Roman baths VR 360 app - December 2024
Creating VR 360 immersive videos of Roman bathhouse interiors for a site-based phone app.
Roman town reconstructions - July 2024
We are modelling six phases in the life of a Roman town over three hundred years from its foundation on an Iron Age settlement to its decline in the late 4th century. We will also show how its footprint is reflected in the modern street pattern.
Immersive VR Triclinium - January 2024
We are completing production of the immersive VR reconstruction of the Triclinium within the Praetorium at the Roman fort of Trimontium. The 360 degree stereo film with soundtrack is viewed inside a Meta Quest headset within the Trimontium Museum in Melrose.
Mosque lighting analysis - December 2023
Analysing artificial light levels and daylighting patterns over the year for the interior of a mosque using a variety of screens and glass specifications.
3D Virtual Sets - November 2023
3D virtual sets for the backgrounds of a Roman illustrated animation.
Trimontium Barracks VR 180 - September 2023
A stereo VR 180 perspective section through a reconstructed 2nd century stable barrack block for Trimontium Museum.
Trimontium Bathhouse VR 180 - July 2023
Finishing a stereo cutaway reconstruction of the bathhouse to the west of the fort for the Trimontium VR experience.
Trimontium Guide Plans - June 2023
Plan views of the fort, adjacent enclosures, bathhouse and amphitheatre on the south of the River Tweed at Newstead. The site was extensively excavated between 1905 and 1910.
King Richard III's grave 1485-2013 - March 2023
The six 180 VR videos showing how the grave site of Richard III was lost have been completed. These two illustrations from the series show how Leicester Greyfriars had been built over by 1863 and 1944.
Rangers FC historic grounds - February 2023
We've been researching and rebuilding a history of the grounds in Glasgow where Rangers FC have played since 1872. The six line illustrations are being produced for the Rangers Museum at Edmiston House. This illustration shows the first Ibrox Park in use from 1887 to 1899.
King Richard III 1485 burial - January 2023
We've completed the first of a series of reconstructions which shows the small funeral procession prior to the burial of Richard III in the choir at Leicester Greyfriars. The camera pans slowly across the scene as a bell tolls in the tower.
King Richard III grave site - November 2022
Research, mapping and initial design work has started for a series of 180 degree animated VR reconstructions of the burial place of Richard III for the King Richard II Visitor Centre. We're working with Heritage Interactive and the University of Leicester Archaeological services to show how the grave site would have appeared at six significant points in history from 11am on the 25th of August 1485 to 12.30pm on the 17th of July 2013.
Immersive VR Triclinium - August 2022
We are working on the production of an immersive VR reconstruction of the Roman fort commander's dining room and garden for the Praetorium in the Roman fort at Newstead.
Edinburgh One Lighting - July 2022
Lighting visualisations for Foto-Ma Lighting Architects who are working with CDA Group Architects on redevelopment of the Edinburgh One offices.
Provan Hall Textiles - July 2022
We are designing reproduction textiles for the dressing of late 16th century rooms at Provan Hall in Glasgow. These include bordered damask bed curtains, an embroidered heraldic counterpane and printed fustian wall hangings.
Provan Hall Furniture - June 2022
We are also designing textile hangings for the furnishing of late 16th century rooms at Provan Hall in Glasgow.
Manufacturing plant lighting tests - April 2022
Testing lighting designs and alternative fittings for a new porcelain tile manufacturing plant in Nigeria.
Roman Trimontium VR tour - March 2022
View of the amphitheatre from a VR phone tour of the fort and surroundings in assosication with the University of St Andrews.
Cresswell Crags Museum and Heritage Centre - February 2022
3D model of the museum exterior and interior for a tendering package.
Norwich Castle VR tour - November 2021
Headset VR 180 experience based around the history of Norwich Castle from the building of the Norman timber castle on part of the Anglo-Scandinavian settlement to the successful breaching of the later stone keep's walls during the 12th century siege.
Lighting Visuals at Water Row - October 2021
Visualisations of lighting design at Water Row by Gavin Fraser of Foto-Ma for Govan Housing Association's Govan Cross housing development in Glasgow.
