Homebuilding & Renovating

BEHIND THE DESIGN The bridge landing

Abridge landing is a bridge across an upper floor that also forms the top landing of a stair. But as with all of the features we cover in Behind the Design, it is so much more than that simple description suggests!

The stunning image you see here is of a new-build home my practice worked on in the Scottish Borders. The house was designed to have two distinct wings: a traditional

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