St Leonard’s Land Edinburgh, Holyrood Road Building, Architect, Project, Design, Info
St Leonard’s Land, Edinburgh
St Leonard’s Land, Holyrood Rd, Edinburgh – design by Faulkner Brown, Architects
St Leonard’s Land Edinburgh
Location: top end of Holyrood Road, South Side
Dates built: 1999-2000
Design: Faulkner Brown, Architects
Refurbishment of Moray House by Gordon & Dey 1970
Seventies building reskinned by Faulkner Brown.
Location: opposite St John Street, south side of Holyrood Road, Edinburgh, Scotland.
The original Edinburgh University Physical Education facility revised with new staff facilities, laboratories and a swimming pool. The facades consist of overly bold-coloured render and grey metal panelling all atop an unusual beige rusticated base with windows that push out in various ways to allow views down the street.
Old Town Buildings close by:
The Tun
image © Adrian Welch
Scotsman Newspaper
photograph © Adrian Welch
Queen’s Gallery
image © Adrian Welch
Palace of Holyroodhouse
picture © Adrian Welch
Scottish Poetry Library
photograph © Keith Hunter
Old Town Housing
photograph © Adrian Welch
Canongate Kirk
photo © Adrian Welch
Scottish Storytelling Centre
photograph © Adrian Welch
Another Scottish project by Faulkner-Brown:
Strathclyde University Library, Cathedral Street, Glasgow
Redeveloped by Faulkner-Brown Hendy Watkinson Stonor in 1983
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