22/09/2026
High Sunderland, commissioned for the textile designer and artist Bernat Klein and his family in 1956.
Built in a modernist vernacular by architect , the house was extensively damaged by fire in 2018. Restoration was completed in 2022, bringing the building back to its original design.
Laurence McIntosh was appointed as main contractors, working alongside an excellent team of architects Loader Monteith Architects to carry out extensive internal and external refurbishment work and Narro as structural engineers and M & E/building services by Harley Haddow.
The house, in the Scottish Borders, was designed with clear and coloured panes of glass within a wooden structure in a woodland setting and is often referred to as a “Mondrian set within a Klimt.”
Photography by dapple photography
Bernat Klein Foundation
Historic Scotland