Scottish Widows HQ, Port Hamilton, 69 Morrison St, Edinburgh 1998
Edinburgh Headquarters
photo © Adrian Welch nov 2007 with lumix camera
Major Edinburgh headquarters building on land from former terminal of Union Canal. The Scottish Widows building has an Interesting parti of L-shaped block against crescent form with huge atria between. The building uses mixed mode venting and heating.
photo © Adrian Welch nov 2007 with lumix camera
Distinctive Clashach (scottish sandstone) stone with bronze-coloured curtain walling is used for facades. The Scottish Widows HQ reaches eight-storeys in the crescent and it's distinctive curved roof looks out over Edinburgh like a giant eye: consequently it has become one of Edinburgh's landmarks.
photos © Adrian Welch nov 2007 with lumix camera
Aerial photograph - no larger image:
image from BDP Architects
The HQ build cost was approx. £62m
Scottish Widows architects : Building Design Partnership
Scottish Widows HQ - 2004-05 Building update: Refurbishment
images © Adrian Welch
Scottish Widows : Expansion
photo from BDP Architects
Exchange Expansion
Proposed new buildings by Scottish Widows - as reported earlier this year - incl. cafe, restaurant, courtyard and retained former meat market entry (latterly Fat Sams) and Semple St builidngs, expected to receive permission 12 Oct but jm architects' project for Scottish Widows to the south of the building unerstood to be still under discussion Oct 2005.
Scottish Widows - redevelopment context, Jan 2006:
images © Adrian Welch
The Scottish Widows Building - refreshed southern elevation in Jan 2006:
images © Adrian Welch
Adjacent buildings: The Exchange, Lothian Road incl. Edinburgh Conference Centre; to the West are Fountain Park, Fountain North and the City Travel Inn
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Scottish Widows : Dalkieth Rd building
photo © Adrian Welch