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Boroughmuir High School welcomes pupils and staff

Boroughmuir High School welcomes pupils and staff

February 21 2018

Boroughmuir High School has welcomed staff and students to its new build home with the formal transfer of all resources and equipment from its historic B listed home, which will now be transformed into 115 homes by CALA.

Built by contractors O’Hare and McGovern to designs by Allan Murray Architects the school had been scheduled to open in August 2016 before being hit by repeated delays.

With a capacity of 1,165 pupils the Fountainbridge school overlooks the Union Canal by way of a new public park and includes a rooftop games area as well as a full height atrium offering easy access to all classrooms, breakout spaces and facilities.

Located just 500m from the original school the design also incorporates a soundproof dance hall, recording studio and outdoor dining area.

Exterior shot by Dimitris Panagiotidis, interior photograph by Keith Hunter

Pupils are encouraged to socialise, study and gather within the impressive atrium

5 Comments

#1 Posted by Scott on 21 Feb 2018 at 13:36 PM

Good grief, that's a lot of grey!

#2 Posted by Stephen on 21 Feb 2018 at 16:30 PM

It's a pity no attempt was made to respond to the location, for example by doing something interesting with the corner of the building at Viewforth/Dundee Street. Instead, it's a shoebox plonked down without much consideration for place.