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contemporary unmissable! pre-1970 on site / awaited

Edinburgh Old Town - medieval centre: Castle, Royal Mile, Cathedral, Parliament, Palace, University

unsure of location? check at Maps

Fruitmarket Gallery, 45 Market St
Richard Murphy Architects		 225 2383
Edinburgh Science Centre , Market St
Reaich & Hall		 not on site yet
Stills Gallery , 23 Cockburn St
Reaich & Hall		 622 6200
Collective Gallery, 22-28 Cockburn St
Reaich & Hall		 220 1260
Scottish Storytelling Centre , High St - Netherbow Centre Refurbishment
Malcolm Fraser Architects		 -
Architecture + Design Scotland, Bakehouse Close, 146 Canongate former RFACs
Richard Murphy Architects		 556 6699
Canongate Housing 112 Canongate + Sinclair Wilson Shop
Richard Murphy Architects		 556 0966
Scottish Poetry Library, 5 Crichton’s Close
Malcolm Fraser Architects		 557 2876
Palace of Holyroodhouse & Holyrood Abbey 556 1096
Scottish Parliament
EMBT/RMJM Scotland		 348 5000
Queen's Gallery, Horse Wynd
Benjamin Tindall Architects		 556 5100
The Park Apartments, Holyrood Rd
Campbell & Arnott Architects		 -
Dynamic Earth, Holyrood Rd
Michael Hopkins & Partners		 550 7800
The Tun, Holyrood Rd
Allan Murray Architects		 557 9297
Old Town Housing, off Holyrood Rd
E&F McLachlan Architects		 -
Old College, (Chambers St.)/Nicolson St
Robert Adam, William Playfair, Rowand Anderson		 650 1000
Old Town Fire Area, Cowgate / Southbridge
Allan Murray Architects
empty site
Royal Museum of Scotland, Chambers St
Captain Francis Fowke		 225 7534
Museum of Scotland, Chambers St
Benson & Forsyth		 225 7534
Housing (Former Dental School), 30a Chambers St
Lee Boyd		 Private
Beluga Restaurant (Ground & Basement), 30a Chambers St
Lee Boyd		 624 4545
Edinburgh University Library, George Square
Sir Basil Spence + Glover & Ferguson		 650 1000
Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13-29 Nicolson St
Law & Dunbar-Nasmith		 Box- 529 6000
Gen.- 662 1112
Signet Library, Parliament Square, off High St
William Stark - interior; Wiliam Burn, William Playfair		 -
St Giles Cathedral, Parliament Square, off High St
various, incl. William Burn and Sir Robert Lorimer		 225 4363
Tron Housing, Tron Square/Cowgate/Fishmarket Close
Richard Murphy Architects		 -
Tron Nursery, Tron Square
Allan Murray Architects		 -
New College Edinburgh, Castlehill
Simpson & Brown Architects		 348 5411
The Hub, Castlehill
Benjamin Tindall Architects		 473 2001
Scotch Whisky Experience, Castlehill 220 0441
Camera Obscura, Castlehill 226 3709
Edinburgh Castle 225 9846


