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Tentsmuir Forest, Dundee photo © Thomas Deckker 2007
2 Beach House Projects
2020-21/

Thomas Deckker Architect: Standard House Types, Brasília
Standard House Types, Brasília
2020

Thomas Deckker Architect: 3 Tower House Projects
3 Tower House Projects
2018-20

Thomas Deckker Architect: Project for a Penthouse, London
Some Nice Ideas for a Penthouse
2015

Thomas Deckker Architect: Project for Private Houses and a Tenement, Dundee
Some Nice Ideas for Dundee
2013

Thomas Deckker Architect: Offices for a Brazilian Company, London
Offices for a Brazilian Company
London
2011-12

Thomas Deckker Architect: Duval Renovation, Brasília
Duval Apartment Renovation
Brasília, Brazil
2009-10

Thomas Deckker Architect: landscape urbanism, Abu Dhabi
Some Nice Ideas for Abu Dhabi
2010

Thomas Deckker Architect: 2 Development Studies, London
2 Development Studies
London
2004

Thomas Deckker: Magalhães House
Magalhães House
QL18, Brasília, Brazil
1997 - 2001

Thomas Deckker: Moore House Project
Moore House Project
Algarve, Portugal
1994-95

superquadra model
Superquadra Penthouse Project
Brasília, Brazil
1993 - 2001

Thomas Deckker: Clínica de Câncer, Brasília
Clínica de Câncer, Brasília
SHLS, Brasília, Brazil
1995

Thomas Deckker: Magalhães Project
Magalhães Project
QI26, Brasília, Brazil
1993-95

Thomas Deckker: Thompson House
Thompson House Project
Cambridge, England
1992

Thomas Deckker: Camara Municipal Competition Entry 1989
3 Competition Entries for Brazil
1989-90

Thomas Deckker Architect: 'Brasília' Table
'Brasília' Table
1990

Thomas Deckker: Soares Apartment Renovation
Soares Apartment Renovation
Brasília, Brazil
1987

Thomas Deckker: Moore House
Moore House
Gerrards Cross, England
1984-87

Thomas Deckker Architect: Tower House Inhabitations
Thomas Deckker Architect: Tower House Inhabitations
Design Sketch

Tower House Inhabitations

It seemed to me that ruined tower houses could be made inhabitable with small interventions. Of course they would need roofs, repairs to the stonework and new floors - in the frequent wars it was found the quickest way to render a house uninhabitable was to remove the roof, so replacing a roof would start to reverse the decay. These actions would not make them appropriate for contemporary life without running the risk of destroying their desirable spatial and material qualities.

These objects are intended to reconcile new uses and desires with the historic structure.
Thomas Deckker Architect: Small Tower House
Thomas Deckker Architect: Plans of Craig Castle, Aberdeenshire
redrawn from Canmore DP 231142
Thomas Deckker Architect: Tower House Inhabitations
Thomas Deckker Architect: Tower House Inhabitations
Design Sketch

Thomas Deckker Architect: Elcho Tower House Study
Elcho Castle
photograph © Thomas Deckker 2012
For further investigations on tower houses by Thomas Deckker see:
  • the photographic study of Elcho
  • the spatial study Dibbetts to Daleks by students from Thomas Deckker and Charles Rattray's MArch Unit at the University of Dundee
  • proposed summer school at the University of Dundee
  • the history of the garden at Edzell.