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3x3: 3 ARCHITECTS, 3 PROJECTS, 3 IDEAS 18 Jun - 24 Jul 2011 Art & Design; Architecture & Landscape Architecture Royal Scottish Academy Architecture Exhibition. Royal Scottish Academy Playfair Project - Weston Link 2004 Architects: John Miller & Partners RSA Phase 1: 2001-03; RSA Phase II 2002-04 Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh, Scotland photos © adrian welch 2006 photos © adrian welch 2006 Weston Link photos © Adrian Welch The RSA is a sedate, well-proportioned 'Greek' style building, with new insertions by John Miller & Partners, Phase I completed Summer 2003; Phase II - including restaurant facing East onto Princes St Gardens - currently on site: RSA Building Edinburgh: image © Adrian Welch Royal Scottish Academy redevelopment architects : John Miller & Partners Royal Scottish Academy: Recent Refurbishment A competition-winning Project to link the Royal Scottish Academy with the National Gallery of Scotland (both Grade One Listed), with a new Concourse Level under the existing Mound. Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh: images © Adrian Welch Royal Scottish Academy in context from Princes Street Gardens: Hub to far left, New College silhouette in middle, RSA in foreground to right Edinburgh buildings: photo © Adrian Welch The new Concourse Level will provide a new 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. It will provide new IT exhibition spaces and additional plant areas to serve these as well as adding a new entrance, circulation and reception areas from Princes Gardens East.   Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh: images from John Miller & Partners Phase One of the Project upgrades the existing Royal Scottish Academy Building providing modern plant and environmental standards, new disabled access facilitites, a new lift for art handling as well as a new concourse link staircase and lift. It provides additional exhibition spaces and the means to mount several exhibitions simultaneously. Royal Scottish Academy Phase One will also deal with the conservation aspects of the existing structure, as extensive underpinning has already been necessary to prevent further movement to the original building. Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh: image by Hayes Davidson Drawings of the RSA Project exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2000 won two awards; the AJ Bovis Lend Lease Non-member's Award and the Worshipfiul Company of Chartered Architects Measured Drawing Prize. Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh: image from Princes St Gardens © Adrian Welch RSA Refurbishment total estimated cost £26m. Royal Scottish Academy Phase One started on site in May 2001 and opened Summer 2003. Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition : 2007 Review Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh: 2004 Update The Playfair Project is now complete and open. Royal Scottish Academy Building - Article on Playfair Project incl. Phase I Opening by Adrian Welch for Building Design Scottish Architecture: best Scottish Buildings of the last three decades Edinburgh Art Galleries: National Gallery of Scotland SNGMA + Dean Gallery Scottish Portrait Gallery RSA + Playfair Project Fruitmarket Gallery RSA under development in 2004: Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh: image © Adrian Welch Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition : 2006 News The RSA John Kinross Scholarship Royal Scottish Academy PR Thirteen Scottish students win scholarship to live and study in Florence for three months. The John Kinross Memorial Fund was established in 1982 by Mr JB Kinross CBE, HRSA in memory of his father, John Kinross RSA, a renowned architect who was greatly influenced by Florence. The fund is intended to assist young artists and architects in Scotland, within the disciplines of Painting, Sculpture, Printmaking and Architecture. The John Kinross Scholarship is open to students from the four main colleges of art and six schools of architecture in Scotland. RSA Annual Exhibition: Reviews Royal Scottish Academy

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