contemporary unmissable! pre-1970 on site

Lothian Road new business district just west of central Edinburgh

Dance Base, Grassmarket/Johnston Terrace
Malcolm Fraser Architects		 225 5525
Metro Restaurant, 31-35 Grassmarket
Ian Springford Architects		 474 3466
West Port Building, Lady Lawson St/West Port
Reiach and Hall Architects		 -
Point Hotel Edinburgh, 34 Bread St
Andrew Doolan Architects		 221 5555
Point Conference Centre, 32 Bread St
Andrew Doolan Architects		 221 5555
Royal Lyceum Theatre -
Traverse Theatre, 10 Cambridge St
N. Groves-Raines Architects		 228 1404
Traverse Bar, downstairs, 10 Cambridge St
N. Groves-Raines Architects		 228 5383
Blue Restaurant upstairs, 10 Cambridge St
Andrea Faed Architects		 221 1222
Usher Hall, Lothian Road (adj. Grindlay St)
Stockdale Harrison		 228 8616
Saltire Court, Castle Terrace
Campbell & Arnott Architects		 459 1114
Scottish Widows, 69 Morrison St
Building Design Partnership		 0345 678910
Rogues Restaurant, Morrison St
LWD Designers		 228 2700
Edinburgh Conference Centre, Morrison St
Terry Farrell & Partners		 300 3000
Sheraton Edinburgh, Festival Square -
Sheraton Hotel Health Club, 1 Festival Sq
Terry Farrell & Partners		 228 6468
Edinburgh City Travel Inn, 1 Morrison Link
Andrew Doolan Architects		 228 9819
Haymarket Edinburgh, Site: Morrison St/Haymarket
Masterplan: Richard Murphy Architects
Also involved: CDA & Sutherland Hussey Architects		 not on site yet
RIAS, 15 Rutland Square
Scottish Architect's Official Representative Body		 229 7545
Caledonian Hotel, Lothian Road 459 9988


contemporary unmissable! pre-1970 on site

Edinburgh New Town
unsure of location? Georgian buildings set within original 1765 plan, central Edinburgh

Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Rd
Terry Farrell & Partners		 624 6200
Earthworks: 'Ueda' at the SNGMA
Charles Jencks with Terry Farrell & Partners		 624 6200
SNGMA building, Scottish Nat. Gallery of Modern Art, 74/5 Belford Rd
Lee Boyd		 624 6200
The Bonham, 35 Drumsheugh St Ron Galloway Architect interiors/lighting: Jonathan Speirs & Assocs. 623 6050
Pizza Express, 32 Queensferry St
Malcolm Fraser Architects 		225 8863
Georgian House, 7 Charlotte Sq
The National Trust for Scotland		 225 2160
Charlotte Square: Gallery, 28 Charlotte Sq
The National Trust for Scotland		 225 2160
West Register House, Charlotte Sq 535 1400
Oloroso, 33 Castle St
Richard Murphy Architects		 468 4150
National Gallery of Scotland, The Mound 624 6200
Playfair Project, The Mound
John Miller + Partners		 624 6200
Royal Scottish Academy, Princes St 225 6671
ricks restaurant & bar, 55a Frederick St
Malcolm Fraser Architects 		622 7800
Scott Monument, Princes St 529 4068
Jenners, Princes St 225 2442
Princes Mall, 3 Princes St
Building Design Partnership		 557 3759
Balmoral Hotel, 1 Princes St 556 2414
General Register House, West Register St / Princes St 334 0380
St James Centre, Leith St 557 0050
Calton Square, Leith St/Greenside Place
Allan Murray Architects 		Private
omni edinburgh, Leith St - top of Leith Walk
Parr Partnership, masterplan by AMA		 524 7772
Scottish Provident Building, 6 St. Andrew’s Sq Private
No.10, George St. Private
Harvey Nichols, The Walk, St Andrew's Sq
CDA + Lifschutz Davidson		 524 8388
Royal Bank of Scotland HQ, St. Andrew's Sq 556 8555
Scottish National Portait Gallery, 1 Queen St 624 6200
Royal College of Physicians, 9 Queen St 225 7324
Dublin Street Housing, Dublin Street Lane
Richard Murphy Architects		 Private
Circus Lane Houses
Richard Murphy Architects		 Private
Moray Place House
Richard Murphy Architects		 Private
Calton Hill: various buildings
Scottish Office		 556 8400
Royal Terrace Mews House
Richard Murphy Architects		 Private


