plan,...

Works are well underway in this retrofit project for a large detached family home on the outskirts of Edinburgh.  As well as internal...

Houses tend to evolve and expand over time, sometimes in a piecemeal fashion, and often we have to edit existing extensions, to make the...

Works are almost complete in this north facing garden extension to a 1980s bungalow in Edinburgh.  The orientation meant getting sunlight...

(NEW)CASTLE PROGRESS:  We’re excited that works are firmly underway at our Darras Hall house remodelling and retrofit project outside...

You don’t have to go ahead with plans to transform a whole building in one go - you can complete your project in stages. Our client...

We often use hand sketches and models as a way of working out the design problems in three dimensions in the early stages of design. In...

Some properties can feel daunting, and it can be difficult to imagine how they could be in the future. Get ideas for your home from some...

BUILDING IDEAS with Mark Millar Could This Be The Best Renovation Project You Could Take On? In this podcast Mark Millar is joined by the...