A BID to build a three-storey family home on a town centre site a little more than four metres wide but almost 29 metres long was dubbed a “Grand Designs experiment” as it was rejected by councillors. Architect Robin Sutherland came up with the Passivhaus build for his family after they bought property at 82 High Street, North Berwick. With the front of the property refurbished into a new shop front with offices for the architect upstairs (see black building, pictured), he turned his attention to designing a family home on the strip of land behind it, which measures 28.6 metres long and 4.2 metres wide.