| Informatics |
Edinburgh
Informatics : Bennetts Associates |
| Ratho |
Edinburgh
International Climbing Centre
problems |
| UNESCO |
Review
of the city's world
heritage status |
| Sighthill |
Napier
University application : RMJM |
| Varsity |
Telford
Road Housing : Michael Laird Architects |
| S+N
Building |
Possible
demolition of RMJM-designed former S+N
Headquarters |
| East
Fettes |
Luxury
apartments & townhouses: East
Fettes Avenue |
| Lochrin
Square |
Fountainbridge
office development : Michael Laird Architects |
| Scottish
Widows |
cre8architecture’s
£45m Exchange
Place |
| Quartermile |
Edinburgh
development : Foster & Partners |
| The
Modernist |
1
Osborne Terrace : Broadway Malyan |
| EHQ |
EHQ
project, South Gyle : Michael Laird Architects |
| Music
Box |
Stevenson
College : RMJM |
| Fettes
building |
New
Fettes College
building |
| Waterloo
Place |
BL
Developments building : morgan mcdonnell |
| Advocate’s
Close |
Development proposal for Advocate’s
Close receives planning |
| West
Holyrood Masterplan |
Holyrood
Masterplan by Architect John Hope: planners recommending approval |
| Dakota
Hotel |
Second
Dakota hotel
opens in Scotland at South Queensferry |
| George
IV |
Demolition
for George IV Hotel
: Allan Murray Architects |
| HBoS
Edinburgh |
HBoS
Edinburgh complete : Malcolm Fraser Architects |
| Assembly
Street |
Sutherland
Hussey apartments in Leith for Burrell Company |
| Point
Hotel |
Point
Hotel "radical refurbishment" : KBA |
| Lochrin
Place |
Canalside
apartments get planning permission: Lochrin
Place |
| Centre
for Regenerative Medicine |
Sheppard
Robson appointed to design Centre
for Regenerative Medicine for the University of Edinburgh, £35m
centre |
| Ten
Hill Place |
Ten
Hill Place : Ferrier Crawford |
| Cowgate |
Edinburgh housing
: Richard Murphy Architects |
| Market
St |
Zone
Architects win: Market
Street Arches Competition |
| Surgeons'
Hall |
Quincentenary
Hall at Royal
College of Surgeons |
| St
James Centre |
£200m
proposals unveiled - doubling in size, incl. demolition of St James
House, plus new Dept Store: ugly Edinburgh
building |
| Royal
Museum Masterplan |
Royal
Museum of Scotland images : Gareth Hoskins Architects |
| Upper
Strand |
Upper
Strand : Reiach and Hall Architects |
| Telford
Drive |
Gordon
Murray and Alan Dunlop's first social housing project: Telford
Drive |
| Royal
Bank of Scotland HQ |
Royal
Bank of Scotland building : Michael Laird Architects
opened by HM the Queen, EAA Silver Medal winner |
| Old
Town Fire Site |
Mid-2005
Allan Murray Architects announced as architects following purchase
of site by Whiteburn: Cowgate
site. |
| Shrub
Place |
Former
LRT Bus Depot off Leith Walk.
Lead architects for BL Developments, with responsibility for master
planning: Broadway Malyan;
Morgan Mcdonell Architects involved |
| Leith
Docks |
Forth
Ports Ltd outline planning application for £19m development
of 18,000 new homes and offices on Ocean
Drive, Leith, proposals by RMJM part of draft framework produced
by Forth Ports with Edinburgh City Council: 15-year vision for Leith
Docks - new cruise liner terminal, Ocean Terminal shopping centre
extension, major new civic space at Imperial Dry Dock + marine windfarm |
| Edinburgh
Quay |
Edinburgh
Quay: completed by Michael Laird Architects |
| EICC
Extension |
EICC:
Sir Terry Farrell and the developer Cala-Morrison were selected as
preferred bidders for the expansion of the Edinburgh
Conference Centre. Murray resigns from City of Edinburgh Council
urban design working group following disagreement with CEC re Terry
Farrell appointment to design the EICC Extension, on site 2006
- BDP with Terry Farrell & Partners |
| Filmhouse |
Richard
Murphy Architects' Edinburgh
Filmhouse project for Lothian Rd: the Festival Square location
has proved controversial with key members of the Council and some
neighbours |
| Scottish
Parliament |
Scottish
Parliament - winner of Stirling Prize 2005
|
| Napier
Univ. |
Napier’s
£25m redevelopment Craiglockhart
Campus is complete |
| Granton
- Make |
Former
Foster & Partners architects - Ken Shuttleworth and John Prevc
- appointed to create a "bold, imaginative vision" for Edinburgh
Waterfront: teardrop 'island' unveiled late Sep 2004, criticised
by AD+S in early 2006 |
| Fountainbridge
Brewery |
Buredi
working with Allan Murray Architects to create a development around
a 'new street' at old Fountainbridge
Brewery |
| Quartermile |
Foster
& Partners masterplanned Quartermile
development |
| Forth
Road Bridge |
Forth
Road Bridge Canopy Toll :
Reiach and Hall Architects |
| Calton
Gate |
