A radical rethink of how a house should function and what it should look like has produced an award-winning home on the Kyles of Bute

Deep in a Perthshire forest are five holiday homes with a difference,  combining luxury, eco-friendliness and nature in equal measure

It’s hardly news that Shawlands is a happening place. Cool bars and brunch spots are easy to find, and even the most niche interests seem to be catered for.

Looking for the best of Scotland's seasonal food & drink? Start here. Fill up on delicious new flavours and fresh treats, including the best of autumn’s harvest. 

If you can’t get away, why not lose yourself in a book that’ll take you on a journey far from humdrum everyday life. Cuba, Greece, France... where to?

An inviting combination of 200-year-old garden, modernist building and rich family history makes this an East Lothian holiday retreat with a difference

The potential of this huge lateral apartment was sorely ignored until new architect owners rethought its layout and released its promise 

Tucked away in the Black Isle, just a short drive from Inverness, is a holiday retreat with a difference. Newhall Mains is a gloriously renovated former farm building arranged around a courtyard where up to 28 people can stay across four double bedroom suites and five individually themed cottages.

Part of the Soho avant-garde of the 1950s, William Crozier blossomed into a painter of rare emotional intensity 

A gorgeous private pool needed an equally appealing pool house to help get the party started