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Gogar Business Park, Edinburgh, Scotland by Richard Meier

Edinburgh Park Offices New Edinburgh Limited is a joint venture between Miller Construction & EDI Business Park: Maybury / Gogar, Edinburgh for New Edinburgh Limited (NEL) by Richard Meier + Campbell & Arnott aerial image © webbaviation Edinburgh Park was masterplanned by Richard Meier of Richard Meier Architects (with local assistance by Campbell & Arnott) from 1993. This edge-of-town Business Park - formerly 'Maybury Park' - at the South Gyle at times feels barren and unfriendly despite good efforts to introduce landscaping. The new, western section includes some good buildings and good landscaping. image from architect There is an unfortunate preponderance of lacklustre 'commercial' buildings from the eighties at Edinburgh Park and even the 'published' buildings suffer from a Janus-type problem (along the main North-South strip) with the public arriving at the East façade beside the attractive lochan only to discover that they must go round the back to gain entry. photo © Adrian Welch The distasteful expanses of car park may be a thing of the past as recent Edinburgh Park masterplans show a much higher density with interesting attempts at urbanity, by Allan Murray Architects, CZWG Architects (Piers Gough) and Gordon Murray + Alan Dunlop Architects. More positive action came in the way of a Design Competition for the G4 site in Summer 2001. The southern extension of this Edinburgh business park - Edinburgh Park Expansion Phase 2 - was announced in October 2001. Edinburgh Park G4 Competition 2001 Winner: Campbell & Arnott Runner-up: Gordon Murray + Alan Dunlop Architects image from architect G4 Competition : for Site G's last block BT Building, Site B 1999 Bennetts Associates photograph © keith hunter Alexander Graham Bell House John Menzies Building, Site D 1994 Bennetts Associates image from architect John Menzies Building Aegon Headquarters Building, D3 - Site D 2000 Lee Boyd image from architect Aegon Scotland : former Adobe Headquarters Building F1 Xansa, Site F 1999 Parr Partnership image from architect Xansa Edinburgh Intelligent Finance, F2, Site F 2000 Parr Partnership image from architect Intelligent Finance Edinburgh UDV Global Headquarters, G1 - Edinburgh Park Site G 1999 Allan Murray Architects picture © Keith Hunter Diageo Scotland Lochside House - G2 Lochside House, Site G 1999 Lee Boyd picture © Keith Hunter HQ Edinburgh : was headquarters for the HQ company G3, Site G 1999 Page & Park Architects picture © Keith Hunter Edinburgh Park office : Speculative office development Site A Masterplan 2001 Allan Murray Architects image from architect The most visible site in the Park has been re-designed from Meier's original vision with a much higher density. There are less ugly surface car parks (now almost all underground) but no City of Edinburgh Rapid Transport (CERT). This 'tram' system was to stop here on its way from airport to city centre and back again, proposed in 2000. Buildings A1 (facing the Gogar roundabout), A2 (adjacent to BT Building), and the small A5 pavilion by the lochan all by Allan Murray Architects (original model above). A1, Site A 2001 Allan Murray Architects image from architect Edinburgh Park property : partial fit-out in 2008 for Applecross Oracle Edinburgh A2, Site A 2001 Allan Murray Architects picture © Keith Hunter Oracle Edinburgh JP Morgan Chase, A3 - Site A 2001 Gordon Murray + Alan Dunlop Architects image from architect JP Morgan Chase Scotland Miller Offices, A4, Site A 2001 CZWG Architects photo © Adrian Welch A4 by Piers Gough / CZWG Edinburgh Park Phase One: RBS Younger Building - Michael Laird Architects image from architect RBS Younger Building Edinburgh Park Station Integrated Design Partnership image : Frazer Hay Edinburgh Park Expansion: Next Phase - Southern Phase Edinburgh Park design : H4 Building Reiach and Hall Architects photo © Adrian Welch Edinburgh Park Competition : Southern Phase - images from MLA Reiach and Hall Architects, winner Edinburgh Park - News from the area: South Gyle Business Park - offered for sale summer 2006 by Dunedin Property reportedly at offers over £47m Dunedin Property reportedly offering 'The Stones' for sale Feb 2007 - 3 office buildings, currently occupied by Royal Bank of Scotland. Edinburgh offices - South Gyle: E3 site purchased by Arlington Securities: South Gyle Broadway plot formerly used by Scottish & Newcastle for their distribution facility Scottish Architecture Edinburgh Park Herms Office Buildings Enlarge Map

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