Adam House, Old Town Building, Scotland, Photo, Architect, Date, Location, Image
Adam House, Edinburgh : Architecture
Modernism in Edinburgh & Lothian, Scotland – design by architect William Kininmonth
Adam House Edinburgh
Address: Chambers Street
Date built: 1954-55
Design: William Kininmonth architect
View from Cowgate of Chambers St University building.
photo © Adrian Welch
Quirky but dynamic modern building, in an ascetic style more usual in Prague and Paris than Scotland’s capital:
photo © Adrian Welch
Category B listed building in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is owned by the University of Edinburgh, and used as an examination hall.
Address: 3 Chambers St, Edinburgh EH8 9YL
Phone: 0131 650 1000
This building is the location of the university’s main examination halls throughout term time and turns into a venue for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
during August. The building houses a fully equipped theatre in the basement.
It is located within what is referred to as the Central Campus of the University of Edinburgh which is well served by public transport. The building is within approximately a quarter of a mile of the city centre and is within approximately one mile of the main student residences at Pollock Halls.
source: http://www.docs.csg.ed.ac.uk/EstatesBuildings/Development/Access%20Guides/Adam%20House%20Guide%20to%20Access.pdf
Front of the original building, in neoclassical style:
photo © Adrian Welch
Adam House architect – William Kininmonth
Rear of the building, previously almost hidden prior to the Cowgate Fire:
photo © Adrian Welch
(Sorry, no larger image)
The Old Town Fire ripped out the heart of the Old Town’s World Heritage site damaging at least ten buildings. Adam House was designed by William Kininmonth and built to serve as an examination centre.
Edinburgh Architecture
Adam House context – Old Town Fire, Cowgate
Edinburgh Houses, Scotland
Napier University
picture from the architect
Edinburgh Informatics
picture © Keith Hunter
Scottish Parliament
picture © Keith Hunter
Caltongate
image : ANTA architecture
Harvey Nichols
photo © Adrian Welch
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