National Gallery of Scotland, The Mound
1845-58; (1978)
William Playfair
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh: image © Adrian Welch
This gorgeous warm-coloured building (behind RSA) sits on the spoil heap created by construction of the New Town and forming bridge over the marshes of the former Nor’ Loch (drained 1816). The National Gallery of Scotland is Grade One Listed.
National Gallery of Scotland - Playfair Project
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh: image © Hayes Davidson
A competition-winning Project to link the National Gallery of Scotland with the Royal Scottish Academy through a new Concourse Level under the existing Mound.
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh: image © Adrian Welch
The Concourse Level will provide a shop, restaurant suite, lecture theatre and educational rooms linking to both the existing Royal Scottish Academy and National Gallery buildings with two new public staircases and lifts.
National Gallery of Scotland Refurbishment
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