Accidental architecture was the inspiration behind the Shed House, a compact two-bedroom home on the Isle of Skye. ‘For every wee white cottage here there are two or three barns or quirky buildings,’ says architect Alan Dickson of Rural Design. ‘And there was already an old shed on the site. So we kept the ghost of it by using agricultural materials like corrugated sheeting, concrete and raw timber.’

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