Trimontium Roman Fort Cutaways - July 2021
Research, design and 3D modelling of reconstructed perspective sections for the Principia, small bathhouse and a stable-barrack block excavated at the Trimontium Roman Fort, Newstead.
Trimontium Roman fort walk-through - June 2021
The walk-through of the reconstructed Roman fort at Newstead is complete and takes the viewer from the East gate through the exercise hall and on to the Chapel of the Standards inside the Principia.
Trimontium Roman fort fly-round - May 2021
Completed the fly-round of the 3D reconstruction of a Roman fort and vicus on the banks of the River Tweed circa 165 CE. The fort is surrounded by an inhabited Iron Age landscape stretching off to the horizon in all directions.
Roman Cavalry Sculpture - April 2021
Design for a low-relief sculpture in Trimontium Museum, Melrose showing combat between an auxiliary cavalryman and an Iron Age spearman. The design was also used as a line-art graphic.
Craven 3D Terrain Model - February 2021
Creating a large 3D terrain model of Craven District in North Yorkshire for an exhibition by Heritage Interactive at the Craven Museum in Skipton.
Roman fort buildings - December 2020
Progressing the 3D modelling of buildings inside the fort. Praetorium, Granary, Forehall and Principia shown.
Surgeons' Hall Edinburgh - November 2020
Photographing and measuring three surgical robots at the Surgeons' Hall Museum collection in Edinburgh for an immersive surgery exhibition by Heritage Interactive.
Trimontium Roman Fort Reconstruction - August 2020
Beginning research, mapping, design and modelling work for a 3D reconstruction of the Roman Fort of Trimontium and surrounding landscape as it would have appeared in the year 165 CE. The reconstruction will be delivered as a fly-round drone film which begins with current footage of the site on the banks of the River Tweed at Newstead.
Rothesay Pavilion Sculpture Panels - July 2020
Design of three shallow-relief plaster sculpture panels for the main staircase at the A-listed 1938 Rothesay Pavilion on the Isle of Bute.
Inchyra Wedding Barn - July 2020
A visual of how the Byre at Inchyra would look when painted with Farrow & Ball's bespoke Inchyra Blue.
St Mungo's Museum Study - May 2020
3D modelling and design work for a study of St Mungo's Museum, part of the Glasgow Cathedral Precinct Project commissioned by Glasgow Life and Historic Environment Scotland to improve the connection between Glasgow Cathedral and St Mungo's and create a stronger sense of place at the Glasgow Cathedral Precinct.
Rosslyn Chapel - July 2019
3D modelling and testing of the fifteen renewed and refurbished chandeliers for Rosslyn Chapel designed by Foto-Ma Lighting Architects . This is the first phase of work to improve the energy efficiency of the chapel's lighting installation and help visitors to appreciate more of the detail in the ornate stone carvings.
MV Glen Shiel - May 2019
Modelling and visualising what will be the Majestic Line's latest small cruise ship. Due to be built at Ardmaleish Boatbuilding on the Isle of Bute, it's designed to take twelve passengers to outlying destinations such as St Kilda which lies forty miles off North Uist in the North Atlantic.
Caltongate Gasworks - December 2018
Sketch design with Campbell and Co for a site marker commemorating and locating the Caltongate Gasworks which lit Edinburgh from 1817 until 1906. Sir Walter Scott was an early director and the works chimney, built in 1850, was the tallest in Europe and an Edinburgh landmark competing for height with the Crags and the Castle.
Salon de Luxe - July 2018
The Salon de Luxe at the Willow Tea Rooms, designed in its entirety by Charles Rennie Mackintosh was opened in 1903 and is now being restored as part of a working museum by the Willow Tea Rooms Trust in a £10m refurbishment of the building in Sauchiehall Street.
Victorian swing bridge at Bowling Harbour - May 2018
The swing bridge was built in 1896 to carry the Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Railway over the Forth & Clyde Canal. It is currently being restored and developed as part of a new linear park connecting the canal towpath with the National Cycle Network route towards Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.
3D Stereoscopic Paintings - March 2018
Taking an early 19th century oil painting of Old Aberdeen by Alexander Nasmyth as a starting point, we are creating a series of 3D landscapes representing ten different artistic styles and periods. The slide pairs taken from these 3D virtual paintings will be viewed through a number of gallery based multi-image stereoscopes.
