Canon Mews, Edinburgh
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The Canon Mews development transforms an overlooked infill site in Edinburgh’s Canonmills area into a pair of contemporary, design-led mews homes.
As an architect-led development, Canon Mews embodies the practice’s ambition to place design quality at the forefront, reimagining the much-loved mews typology to create two, three-bedroom homes that balance light, privacy and outdoor space within a modest urban footprint.
Process
Built on constrained brownfield land, the site was unlocked from within. Rather than expanding upward or outward, the design is maximised by carving light, outlook and space into the centre of each home.
Inspired in part by Tadao Ando’s Row House in Osaka, the project has reinterpreted the mews house typology through a series of internal courtyards and terraces, using light as the primary architectural tool.
While traditional Edinburgh mews properties are often overlooked or lack usable outdoor space, Canon Mews turns its constraint into a defining feature. Each home is wrapped around a private outdoor courtyard, providing natural light to living spaces, creating framed views and, crucially, offering residents privacy beyond what is typical in dense historic settings.
With deliberate design intent in every square metre, the internal planning sees each property accommodate generous living, kitchen and dining areas, three double bedrooms, and integrated garages, delivering a complete family-scale home within an unexpectedly modest footprint.
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Photography: Lorenzo Zandri