The Portavadie Marina development is a £30 million mixed use integrated resort that brings together luxury apartments, lodges and multi-use facilities in one of the most exciting new expansions in the Scottish tourism sector.
The brainchild of architects from Stewart Associates, the style of the project is contemporary with a nautical feel, using simple, high quality materials and renewable technologies.
‘The client’s aspirations were to create one of the best marina facilities in Britain – for both sea and shoreside facilities,’ said architect Brian Stewart. ‘The site was a brownfield former oil rig construction yard that had lain derelict since the early 1980s and was well known in Argyll as being a local eyesore. The opportunity to create something meaningful from the dereliction was challenging to say the least.’