Benjamin Franklin House London - January 2018
We are reconstructing and furnishing the Georgian terraced house in Craven Street which is Benjmamin Franklin's only surviving home. The 3D film tour will show how the interior might have appeared in the 1770s and the visitor will be taken through the house from the basement kitchen, into the ground floor rooms and up to Franklin's parlour and laboratory on the first floor.
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh - November 2017
As part of the next phase of work being planned for the National Museum in Chambers Street we are modelling the structure, services and cases in two of the major three storey gallery spaces on the south of the atrium to assist the exhibition design team.
Aberdeen Art Gallery timeline - September 2017
As part of the new exhibitions in the extensively refurbished building, the history and development of Aberdeen Art Gallery will be traced in an interactive timeline from the 19th century demolition of the old grammar school on the site to the major new extensions by Hoskins Architects currently being built.
Pottery glazes interactive - July 2017
A vase, painted on screen by the gallery visitor and projected onto the real obect is virtually fired to reveal how the process can change the appearance of their design. We are producing the virtual vase and all the unfired and fired states of several glazing compounds in this Pixelstag interactive for Studioarc.
Northumberland National Park flood management - May 2017
A compressed 3D Northumbrian landscape is being created and animated for Pixelstag's flooding game which allows the user to assess how different choices in flood management work together to reduce the impact of a flood and how much these measures cost to implement.
St. Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury - March 2017
We are reconstructing four main phases in the abbey's history for English Heritage which will show visitors how the monastery developed from its 6th century foundation until dissolution in 1535. These reconstructions form the basis of an animated flyover in the visitor centre on the site of the ruined abbey. The monastic complex illustrated here imagines how Wulfric's rotunda of 1070 would have joined the two main Anglo Saxon churches into one main structure.
R C Treatt Headquarters - January 2017
Working with Arctica Architects on the design development of a 10 acre site for R C Treatt's new UK offices, research laboratories and production facilities. We are producing planning and design images and a site wide flyover for the manufacturer and supplier of flavour and fragrance oils.
Lady Hawarden's studio - October 2016
Clementina Fleeming, the pioneering Victorian photographer moved into a newly built house in Princes Gardens, South Kensington in 1859 where she would photograph her family until her premature death in 1865. The sparsely furnished drawing room on the first floor which we are reconstructing in VR was the backdrop to many enigmatic images of her three eldest daughters.
The Ross Fountain - September 2016
The fountain, gifted to the city of Edinburgh in 1869 by the gunsmith Daniel Ross, is the finest cast iron fountain in the UK. Currently in a state of disrepair, it has recently been scanned in 3D and the 122 individual pieces will be dismantled for repair and restoration. Our virtual lighting tests are part of the long process of returning it to its former glory, described at the time as 'grossly indecent and disgusting; insulting and offensive to the moral feelings of the community and disgraceful to the City.'
University of Sheffield student housing - August 2016
A series of 3D visualisations of a major new student housing development proposed for a site at the University of Sheffield on Winter Street.
Medieval medicine interactive - July 2016
An interactive exploration of the herbs used in the medieval world for treating everday illness, common diseases and serious injury. Our animated illustrations, based on surviving examples from the 15th century, allow the visitor to treat ailments from gruesome woundings to teeth worms and piles.
3D reconstructions for a 900 year timeline - June 2016
This 3D aerial reconstruction shows part of the mid-Victorian phase from an interactive timeline that explores the development of a monastic site from the 12th century to the present.
Extensive research has gone into piecing together the cycles of building and demolition that connect the medieval religious buildings and their landscape to the museum currently being built on the site.
13th century virtual autopsy - May 2016
Sir Geoffrey de Dutton was murdered in 1248. This English knight survived the Fifth Crusade but died a lingering death at home after being cut down by a sword which had hacked into several vertebrae in the upper part part of his spine.
His exhumed skeleton also shows signs of other trauma and severe illness which are the subject of an expert 3D investigation that explores and explains distinctive features from the skeleton on display.
Medieval church reconstruction - April 2016
We are currently researching and reconstructing the painted interior of a 12th century Augustinian Priory church showing how it might have looked around the time of the Black Death.
