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Edinburgh Building, Photos, News, Architects, Images, Information, Designs
Edinburgh Architecture, Scotland : Information + Images
Architecture in the Scottish Capital, UK
Edinburgh is of course 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, 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 © adrian welch
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 © Adrian Welch
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 in decades: designed by Enric
Miralles - Stirling Prize winner 2005

photograph © keith hunter
Edinburgh
News
Edinburgh Tours - Walking Tours of the city
Scottish Architecture
Key Public Spaces in the city - Edinburgh
Squares & Parks
Holyrood
Park - Arthur's Seat
Princes
Street
Charlotte
Square
Royal Mile & Calton Hill : see links further up page
EICC

photograph © adrian welch
The highest profile Edinburgh building - Scottish
Parliament Photographs:


thumbnail photos © adrian welch
Key Edinburgh Buildings, alphabetical:
Balmoral
Hotel
Caltongate
Commonwealth
Pool
Dean
Gallery
Dynamic
Earth
Festival
Theatre
Harvey
Nichols Edinburgh
Jenners
National
Portrait Gallery Edinburgh
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
Forthside
- masterplan by Robert Adam Architects
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Key Buildings near to Edinburgh
Rosslyn
Chapel - filmed for Da Vinci Code
James Stirling building at St
Andrews

World Architecture : e-architect
- key buildings across the globe
Comments / photos
for the Edinburgh Architecture page welcome:
info@e-architect.co.uk
Edinburgh Architecture : page - adrian welch /
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