E & F McLachlan Architects, Old Town Housing Association, Building, Photos
E & F McLachlan Architects : Housing Edinburgh
Housing, North Holyrood Masterplan, Edinburgh, Scotland
Holyrood Flats
Housing, off Holyrood Rd.
Date built: 1999
Design: E & F McLachlan, architects
Housing, North Holyrood Masterplan: image © Steffen Schefer
For the Old Town Housing Association
Housing, North Holyrood Masterplan: image © Adrian Welch
Restrained brick housing (amongst the colourful but largely sterile new housing schemes in this area) with clean and interesting detailing, but low budget restrictions apparent.
North Holyrood Masterplan: image © Adrian Welch
A mature work blending well-articulated forms, simple rhythms and solid materials; the brick, unusual for Edinburgh, takes inspiration from the adjacent buildings, one being the ‘Clock Tower’ – a derelict part of the former Brewery.
North Holyrood Masterplan: image © Adrian Welch
Adjacent housing for the Old Town Housing Association:
Canongate Housing by Richard Murphy Architects
photograph © Adrian Welch
Old Town: North Holyrood Masterplan
photo © Adrian Welch 270907
Old Town Buildings close by:
Scottish Poetry Library
photograph © Keith Hunter
Scotsman Newspaper offices in the Old Town
photograph © Adrian Welch
The Tun
image © Adrian Welch
Palace of Holyroodhouse
picture © Adrian Welch
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