Case Study
A Labour Of Love Collaboration
Ripple Retreat is a holiday home for families of young cancer patients in Scotland, located on the banks of Loch Venachar. A labour of love by Edinburgh-based charity It’s Good 2 Give, run by Lynne and Ian McNicoll, Ripple Retreat offers families a place they can be together in a calm, beautiful setting at no cost to them. A LABOUR OF LOVE COLLABORATION Howick client Newton Steel Framing, Scotland’s only NHBC approved steel frame company, was approached by project architects Kettle Collective to assist in the realisation of the site’s Boat House element. Ripple Retreat boasts stunning architecture which blends seamlessly with its wild environment, and Newton collaborated closely with Kettle Collective from the early design stages. The Boat House building is of a form not tradit