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22 May 2009 Update photos showing Exchange Place on left and Scottish Widows to right photo © Adrian Welch 22 Apr 2009 Practical completion on time for Exchange Place by Cre8. As the largest speculative office development in Scotland it will provide 210,000 sqft of commercial space 11 Feb 2009 cre8architecture / RHWL The new images of Exchange Place show the works nearing completion on the buildings as per programme. Reconstruction of the original Meat Market Arches is due to commence forming a gateway to the development and a new monument to Edinburgh's heritage. The buildings are already being seen as a significant contribution to architecture within the city centre. Building images / information from cre8architecture 110209 cre8architecture Work started on Exchange Place Oct 2007 photos © Adrian Welch nov 2007 Exchange Place : Building PR from cre8architecture 2007 Work has started on cre8architecture’s £50m Exchange Place office development in Edinburgh. The new 280,000sqft proposals for Scottish Widows Investment Partnership are one of the final components of the original Central Business District. Secured in design competition the development marks the first major commission for the new Edinburgh based practice. The development of three 5 and 6 storey office buildings around a new public piazza links to the Millennium Way between Edinburgh Quay and the city centre. The proposals also see the retention and relocation of the Grade B listed entrance arches to the former Meat Market. The project is being delivered as part of a joint venture with London-based practice RHWL, with a completion date for all three offices of Spring 2009. Aerial plan showing Scottish Widows by BDP prior to Exchange Place: image from BDP Architects Scottish Widows Building : Expansion Background information Exchange Place architect : RHWL Scottish Widows - redevelopment context, photographs from Jan 2006: images © Adrian Welch Adjacent buildings incl. Edinburgh Conference Centre and the City Travel Inn Scottish Architecture Scottish Widows HQ, Port Hamilton, 69 Morrison St, Edinburgh 1998 image from BDP Architects BDP Architects - Edinburgh buildings: Edinburgh Council HQ Scottish Widows HQ Craiglockhart Campus, Napier University EICC Additional Spaces Facility - Project Scottish Housing Edinburgh : back to index Scottish Widows Edinburgh : Dalkeith Road building Edinburgh News : back to index Royal Bank of Scotland Comments / photos for the Exchange Place Edinburgh Architecture page welcome: info@edinburgharchitecture.co.uk Exchange Place Edinburgh Building : page - adrian welch / isabelle lomholt