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Moshe Safdie Architects : Scottish Highlands House

Corrour Lodge, Loch Ossian, Scottish Highlands design by Moshe Safdie in northern Scotland, UK.

post updated 8 April 2025

Contemporary Scottish Property by Moshe Safdie Architects; Morris and Steedman Associates (formerly né Begg Architects)

Corrour Lodge by Moshe Safdie

Corrour Lodge image by Moshe Safdie Architects / Morris and Steedman Associates

Location: Corrour Lodge, Loch Ossian, Highlands, Scotland, UK
Client: Corrour Estates Ltd
Date built: 1998-2003

Corrour Lodge by Moshe Safdie Architect

Corrour Lodge evokes the tradition of great Scottish houses and weaves together remnants of the original Victorian-era great house on the site, destroyed by fire in 1940. A glass vaulted Great Hall forms the center of the house and is flanked by two masonry volumes, one rectangular, the other cylindrical. The architect is a American, Canadian, Israeli citizen and won the Wolf Prize in Arts – Architecture.

These volumes are penetrated by glass structures that are, respectively, conical and pyramidal. Surviving original granite outbuildings accommodate kitchens and other back-of-house functions. The split-face granite surfaces of the new structure match those of the original.

Corrour Lodge images by Moshe Safdie Architects / Morris and Steedman Associates

Corrour Lodge is sited so that all guest rooms have views of Loch Ossian, while walkways and terraces afford views of the surrounding Highlands. In approving the design, The Royal Fine Arts Commission for Scotland noted that the complex is “destined to become one of the few examples of world-class 20th Century architecture in Scotland”.

Moshe Safdie‘s Corrour Lodge works with the remains of the Victorian house on the site, destroyed in 1940 by fire.

A glass-vaulted ‘Great Hall’ forms the centre of Corrour Lodge and is flanked by two masonry volumes, one rectangular, the other cylindrical. These volumes are penetrated by conical and pyramidal glass structures.

The original granite outbuildings accommodate kitchens and back-of-house functions. The split-face granite surfaces of the new structure match those of the original house. The hunting lodge is sited so that each of the eight guest suites have views of Loch Ossian, with walkways and terraces facing out to rugged Highlands scenery.

The Royal Fine Arts Commission of Scotland noted at the time of review that the Corrour Lodge is ‘destined to become one of the few examples of world-class 20th-century architecture in Scotland.’

Moshe Safdie Architects, Boston, USA in association with né Begg, 1998-2002
This property description was issued in 2004 to us by Morris & Steedman Associates, the local architecture practice assisting this Scottish Highlands home project.

Moshe Safdie Architect

Moshe Safdie: image provided by Moshe Safdie Architects via the RIAS

This famous Boston architect talked at the RIAS Inverness Convention, Scotland, May 2002. I had the fortune to discuss his work alongside my friend Scottish film-maker Murray Grigor.

He talked in a well-rehearsed fashion about a handful of worldwide projects ranging from New York skyscrapers to Holocaust Memorials and Museums in Israel.

Safdie was born in 1938, Haifa, Israel. He received a Bachelor of Architecture with honors in 1961 from McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.

Though he was born in Israel he later moved to Canada with his family. After apprenticing with Louis Kahn, Architect, in Philadelphia, Safdie returned to Montreal, taking charge of the master plan for the 1967 World Exhibition, where he also realized Habitat ’67, the central feature of the World’s Fair, Canada.

He is an architect, urban planner, educator, theorist, and author. He is well known for incorporating principles of socially responsible design throughout his six-decade career.

Born: 14 July 1938 (age 86 years), Haifa, Israel
Education: McGill University – School of Architecture, Westmount High School, McGill University Faculty of Engineering

Moshe Safdie and Associates Inc., Architects and Planners Principal Office:
Boston, Massachusetts, USA 1978-