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Edinburgh New Town designed by architect James Craig in 1765
photo © Adrian Welch
Edinburgh New Town
James Craig (1739 – 1795) was a Scottish architect who worked mostly in lowlands of the country and especially his native city of Edinburgh. He is remembered primarily for his layout of the first Edinburgh New Town.
St Andrew’s House designed by architect Thomas Tait
photo © Adrian Welch
St Andrew’s House
St Andrew’s House, on the southern flank of Calton Hill in central Edinburgh, is the headquarters building of the Scottish Government. The building stands on the site of the former Calton Gaol.
Today, the turreted Governor’s House is all that remains of the former prison, next to the Old Calton Burial Ground and Political Martyrs’ Monument. The large Category A listed Art Deco-influenced building looks out over Waverley Station, the Canongate and Holyrood Park.
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Calton Gate designed by various architects offices
building image : ANTA architecture
Calton Gate
structure designed by Kemp
photo © Adrian Welch
Scott Monument
The Scott Monument is a Victorian Gothic monument to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott. It is the second largest monument to a writer in the world after the José Martí monument in Havana.
It stands in Princes Street Gardens near Edinburgh Waverley Railway Station, which is named after Scott’s Waverley novels.
The tower is 200 feet 6 inches (61 m) high. It has viewing platforms reached by a series of spiral staircases giving panoramic views of central Edinburgh and its surroundings.
It is placed on axis with South St. David Street and is a focal point within that vista. Its size cause it to dominate the eastern section of the Princes Street Gardens.
The highest platform is reached by a total of 287 steps. It is built from Binny sandstone quarried near Ecclesmachan in West Lothian.
Waverley ‘Scotsman’ Architecture Competition designed by Price & Cullen
National Gallery of Scotland
photograph © Adrian Welch
National Gallery of Scotland
Morrison Street Link designed by Edward Cullinan Architects
Haymarket Morrison Link
Royal Museum of Scotland designed by Benson + Forsyth
photograph © Adrian Welch
Royal Museum of Scotland
Scottish Parliament designed by EMBT/RMJM
picture © Keith Hunter
Scottish Parliament
Haymarket (AR) SADC designed by Stokke Wiig, Oslo, Norway
building picture : RMA
Haymarket
Greenside Place designed by Allan Murray Architects
picture from the architect studio
Greenside Place
Granton Masterplan designed by CZWG, London
Tron Nursery Cowgate designed by Allan Murray Architects
architectural image from the architect studio
Tron Square Housing designed by Richard Murphy Architects
housing image © Adrian Welch
Tron Square
EDI Galleries designed by Allan Murray Architects
Edinburgh Park G4 Architecture Competition, Edinburgh Park designed by Campbell & Arnott
Park Rangers designed by Malcolm Fraser Architects
Royal Observatory Edinburgh designed by Bennetts
QMUC designed by Dyer Associates
The Tun designed by Allan Murray Architects
image © Adrian Welch
EICC Extension building designed by BDP Architects
EICC The Exchange
photo © Adrian Welch
Lochend Butterfly Eastgate designed by Katherine Davey, Jaspal Atwal, Sasa Radulovic, Alyssa Schwann
Cowgate Edinburgh Ideas Competition designed by Ron Galloway Architects
Potterrow Edinburgh designed by Bennetts
Edinburgh Potterrow Informatics
picture © Keith Hunter
Shrub Place designed by Broadway Malyan Architects
Scottish Provident Building
photo © Adrian Welch
Cowgate Edinburgh – annulled
Ross Bandstand Make designed by make architects
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