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Edinburgh Architecture

Architecture in the Scottish Capital, UK

Edinburgh Buildings Edinburgh the capital of Scotland and a renowned city for architecture. Famous architects that have completed buildings here include Robert Adam, Norman Foster and Enric Miralles. The city has two main parts: the medieval Old Town and the Georgian New Town. The latter reputedly forms the largest neoclassical grouping in the World whilst the former contains the famous Royal Mile with Edinburgh Castle at its top, St Giles Cathedral in the middle and the Royal Palace at its base. Ten Key Edinburgh Buildings Edinburgh Buildings, chronological: 1. Edinburgh Castle, Old Town various dates various architects / masons photo © Adrian Welch Edinburgh Castle 2. St Giles Kirk, Old Town various dates various architects / masons St Giles Cathedral (High Kirk) on the world-famous Royal Mile 3. Calton Hill - various buildings, New Town various dates various architects: Playfair; Cockerell; Burn; Hamilton picture © Isabelle Lomholt Calton Hill - mostly Greek Revival buildings 4. National Gallery of Scotland, The Mound 1858 William Playfair, Architect image © Adrian Welch National Gallery of Scotland by William Playfair 5. Old College of Edinburgh University, Old Town various dates various architects Robert Adam; William Playfair; Rowand Anderson Old College 6. Palace of Holyroodhouse, Old Town various dates various architects / masons Palace of Holyroodhouse : still used by HM The Queen for Scottish engagements 7. Museum of Scotland - Extension, Old Town 1999 Benson + Forsyth, Architects photo © Adrian Welch Museum of Scotland 8. Dance Base, Grassmarket, Old Town 2001 Malcolm Fraser Architects image © Isabelle Lomholt Dance Base : National Dance Centre - Stirling Prize nominee 2002 Malcolm Fraser buildings 9. Earthworks - Ueda at the SNGMA 2002 Charles Jencks with Terry Farrell picture © Adrian Welch Edinburgh Landform : spiral mounds using earth and water by architecture theorist Charles Jencks with architect Terry Farrell 10. Scottish Parliament, Old Town 2004 EMBT/RMJM picture © Adrian Welch Scottish Parliament is the most talked about Scottish architecture in decades : building designed by Enric Miralles - Stirling Prize winner 2005. If there is one building you shouldn't miss on your visit to the Scottish cpaital this is it. photograph © Keith Hunter We do architecture tours in Edinburgh and Glasgow - please contact isabelle(at)e-architect.co.uk Edinburgh News Recent Edinburgh Building News Edinburgh BioQuarter Development photo from Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh Bioquarter Three new life sciences companies have moved into this research centre building by Michael Laird Architects. Nine at the BioQuarter is a flagship multi-occupancy building for early stage and established life sciences companies. The styling of the architecture is clean and bold. National Portrait Gallery Edinburgh photo © NGS, photo by Chris Watt National Portrait Gallery Edinburgh The Scottish National Portrait Gallery reopened in 2011, following a £18m restoration. This 19th century building by Robert Rowand Anderson was redeveloped by Glasgow architects Page \ Park. It is a well-loved building with a memorable old red sandstone facade. Internally the focus is on the foyer (pictured) which is a deligthful space with a wonderful 'mural' telling the sotry of Scotland. Caltongate Development image © Adrian Welch Caltongate - Edinburgh City Council reaches compromise agreement with the new developer Artisan who will make £6.5m worth of improvements to the area around the site, but just a £50,000 contribution to the city's tram project. Work is set to get underway within months at Caltongate - one of Edinburgh’s most notorious gap sites after developers said they would retain almost half of a £300m scheme. Edinburgh Tours - Architecture Walking Tours of the city Key Public Spaces in the city - Edinburgh Squares & Parks Holyrood Park - Arthur's Seat Princes Street Charlotte Square Royal Mile & Calton Hill : see building links further up page EICC Building photograph © AW The highest profile Edinburgh building - Scottish Parliament Photographs: thumbnail photos © Adrian Welch Key Edinburgh Buildings Building, alphabetical: Balmoral Hotel Commonwealth Pool Dynamic Earth Festival Theatre Harvey Nichols Edinburgh Jenners Royal Bank of Scotland HQ Royal High School St James Centre Scott Monument Scottish Poetry Library Scottish Storytelling Centre Scottish Widows Edinburgh International Conference Centre Key Edinburgh Projects Edinburgh Park - masterplan by Richard Meier Caltongate

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