Fibre cement enthusiasts Neil Sutherland Architects have used profiled sheeting from Eternit to create an award-winning “modern agricultural aesthetic” in a self-build house in Scotland

The Inverness-based practice specified Eternit profiled sheeting, which was originally designed for agricultural buildings, for four main reasons – its low embodied energy, affordability, vapour permeability and aesthetics.

It has been used in Gunmetal Grey and complemented by distinctive curved sheets on the roof of the single-storey 80m² house built with timber frame and untreated larch-clad walls on six acres of ex-forestry land near the Highland city.

Details such as these won the practice a detailing award from Inverness Architectural Association and a commendation in the Scottish Design Awards 2008.