| Begin the Lothian Road tour by leaving the Royal Mile by one of the Closes down to beautifully-curving Victoria Street (if hungry try Le Bleu) then heading West through the historic Grassmarket, former vegetable market and site of hangings (alternatively go straight from the Castle down Johnston Terrace). |
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Ian
Springford Architects |
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Malcolm Fraser Architects Dance Base, Grassmarket, 1999-2001 National Dance Centre: Entry is at the far north-west corner of the Grassmarket. Stirling Prize nominee 2002. Dance Base |
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Ian
Springford Architects |
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| Reiach
and Hall Architects West Port - Evolution House Opposite to the north is Argyle House |
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| Michael
Laird Architects Westport House Proposed office building to replace massive concrete block over the crest of the hill veer right into Bread Street: |
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Andrew Doolan
Architects Point Hotel & Monboddo's Bar, 34 Bread St, 1998 Strong flavours, no fear of using vivid colours. Andrew Doolan was developer, architect & part-owns this Hotel. Point Hotel Edinburgh |
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Doolan Architects Point Conference Centre, 32 Bread St, 1999-2001 Andrew Doolan's empire grows with this minimal but playful addition. Bold intervention that is sophisticated by day, exciting and dynamic by night. Point Conference Centre |
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| Follow Spittal
St. briefly, turn left up Grindlay St, past the Royal Lyceum Theatre
and the octagonal Usher Hall |
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Nicholas Groves
Raines Architects Traverse Theatre, 10 Cambridge St, Lothian Road 1992 Traverse Theatre Try Andrea Faed's Blue Restaurant upstairs for some restrained but fresher architecture. |
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| Head North
to front of the block: |
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Campbell & Arnott
Architects Saltire Court, Castle Terrace, 1991 Saltire Court Turn left up Lothian Road and then right onto Morrison Street and head West |
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Terry
Farrell & Partners |
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Michael
Laird Architects |
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Michael Laird Architects Office, Semple St Semple St |
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Hugh
Martin Partnership Odeon, 118 Lothian Road, Edinburgh - refurbishment |
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| Hurd
Rolland Architects Edinburgh One, 2000 Edinburgh One |
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Building Design Partnership Scottish Widows, Port Hamilton, 69 Morrison Street, 1998 Headquarters building on land from former terminal of Union Canal. Scottish Widows |
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LWD Designers former rogues' restaurant - now ROTI restaurant, Morrison Street, 2000-01 Small offbeat contemporary restaurant: rogues restaurant see Edinburgh Restaurants |
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| Terry Farrell & Co. EICC,
The Exchange, Morrison St, 1994-95 Powerful monolithic drum-shaped building, a key element in masterplan to revitalise this former industrial backland. Edinburgh Conference Centre EICC Additional Spaces Facility |
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Terry Farrell & Co. |
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Richard Murphy Architects Edinburgh Filmhouse |
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| Follow
Morrison St over West Approach Road (at night Jonathan Spiers' lighting
of the Dewar Place substation makes for a colourful intervention)
and turn left onto Morrison Link. |
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Andrew Doolan Architects Edinburgh City Travel Inn, 1 Morrison Link, 1995;1997-99 Budget hotel near Haymarket built on railway goods yard. Travel Inn Edinburgh |
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| Proceed
North to Maitland St. then turn right and head back along Shandwick
Pl. towards Princes St.; the RIAS is on the right at 15 Rutland
Square and is well worth a visit. Alternatively go straight ahead over Maitland St to visit St Mary's Cathedral, Sir George Gilbert Scott, on Palmerston Pl. |
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Caledonian Hotel, Hilton
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| Michael
Laird Partnership Standard Life, Lothian Road |
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