WORDS EMMA LEASK
The community self-build’s main facade is clad in red sandstone to reference the traditional tenements next door. A modern update is provided thanks to the use of Reglit glass panelling and French zinc
PHOTOS JOHN REIACH
Architect John Kinsley’s lightbulb moment was sparked by reading a magazine article. “The piece was all about the merits of community projects in South America, where one in four new homes is created this way,” says John, who credits the article for his decision to collectively buy a plot of land and construct a block of four tenement flats in Edinburgh, along with a group of complete strangers.
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