Edinburgh Tours, Scottish architecture walking guide, Building, Scotland capital city walks
Edinburgh Building Tours
Architecture Guide to the Scottish Capital + east of Scotland for pre-booked groups of visitors.
Edinburgh Walking Tours – information further down this page
Edinburgh Tours – Online
1. All
All featured buildings in one big list:
Edinburgh Tour
building photo © Adrian Welch
2. Geographic
Featured buildings in geographic groups:
Check architecture tour locations at Maps
3. Type
Featured Edinburgh buildings in building typological groups:
Edinburgh Tours – On foot
Edinburgh Walking Tours – description of the key buildings in the Scottish capital:
Contact Isabelle Lomholt on
Eleven years’ tour experience, guides trained as architects
We can provide advice ahead of trips re accommodation, dining and of course types and areas of buildings for the tour.
We can also provide architecture tours information on geographical areas, building types and chronological types. For example a group of architects interested in innovative social housing could be provided with tailored information allowing a programme to be agreed prior to their visit.
building photograph © Adrian Welch
Our most popular Edinburgh Walking Tour is the Old Town tour. On this tour we look at contemporary architecture within the context of the historic environment, with information on buildings + architects. The tour winds through the mix of medieval to modern buildings. A typical architecture tour lasts three hours long though most walking tours like to have a coffee break so three and a half hours is often best.
We also do walking tours through the New Town that usually take an hour, focusing on Georgian architecture in Charlotte Square, Moray Place and St Andrew Square. The New Town tends to be busier and noisier and with areas of little architectural interest but tour groups that have more than one day in the capital are advised to visit this historic area. Occasionally we also tour in the historic centre of Leith. Leith is the capital’s docks area and requires transport to get there.
Architects for key buildings are often available to meet with the tour group and talk visitors through their designs. We also do Edinburgh Bus Tours which allow visits to more outlying buildings.
We also organise walking tours in Glasgow (Scotland), London and Copenhagen.
Key Edinburgh Buildings
Edinburgh Walking Tours – Recent Visits
2013
Swedish architects tour, Chinese planners tour
2012
English / Danish architects / International tours
2011
Dutch architects tour, Norwegian architects tour, Swedish engineers tour
2010
Swedish architects / Dutch architects / AIA UK tour
2009
English / Dutch architects tour, Norwegian / International tours
2008
Cologne architects tour, London / Danish architects / Glasgow / Dutch tours
2007
Bath tour, London architects tour, American architectural association
2006
two English architects / two Scottish / Swedish / Swiss architects tour, German tour, Spanish tour, American architects tour
Scottish Capital Building Designs
Contemporary Scottish Capital Property Designs – recent architectural selection below:
Edinburgh College of Art Buildings Refurbishment
Design: Hawkins Brown Architects
Edinburgh College of Art Refurbishment
Trinity Academy
Design: Holmes Miller Architects
Trinity Academy Edinburgh secondary school building
London Road student accommodation at Jock’s Lodge
Design: Stallan-Brand
London Road Edinburgh student accommodation
St James Quarter’s W, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
W Edinburgh St James Quarter Hotel
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Palm Houses Restoration
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Palm Houses Restoration
Buildings / photos for the Edinburgh Architecture Tours – Building Walks in the capital city of Scotland page welcome.