contemporary unmissable! pre-1970 on site

Leith Buildings booming Dock area, north-east Edinburgh, good for cafes & bars

Top of the Walk: Leith Walk / London Road -
QMU: Gateway Theatre, Leith Walk
Law & Dunbar-Nasmith		 -
Royal Mail Leith building, Brunswick Road
Hypostyle Architects		 -
Shrub Place: former LRT Bus Garage - housing n/a
Architects' Studio, 378 Leith Walk
Smith Scott Mullan Architects 		-
Edinburgh Property Centre, Leith Walk
Smith Scott Mullan Architects 		-
New Kirkgate Shopping Centre
CDA		 -
Coalhill Housing, Coalhill
Allan Murray Architects 		Private
Ronaldsons Wharf Housing, Ronaldson's Wharf
Dignan Read Dewar with Fraser Brown Mackenna		 -
Couper Street Housing
Campbell & Arnott Architects 		-
St Ninian's Leith, Quayside St
Simpson & Brown Architects 		-
Customs House, Commercial St to follow
Commercial Quay: restaurants & refurb
Cochrane McGregor 		Various
142 Commercial Street
Arcade Architects		 Private
Infinity (former Realise), 108 Commercial Quay
Arcade Architects		 Private
Scottish Executive Building , Victoria Dock
RMJM Scotland		 556 8400
Ocean Terminal, Victoria Quay, location of Britannia
Conran & Partners; Keppie Design		 to follow
Edinburgh Guggenheim
Frank Gehry with Farningham Macreadie Partnership 		-
Western Harbour -
Platinum Point, Western Harbour
Gilberts Architects 		-
Britannia Quay, Lindsay Road
Hackland + Dore Architects
 Private
Ocean Heights, Western Harbour
Holmes Partnership		 -
Ocean Point, Leith Docks
Terry Farrell & Partners		 -
Victoria (John Leckie) Bridge Public
Malmaison Hotel Edinburgh, 1 Tower Place / Shore Extension by Jestico + Whiles 468 5000
Signal Tower - Fisher's Bistro, 1 Shore 554 5666
Scottish Parliament Competition Leith Entry
Benson & Forsyth		 n/a
Port of Leith Housing Association HQ , Constitution St Lee Boyd 554 0403
Drill Hall Leith - Creative Arts & Education Centre
CiAO Architects		 -
Leith Community Treatment Centre
designlab		 -


contemporary unmissable! pre-1970 on site

Edinburgh Park also called the Gyle, masterplanned by Richard Meier, west edge of Edinburgh, business park

G4
Campbell & Arnott 		-
BT Building Alexander Graham Bell House
Bennetts Associates		 Private
Scottish Equitable, D3 - Aegon Headquarters
Lee Boyd		 Private
John Menzies
Bennetts Associates		 Private
Xansa, F1 Parr Partnership Private
Intelligent Finance HQ / Halifax, F2
Parr Partnership 		Private
UDV HQ, G1 (Diageo) Allan Murray Architects Private
HQ: Lochside House, G2
Bennetts Associates		 Private
G3,
Page & Park Architects		 Private
Site A Masterplan incl A1 + A2
Allan Murray Architects		 Private
JP Morgan Chase Edinburgh, A3 (-)
Gordon Murray + Alan Dunlop Architects		 Private
A4 (-)
CZWG Architects		 Private
Edinburgh Park Station (-) -
H4 (-)
Reaich & Hall
 -


contemporary unmissable! pre-1970 on site

Edinburgh Environs Tour basically anywhere not listed above around Edinburgh's villages & suburbs

EDINBURGH SUBURBS
WEST
Water of Leith Visitor Centre, Slateford Rd
Malcolm Fraser Architects		 455 7367
Wester Hailes Community Centre: WHALE
Zoo Architects		 n/a
South Gyle Housing
E&F McLachlan Architects
 Private
Saughton Visitor Centre, HMP Edinburgh
Gareth Hoskins Architects		 n/a
Craiglockhart Campus for Napier University
BDP Architects		 08452 60 60 40
Jack Kilby Centre, Napier Univ., Merchiston
Richard Murphy Architects		 455 2477
Mossman Houses, 15 Merchiston Mews, Edinburgh
Arcade Architects		 Private
Slateford Green Housing Slateford Green
Hackland & Dore		 Private
Murrayfield Rugby Stadium, Murrayfield
Miller Partnership		 313 1993
Succoth Avenue
Reiach and Hall Architects		 Private
Edinburgh Quay
Michael Laird Architects		 Private
Belford Road Housing, Belford Rd., Dean Village
Richard Murphy Architects		 Private