A large area of tiled floor from the chancel was excavated in the 1970s but only fragments of the building above the base course survived the Dissolution in 1536.
Visitor Information Centre official opening - March 2016
The new Visitor Information Centre at the Newark Civil War Centre opened on the 29th of March.
To coincide with the event we produced new content for the Civil War Galleries and material for the press and TV promotions including a flyover of the 1643 defences and a 360 degree animation of outlying Royalist artillery fortifications.
Canna House - Feb 2016
The Island of Canna was bequeathed to the National Trust for Scotland in 1981 by the Gaelic folklorist and scholar John Lorne Campbell who lived in Canna House with his musician wife Margaret Fay Shaw.
As part of a Studioarc publication about the house for NTS, we are producing digital watercolour illustrations that show how various rooms in the house will appear after conservation and conversion work is complete and the house re-opens with a dedicated study facility for its unrivalled Gaelic archive and library.
Civil War siege database - Feb 2016
The zoomable map is part of a museum based interactive database of sieges which took place in the Civil Wars of the mid 17th century.
Individual sieges can be searched for using a number of filters including location, year, outcome, protagonists, strangeness and casualties.
Student Housing - Jan 2016
We are producing 3D visualisations of this student housing development designed by Ica Architects which has been proposed for Robert Gordon University at Garthdee Road in Aberdeen.
Medieval coffins - Jan 2016
We are currently reconstructing a number of carved and painted medieval stone coffin lids as part of a museum interactive exploring their artistic and social significance and the symbolism of the imagery. This example from the second quarter of the fourteenth century is inscribed in Norman-French and shows a cross emerging from an oak staff in the mouth of a green man.
Norton Priory Museum - Dec 2015
We have joined the team on this £4.5m museum development at the most extensively excavated monastic site in Europe and will be working in partnership with Pixelstag to illustrate many facets of its 900 year history as part of the Monastery to Museum 900 project.
South St Andrew Square - Oct 2015
This 195,000 sq ft mixed use development by Standard Life Investments and Peveril Securities is currently on site in Edinburgh. We are carrying out the visualisation and testing of the exterior lighting design options with FotoMa Lighting Architects.
Biggar Museum Trust - Aug 2015
Delivery of a new responsive website designed by Campbell and Co to accompany the opening of their recently completed Biggar Museum project. The site will be updated and managed by the Trust using the built-in content management system.
Galway Wind Park - Jul 2015
The Planning Application of our designs for a Visitor Centre, viewing tower and forest trail at SSE Renewable's proposed Galway Wind Park has been submitted in association with Campbell and Co.
Connemara Cultural Centre - Jun 2015
We have been working with Bright 3D on the interior views of the proposed Connemara Cultural Centre adjacent to Padraig Pearse's Cottage in Ros Muc, a Discovery Point on the Wild Atlantic Way which will provide visitors with an interactive introduction to the Irish language, the local Gaeltacht culture and the surrounding landscape.
Civil War Flags - May 2015
Delivery of eleven hand-painted 17th century silk flags for the opening of the National Civil War Centre in Newark. We manufactured five Royalist flags, five Parliamentarian and a swallow tailed Royal Standard for this exciting new museum in Nottinghamshire.
Wormistoune House - Apr 2015
We are testing lighting designs by Foto-Ma for Wormistoune House, a 17th century Scottish tower and garden in Fife which is being extended by Simpson & Brown Architects. The gardens will re-open to the public next year after the works are complete.
Richard Serra sculptures - Mar 2015
Modelling this opposing pair of new Richard Serra sculptures in their proposed garden setting at Berrydown House has allowed us to test the effects of several alternative lighting designs by Foto-Ma Lighting Architects and to help refine the specification and location of those light fittings.
The 1646 siege of Newark - Feb 2015
Nearing completion of the reconstruction of Royalist earthworks at Newark-on-Trent as they appeared in May 1646. This reconstruction will be used in a Town Trail App and for interactive content throughout the new National Civil War Centre.
NMS Discoveries Gallery - Jan 2015
We're modelling the current configuration of the Discoveries Gallery at the National Museum of Scotland for their exhibition design team. The team will use this model as the basis of their re-gallery re-design which is just one part of a major £14m development programme.