New Street Edinburgh
: Allan Murray Architects + others |
| Briery
Bank |
Briery
Meadows Haddington |
| Lochend
Butterfly |
Lochend Housing by EMA
Architecture & Design - plans granted - £9.2m project of
120 flats and 20 townhouses on Albion Rd. Jul 04 |
| Royal
College of Surgeons |
Royal
College of Surgeons: detailed plans granted for £5m university
extension / alteration in Edinburgh. Jul 04 |
| Edinburgh
Trams |
Edinburgh
Trams: images of the four architect studio's proposals for tramstops |
| ELC
Schools |
East
Lothian Schools: work on controversial £43m PPP project to refurbish
six secondary schools in East Lothian restarted 2004, after 4 month
delay. Scottish
Schools |
| Biomedical
Centre |
Centre
for Biomedical Research Masterplan - Little France by Keppie
Design
|
| QMUC
Winner |
Dyer
Associates won competition to design Queen Margaret
University College £50m campus in East Lothian, went on
site late 2005 |
| Tron
Housing |
Tron
Housing, by Richard Murphy Architects completed |
| Craigmillar |
Legal
agreement between EDI and the City of Edinburgh Council to operate
the Craigmillar Joint
Venture Company: huge redevelopment of one of Edinburgh's poorest
areas |
| Design
Tsar |
Sir
Terry Farrell to be "figurehead for the city's attempts
to improve new architecture" Jan 04 |
| Queens
Hall |
Richard
Murphy Architects produced study re future of
Queen's Hall |
| Donaldson's |
Donaldsons
School for the Deaf - Cala Homes with Richard Murphy Architects:
Grade A listed building by Playfair.
Redevelopment after school moves to new premises in 2007. Existing
building to be converted into apartments, new housing to rear. Simpson
& Brown advisers on conservation issues |
| Platinum
Point |
Newhaven
housing: western blocks structure now complete |
| HBoS
- the Mound |
Bank
of Scotland refurbishment above the Mound, including opening up
the existing ceiling under the dome, Malcolm Fraser Architects, on
site late 2005 |
| Ed
Park Station |
Edinburgh
Park Station opened Dec 2003 |
| Telford
Rd |
Telford
Road Housing by gm+ad architects for EDI |
| Potterrow |
Edinburgh
University Potterrow development
won by Bennetts Associates, with Reiach and Hall Architects, on site
late 2005 |
| Princes
Galleries |
Princes
St Galleries competition won by Allan Murray Architects 2002.
Shortlisted practices:- Allan Murray Architects, Erick van Egeraat,
Gareth Hoskins Architects, Page and Park Architects. Dixon.Jones,
Rick Mather Architects & Narud Stokke Wiig withdrew from competition. |
| Princes
Street Vision |
Malcolm
Fraser Architects in conjunction with Cockburn Association & City
of Edinburgh Council had announced major reworking of Princes
Street malls through to Rose St; controversially picked up by
Broadway Malyan Architects in 2005 |
| Waverley
Station |
proposed
redevelopment of Waverley
Station: options issued annually since at least 2002 but not yet
on site, BDP Waverley
Masterplan for Network Rail |
| City
of Edinburgh Council HQ |
BDP-designed
Edinburgh Council offices,
on site early 2005: CEC HQ
to be coordinated with both Waverley and Calton
Gate |
| Haymarket |
One
Morrison Link on former Goods Yard: Haymarket EDI Group gateway
approved Aug 2004; Phase 1 - Reiach and Hall Architects, Phase 2 -
Page & Park Architects, Phase 3 - Allan Murray Architects |
| Haymarket
Station |
Various
Haymarket Station
options being discussed, incl. demolition of the Grade A listed symmetrical
stone building, also discussions with Transport Initiatives Edinburgh
(TIE) re Transport Interchange - tram, train - and possible demolition
of stone corner pub. Scotland's third busiest train station |
| Netherbow |
Malcolm
Fraser Architects' £2.5m Scottish
Storytelling Centre completed early 2006, adj. Netherbow
Arts Centre |
| Usher
Hall |
Usher
Hall went in for Planning again in Jun 2003, by LDN Architects,
includes slither of extension to south (Grindlay St) containing bar,
box office and offices above. Usher Hall Phase 2 to cost approx. £9m
|
| Westport |
Evolution
house conversation with Neil Gillespie. Westport
described in the AJ w/e 27.04.03 as 'good ordinary' by Ken Powell
and referred to in Isabel Allen's AJ Editorial, by Reiach and Hall
Architects |
| Centrica,
Granton |
Centrica
(British Gas) HQ completed Nov 03, by Foster & Partners, their
first project in Edinburgh |
| Upper
Strand, Granton |
Lattice Gasometers: demolition Aug
2004 of the remaining tall gasholder at Granton. One of the largest
cranes to grace Edinburgh demolished the large eastern 'blue' no.3
gasometer, see news feb03; various other developments on Upper
