Scottish Widows, Edinburgh, Photo, Architect, Location, Date, Image

Scottish Widows, Edinburgh : Architecture Information

HQ Building, Port Hamilton, The Exchange, Edinburgh, Scotland

Scottish Widows Edinburgh Scottish Widows HQ, Port Hamilton, 69 Morrison Street (off Lothian Rd), Edinburgh 1998 Building Design Partnership Edinburgh Headquarters Update photos showing new context of Exchange Place photos © Adrian Welch 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. aerial image © webbaviation 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 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: image © Adrian Welch Scottish Widows building : Dalkieth Road photo © Adrian Welch Enlarge Map

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