This Scottish John Lewis store is located at the east end of the New Town Phase One. The sandstone facade has a massive scale and simple detailing. The recent Calton Square opposite relates well to it. Unlike the ugly St James Centre behind it - often voted the most disliked building in Scotland - this grand shop by Sir Basil Spence Glover & Ferguson has lasting presence.
John Lewis, Edinburgh: 0131 556 9121
Address: John Lewis, St James Centre, Edinburgh, EH1 3SP
Access from Leith St or from the St James Centre entries.
John Lewis, Edinburgh: photo by Adrian Welch
John Lewis Edinburgh - Website: www.johnlewis.com/Shops/DSMain.aspx?StoreId=2
St James Centre: image from Michael Laird Architects
Michael Laird Architects had a scheme for the total redevelopment of John Lewis Edinburgh and the St James Centre site but this failed to go ahead due to the developer's direction.
St James Centre Edinburgh: photo by Adrian Welch
In 2003 Malcolm Fraser Architects and the Cockburn Association plans for Princes Street included the John Lewis Edinburgh store and in late 2004 Broadway Malyan Architects - who designed the Leith Street Bridge which accesses the St James Centre - were reported to be drawing up plans for New Town Shopping along the lines of the Malcolm Fraser proposals.
St James Centre, Edinburgh: Food on 1:
St James Centre, Edinburgh: image from CDA Architects
John Lewis Edinburgh
John Lewis underwent a £25m redesign in 2003-2004, expanding its store area at the St James Centre by a fifth.
Opposite the John Lewis Edinburgh store is the Glasshouse Hotel and Omni Edinburgh
Another John Lewis Scottish store: Buchanan Galleries Glasgow
Edinburgh Shopping Malls, Retail Parks:-
Cameron Toll
Fort Kinnaird Shops, southeast Edinburgh
Ocean Terminal, Leith
ASDA, The Jewel
Meadowbank Shopping Park
St James Centre
John Lewis
Gyle Shopping Centre, west Edinburgh
Buildings adjacent to John Lewis Edinburgh:
Jenners
Balmoral Hotel
Scott Monument
National Portait Gallery
Leith Street Bridge by Broadway Malyan
John Lewis, Edinburgh: 0131 556 9121
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Aberdeen John Lewis store