Strand and at Granton harbour. |
| Royal
Observatory |
plans
for an expansion titled Astronomy Technology Centre at the Royal Observatory
site, Braid Hills, South Edinburgh, model displayed at Planning offices
early 2003 by Bennetts Associates |
| RSA
Playfair Project |
Playfair
Project completed 2004, by John Miller & Partners - extension/refurbishment
of RSA |
| Blindwells |
East
Lothian New Town by well-known UK masterplanner/architect |
| South-East
Wedge |
the
same architects South East Wedge
masterplan reported to be on hold |
| Botanic
Gardens |
Botanic
Gardens Edinburgh competition won by Ted Cullinan. Botanics
Gateway Shortlist of ten announced May 2003 incl. Snohetta |
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| RIAS
Award for Architecture |
RIAS
Award for Architecture |
| Scottish
Design Awards |
Scottish
Design Awards |
| EAA
Awards |
EAA
Awards |
| RIBA
Awards Scotland |
RIBA
Awards Scotland |
| Saltire
Awards |
Saltire
Awards |
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| Huntly
House / Acheson House |
Architects
were sought in 2005 to head an ambitious extension of the Museum of
Edinburgh. The project by Edinburgh City Council will link the museum
at Huntly House in the Canongate with next-door Acheson House, which
is lying vacant |
| Caroline
Park |
decision
granted in favour of spine road adj. Caroline Park House despite many
objections from MPs, MSPs, MEPs, etc: Caroline
House & Caroline Park |
| Argyle
House |
scheme
being drawn up for this eight/nine-storey sixties CEC office block
in the centre of town, off Lauriston Place/Johnston Terrrace - see
news 12.08.02 |
| Infirmary
Street Baths |
crumbling
Victorian shell of Edinburgh
Baths, still to be redeveloped following EDI's pull-out |
| Whitefoord
House |
refurbishment
by Mottram Patrick Architects btwn Canongate & Calton Road. The
extensions currently in the final phase at Whitefoord House comprised
of 3 phases.
The first phase was the extension to Lower Calton Road. Mottram Patrick
are to reinstate paving and parking in this area. The final phase
of extension to the existing building adjacent to the bowling green
is programmed for completion in Jan2003 |
| Museum
of Scotland |
remodelled
Museum of Scotland entry - originally
also by Benson + Forsyth; the subject of even more 'minor' proposals,
including a large blue banner sign on the rotunda looking down George
IV Bridge, all late 2003 |
| Cowgate |
Cowgate housing complete, started
on site 2002, (replacing old Nursery on the Cowgate), Richard Murphy
Architects |
| Princes
Mall |
yet
another scheme to raise the Princes
Mall roof: 'conservatory style' retail unit application approx.
10,000sq.ft. by the Hugh Martin Partnership |
| GPO |
Former
Edinburgh General Post Office North
Bridge/Princes St: on site, Hugh Martin Partnership, all facades propped
up, to complete early 2005 |
| C&A
/ Burberry |
Former
C&A Building, Princes St: completed but
eastern section unlet, 3D Architects |
| Southside
Arts Centre |
Malcolm
Fraser Architects reported to be conducting a feasibility study for
£2m centre |
| SASA
HQ |
Scottish
Agricultural Science Agency £25m new headquarters on the
outskirts of Edinburgh |
| Cramond |
Cramond
Housing: joint venture between Bryant Homes and AMA. Richard Murphy
Architects are responsible for the AMA section of the development,
on site 2005 |
| Kirkgate |
Leith’s
historic Kirkgate is set to receive
a £457k refurbishment, as part of a £2.65m scheme to regenerate
the area |
| Calton
Road |
Malcolm
Fraser architects Calton Road
scheme granted planning permission - awaiting developments |
|
Tun
Clocktower
|
refurbishment
of Edinburgh Clocktower adj.
The Tun, 2004, by Allan Murray Architects, site to north awaiting
Frank Spratt building |
| St
Paul's & St George's Church |
Lee
Boyd commissioned to provide proposals for upgrading of St
Paul's & St George's Church at top of Broughton St |
| Former
Odeon Cinema |
Lee
Boyd were one of 3 practices asked to submit proposals. Public consultation
Mar 2003 |
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hold / awaited / cancelled |
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| New
Edinburgh Cycling Complex |
The
Scottish Executive was set to fund a £10m indoor velodrome in
Edinburgh, to complete in 2008 or 2009 and be located in either Craigmillar
or Sighthill |
| Jeffrey
St |
Jeffrey
St project, halted 2002-2003, by Allan Murray Architects; RIAS
HQ proposed location |
| Guggenheim |
Leith
Docks: Frank
Gehry visited Leith in 2002 re Forth Ports proposal to bring a
Guggenheim Museum to Leith reported
2002 |