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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
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Ian
Springford Architects
agua restaurant
edinburgh restaurants +
agua restaurant
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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
Metro,
Apex Hotels, 31 Grassmarket, 2000
One of Edinburgh's most spacious restaurants: a long triple-height
space is carved out with partial views of the street.
Apex Hotel Edinburgh
Head West up the West Port, former address of Burke & Hare
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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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Andrew
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
The Exchange, off Lothian Road
The Exchange Edinburgh
Aerial photo, right © Sean Gallagher
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Michael
Laird Architects
Office, Semple St
Excel House
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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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the road to the north side of Morrison St: |
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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.
Sheraton Hotel Health Club, Conference Square, 2000
At last a bit of colour in this dreary part of Edinburgh: a slim
rectilinear building amidst the postmodern seriousness.
Sheraton Edinburgh
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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
Edinburgh
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Michael
Laird Partnership
Standard Life, Lothian
Road |
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