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You don’t have to stop to ponder for long the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh or 30 St Mary Axe – fondly...
Alex Hartley has his first major solo show at the Fruitmarket. Running until 21 October, the exhibition covers the...
Claude Lévi-Strauss described the city as the “the human invention par excellence”. Throughout the...
The BBC has now officially opened its new building. All of its staff have been relocated and broadcasting is now coming...
The Saltire at Seventy supplement in the last issue of Prospect was uplifting and one of the finest collaborative...
Craigmillar is one of Edinburgh’s peripheral estates, built in the 1930s to house the families decanted from the...
This year Dandara picked up the Grand Prix at The Herald Property Awards for gh2o. But when the developer submitted the...
I still have all my pantone pens, airbrush, .25 & .5 Rotring pens and even an AO drawing...
It has been over four years since the Urban Design Group, of which I was a member, recommended the appointment of a...
In the old, pre-Thatcher days of trade union power, the mention of a ‘work to rule’ was a well recognised...
Jim MacKinnon heads up the new Directorate for the Built Environment, which now embraces planning, building standards...
The last quarter of 2007 saw the impact of the so called credit crunch bite directly where it was most visible, in the...
YOU either have it or you don’t. Work in China that is, and depending upon which side of that line an architect...
Throughout the world the post industrial landscapes of docks and dockyards has changed beyond recognition, presenting...
Princes Street is one of the most spectacular streets in Europe. Its great drama lies in its setting facing the castle...
Though the Haymarket has always been central Edinburgh’s westernmost station, it has until recently been almost a...
Picardy Place is a depressingly triumphant example of the erosion of place through increase in traffic movement.
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Waverley is a remarkable piece of town planning. The notion of building a railway line along the bottom of Princes...
We feel there’s quite a bit of unfinished business on Lothian Road. The Exchange project has almost been...
This is an excellent example of how the Design Champion initiative successfully promoted the involvement of urban...
The visitor’s image of Edinburgh is of a great historical city with an astonishing array of urban design set...
There is no doubt that the tram and its integration into modern Edinburgh is going to be of the most challenging urban...
There are many examples of excellent initiatives across Europe (and indeed the world) of cities that have an urban...
Over the last few years the Design Champion initiative has contributed to the debate on connecting up Glasgow and...
Sir Terry Farrell was appointed to the honorary position of the City of Edinburgh Council’s first “City...
“Good evening, my name is Riccardo Marini, I am an alcoholic” – If I was, and wanted to get better,...
City of Edinburgh Council design and planning team have their work cut out for them, both in their day to day planning...
I like what Bill Gates said about predicting the future. We overestimate what we think we will achieve in the...
Despite the plethora of guidance and policy, it is clear that there continues to be misconceptions regarding the...
It’s sensible to expect theoretical ideas to face harsh and unforgiving trials before they become a reality. Many...
Many people’s reaction to the news that BDP is opening a new Edinburgh office is not “why?” but...
Edinburgh’s historic environment – its buildings, and monuments, its places and spaces – is...
The 19 acre Quartermile is the most impressive construction site in Edinburgh at present. Due for completion in 2012 by...
This is Edinburgh’s unluckiest building. It was once home to Scotland’s largest PLC: the mighty Distillers...
Today we appreciate Cockburn Street both as an integral part of Edinburgh’s Old Town and a distinctive aesthetic...
My tenure has witnessed a period of considerable change in governance both at local and national levels, as well as...
Architecture has always had something of an identity crisis – being in part science, part art; a mix of abstract...
The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive states that by January 2009 all countries within the European Union has...
