CNPA Headquarters, Cairngorms National Park Offices, Scottish Highlands Building, Architecture Images
Cairngorms National Park Authority?s Headquarters
Contemporary Office Architecture Northern Scotland ? design by Moxon Architects
15 Nov 2018
Cairngorms National Park Authority?s HQ
Design: Moxon Architects
Location: Grantown-on-Spey, county of Moray, Northern Scotland, UK
Cairngorms National Park Authority?s HQ
Moxon architects has significantly extended and reconfigured the headquarters of the Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) in Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland on behalf of Reidhaven Estate.

Shortlisted at the Scottish Design Awards 2017 in the Future Building category, the project provides a new public-facing entrance to a nineteenth century building, as well as a new wing of flexible open plan office space and meeting accommodation.
Collaborating closely with The Highland Council through an extensive public planning process, Moxon has created a progressive design in a conservation area that ambitiously rethinks how the CNPA operates and interacts with its public.

The new building serves to raise the profile of the CNPA while offering an environment designed to promote collaborative working practices and welcome visitors. It responds to its context with a structure of exposed cross laminated timber (CLT) clad in natural European Larch, which will weather over time, alongside pleated zinc and frameless glazing.

The design approach brings the new building ele...