Quartermile is the title of Edinburgh's Royal Infirmary redevelopment


Quartermile Buildings: Image © Foster & Partners


Quartermile Buildings: Image © Foster & Partners

Quartermile Edinburgh : full background archive 2002-07

Sep 06 Update:

building: photos © adrian welch sep 2006

Quartermile Edinburgh : Photos from 2008

Hurd Rolland Architects:
Quartermile Edinburgh

Boutique Hotel at the centre of Gladedale Capital’s Quartermile development within the Edinburgh World Heritage Site. The 70 bed hotel with cafes, bars and spa is formed by linking 2 B-Listed medical pavilions designed by Sidney Mitchell in 1899 on the site of the former Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.

The exterior of the buildings have been largely restored and linked by a 3 storey glass enclosed stairway which also forms the western end of a new central square at the heart of Foster & Partners masterplan.

Jul 06 Update:

Quartermile Buildings: Image © Adrian Welch

Quartermile architects - Foster & Partners

Jan 06 Update:
Quartermile - Twin Towers

Quartermile Buildings: Image © Foster & Partners
International Council on Monuments & Sites (Unesco advisers) reportedly extremely concerned about Quartermile's impact: so-called Twin Towers by Foster & Partners apparently may risk Edinburgh World Heritage status
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Nov 05 Update:
Quartermile - Plans

Perspective mid-2003 of Quartermile by Foster & Partners
Revised plans unveiled showing new square, more houses - from around 650 to approx. 1000 - and reduced hotel & office accommodation. New Quartermile sketch images also released by Foster & Partners. The Surgical Hospital will now be used for residential rather than a five-star hotel. Controversially Sydney Mitchell's Red Home is set to be demolished which will surely reignite negative reaction.
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Summer 2005 Update:
Page\Park no longer involved. Richard Murphy Architects doing more housing and CDA brought in. More details awaited.

Quartermile from across Meadows: Image © Foster & Partners


View of old Royal Infirmary Lauriston, from across The Meadows in 2002



Quartermile - Description:
The project is named Quartermile due to the approximate diagonal distance across the site and due to being situated a quarter of a mile from both Edinburgh Castle and the Royal Mile; the Quartermile site is approx. 20 acres.

Hospital relocates to £184m building at Little France: New Royal Infirmary

New Royal Infirmary: image from Keppie Architects

Quartermile: Foster & Partners
London-based architects Foster & Partners other Scottish projects include Scottish Gas HQ Edinburgh, SECC Glasgow, National Scottish Arena



Quartermile: Image provided by Hurd Rolland Architects

Quartermile Edinburgh Perspectives 2003


Quartermile housing : Richard Murphy Architects

Exclusive Early Images of Richard Murphy Architects' Quartermile scheme:

Quartermile Edinburgh: image from Richard Murphy Architects


Quartermile Edinburgh: image from Richard Murphy Architects

Royal Infirmary: Hearts Racing

Plans for the redevelopment of Edinburgh Royal Infirmary submitted by Southside Capital Aug 2002



Scottish Architecture

Quartermile redevelopment : conservation architect Simpson & Brown

Quartermile context - Chalmers St development

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Quartermile Edinburgh context - The Meadows

Quartermile - Website: www.qmile.com