Unite images © Adrian Welch Sep 2006 with lumix camera

Portsborough Court - UNITE
Accommodation: 229 rooms
Formally opened: 8 Sep 2006
Height: nine-storeys
Area: approx. 70,000 sqft
Cost: £7m approx.



The Lady Lawson St project is nine storeys high and situated immediately to the north of Novotel Edinburgh - now on site, Oct 2005.

By Acanthus architects Douglas Forrest, based in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, the building contains accommodation for 231 students in predominantly 5 bedroom flats but with a limited number of 3 and 4 bedroom flats.


all Unite images © Douglas Forrest Architects


Just to the north of the Unite Student Housing is Westport by Reiach and Hall Architects. Named 'Evolution House' by the developers it was completed in 2003 where Lady Lawson Street meets West Port:





Scottish Architecture

Just to the north of the Unite Student Housing is Westport House, nine-storey offices comprising of 65,000 sq ft net, constructed in 1971.

The building is formed primarily from repetitive pre-cast concrete cladding panels. Bulky ribbed concrete cores are expressed on the elevations and protrude above the general roofline. West Port is one of the historic entry routes to the old town of Edinburgh.




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Edinburgh College of Art is located east of the Unite Student Housing