News
Awards for Makar Passive House
17 March 2020
We are delighted to announce that at the end of February our certified Passive House in Strathpeffer won awards...
Highland Home Building Show
13 March 2020
Come along and meet us at the Highland Home Building and Renovating Show this weekend - 14th and 15th March...
Visit from Robin McAlpine from Common Weal
9 December 2019
We welcomed a visit from Common Weal director Robin McAlpine last week. Robin gave an excellent presentation at the...
Shows and Podcast
23 July 2019
In June we attended the Logie Timber Festival at Logie Steading, and on the same weekend the Greener Homes Expo...
Highly Commended for Tara Green
13 March 2019
We were delighted to receive a Highly Commended for Tara Green at the Alliance for Sustainable Building Product Awards...
Confor Conference
25 October 2017
A good write up on the Architecture and Design Scotland blog of the CONFOR conference that Neil attended last month....
Trees to Timber Homes
27 September 2017
Neil is one of the delegates speaking at the 'From Trees to Timber Homes' conference taking place in Edinburgh today....
Doors Open Day - 2nd September
1 September 2017
This weekend come along and see our workspace, Saturday 2nd September, 10am-4pm A link to our Instagram below to...
Black Isle Show
1 August 2017
We're pleased to be returning to the Black Isle Show this week - from 4pm Wednesday 2nd and all...
Green Homes Expo
20 May 2017
It was great to meet a diverse mix of visitors and exhibitors at the Green Homes Expo on 20th May. ...
MAKAR becomes a Living Wage Employer
12 September 2016
MAKAR has had a long-standing policy of paying fairly, and has joined the Living Wage movement by gaining Scottish Living...
Green Homes Expo
16 June 2016
MAKAR will be at the Green Homes Expo in the main building of Inverness college campus this Saturday 18th June,...
SEDA AGM
5 June 2016
Catriona from the design office managed to catch part of the Scottish Ecological Design Assocation's AGM in Comrie last...
Green Gold
8 May 2016
MAKAR gets a mention this week in a Scotland on Sunday article by Stuart Goodall discussing the benefits of...
Award For Parramatta
5 May 2016
MAKAR has received an award for Excellence in Civic Design by the Montrose Society for the new Parramatta House in...
Our Forests, Our People
10 March 2016
CONFOR has produced a short film on the importance of forestry and timber - part of a range of new...
Radio Scotland Out of Doors
2 March 2016
Neil Sutherland can be heard on Radio Scotland's Out of Doors programme broadcast on 27th February. You can listen...
Drop-In Day at Evanton Jubilee Hall
21 December 2015
In December Neil and Brian from MAKAR held a Drop-in Day at the Jubilee Hall in Evanton about the proposed...
LLoyd Alter - Treehugger
1 December 2015
A few thoughts about MAKAR by LLoyd Alter have appeared on the Treehugger website after hearing about us at...
Homegrown Timber Case Studies
12 November 2015
The Di Rollo House, constructed by MAKAR in 2009, has featured in a collection of case studies of projects using homegrown...
Open Doors Day 2015
20 August 2015
The MAKAR workshop will be opening up as part of the In and around Inverness Open Doors Day on Saturday ...
Black Isle Show 2015
13 July 2015
5th - 6th August MAKAR are pleased to announce that we will have a stand at the Black Isle Show 2015. ...
Dowel-lam
20 March 2015
We have sucessfully installed our new Dowel-lam intermediate floor panels at a new house near Avoch. The Dowel-lam is a...
MAKAR have landed at HBR Show
17 May 2013
MAKAR have landed at the Scotland's Home Building and Renovating Show at the SECC in Glasgow! The show is...
SECC Glasgow Homebuilding & Renovating Show
13 April 2013
Visit MAKAR at SECC Glasgow Homebuilding & Renovating Show - 18 - 19 May 2013. Alternatively please contact us and we...
MAKAR to cut carbon emissions by 38%
21 March 2013
In 2013 MAKAR made a commitment to deliver a 38% reduction in carbon emissions by 2015/16. MAKAR were selected to partner with the...
MAKAR Workspace Launch
22 June 2012
Fergus Ewing MSP opens new off-site construction workspace for expanding company Fergus Ewing MSP (Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism)...
New House at Balnafoich
13 December 2007
Recently completed house at Balnafoich, Inverness. Completed December 2007