SOUTH
Quartermile, Lauriston
Foster & Partners		 Private
Princes Exchange, Earl Gray St / Lauriston Pl
PJMP Architects		 Private
Greenbank Parish Church, Comiston Rd
Lee Boyd		 447 9969
National Library of Scotland, Causewayside
Hypostyle Architects		 623 3700
Alfred Place, The Rowans, The Grange / Sciennes
Arcade Architects		 Private
Findhorn Place, The Grange / Sciennes
Oliver Chapman Architects		 Private
Andrew Doolan House, 31B Dick Place, The Grange
Andrew Doolan Architects		 Private
Ashfar House, The Grange
Oberlanders Architects		 Private
Gilmour Road- 47, Newington : Private House
Richard Murphy Architects		 Private
Borough Hotel, 72-80 Causewayside, Sciennes
Ben Kelly Architects		 668 2255
Colinton Parish Church Rooms, Colinton
Page & Park Architects		 441 2232
Spence House, 22 Spylaw Bank Road, Spylaw
Malcolm Fraser Architects		 Private
Wightman House, 15 Sciennes Gardens, Sciennes
Malcolm Fraser Architects		 Private
Own Offices, 6D Canaan Lane
Lee Boyd		 447 1818
Abbotsford Park - 7, Morningside : Private House
Richard Murphy Architects		 Private
East of Scotland Water, Fairmilehead, South Edinburgh
Michael Laird Architects		 Private

NORTH
Barlas House, Hart St, Broughton
Zone Architects 		Private

Annandale St, Broughton - Private Housing
CDA

 Private
Mansfield Traquair Centre, Edinburgh
Simpson & Brown Architects		 555 8475
Flora Stevenson Nursery
Arcade Architects
Private
Botanic Gardens Edinburgh: Visitor Gateway
Edward Cullinan Architects 		552 7171
House extension, 2002-3
Oliver Chapman Architects 		Private
Maggies Centre, Western Gen. Hospital, Crew Road South
Richard Murphy Architects		 537 3131
Cancer Care Centre 2, Western Gen. Hospital
Richard Murphy Architects		 537 3131
Private House, 29 Inverleith Gardens
Richard Murphy Architects		 Private
BAE redevelopment
Crewe Toll Buildings		 Private
North Edinburgh Arts, Muirhouse Arts Centre: NEA, Pennywell Place, Muirhouse
Zoo Architects 		-
Granton Masterplans, 1998-
various architects
 n/a
Museum of Scotland Depository
BDP Architects
 Private
Caroline House
Robert Mylne; James Smith; Sir William Bruce		 Private
Granton Marina Housing
Cooper Cromar 		Private
Centrica Headquarters Scottish Gas HQ
Foster & Partners		 Private
Upper Strand
Various architects		 n/a
Telford Road, Manor and Canmore Housing Associations
gm+ad architects 		Private
Telford College
HOK Architects 		332 2491
Bellesk House, Granton: Redevelopment
Hackland & Dore Architects		 Private

EAST
Pollock Halls of Residence - Chancellor’s Court
Oberlanders Architects		 Private
Craigmillar Housing +
Redevelopment by EDI - Page\Park, etc.		 n/a
Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Petit France
Keppie Design		 536 1000
Biomedical School Masterplan
Keppie Design		 Private
South East Wedge n/a

LOTHIANS

Scottish Seabird Centre, North Berwick Harbour
Simpson & Brown Architects 		01620 890202
Dirleton House- Ivy Bank House, Dirleton - Private
Richard Murphy Architects		 Private
Harmeny School, Balerno -
Richard Murphy Architects 		449 3938
Private House, 21 Essex Road, Cramond -
Richard Murphy Architects		 Private

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