We are the leading company in the UK for ecological design and build using innovative off-site construction.
MAKAR Ltd is an architect-led design, manufacture and construction company established in 2002. We exist to design and deliver healthy, comfortable, beautiful, low-energy homes and spacious Net-Zero commercial buildings. We only use environmentally friendly building materials, including Scottish-grown timber. We work across the UK, though mainly in Scotland, and have delivered over 250 homes, commercial and community buildings over the past 20 years.
When we first started out in 2002, our building system, through the use of innovative off-site construction methods, was sometimes viewed as rather odd. However, the significant and tangible environmental benefits of this approach mean that it is now widely recognised as the future of new housing and the built environment. With over two decades of experience, we’ve not only refined our system to the very high level it is today but find ourselves at the leading edge of house building in Scotland – something we’re very proud of.
Healthy homes and buildings for a healthier environment
We design and deliver healthy timber frame homes and buildings using natural materials that enable them to breathe. We source local, sustainable materials, strengthening our local economy, with Scottish timber being a relatively abundant yet under-utilised renewable resource. The materials and methods we use make a positive impact on the environment over the lifespan of the building.
Our approach
Our design team take you through the design stages, including the Planning and Building Warrant consents. Once the project is underway, your home is carefully manufactured in our Inverness workshop, with a selected groundworks team then on site installing the foundations and services. We have pioneered a design approach that delivers bespoke low and net-zero-carbon buildings from standardised components – known as natural Structural Insulated Panels (n‑SIPs).
Your build is assembled by our team as a series of panel subassemblies, resulting in a wind and watertight externally complete shell in around five weeks. Getting this fabric-first aspect right is fundamental to the long term success of any home or building. When assembled, we hand the project over to you so it can be fitted out to a point of completion.
We aim to make the whole process as easy and pain-free for our customers as possible
The result of this integrated approach is a customer-focussed business that can provide certainty over design quality, workmanship, programme, and costs. Importantly for our customers, this means that many of the unknowns associated with self-build are removed.
Delivering eco homes across Scotland and beyond
We build our eco homes and buildings right across Scotland and the UK.
I wanted a timber building with good eco-credentials, and I didn’t want to import a kit; why buy from down south if you can get it here? If you choose something Scandinavian, that might benefit a local delivery driver, but if it’s made locally there are a lot more benefits to the area. The more local you can get something the better!
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