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post updated 19 February 2025

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Edinburgh New Town designed by architect James Craig in 1765

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Edinburgh New Town
James Craig (1739 – 1795) was a Scottish architect who worked mostly in lowlands of the country and especially his native city of Edinburgh. He is remembered primarily for his layout of the first Edinburgh New Town.

St Andrew’s House designed by architect Thomas Tait

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St Andrew’s House
St Andrew’s House, on the southern flank of Calton Hill in central Edinburgh, is the headquarters building of the Scottish Government. The building stands on the site of the former Calton Gaol.

Today, the turreted Governor’s House is all that remains of the former prison, next to the Old Calton Burial Ground and Political Martyrs’ Monument. The large Category A listed Art Deco-influenced building looks out over Waverley Station, the Canongate and Holyrood Park.

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Calton Gate designed by various architects offices

building image : ANTA architecture
Calton Gate

Scott Monument structure designed by Kemp

photo © Adrian Welch
Scott Monument

The Scott Monument is a Victorian Gothic monument to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott. It is the second largest monument to a writer in the world after the José Martí monument in Havana.

It stands in Princes Street Gardens near Edinburgh Waverley Railway Station, which is named after Scott’s Waverley novels.

The tower is 200 feet 6 inches (61 m) high. It has viewing platforms reached by a series of spiral staircases giving panoramic views of central Edinburgh and its surroundings.

It is placed on axis with South St. David Street and is a focal point within that vista. Its size cause it to dominate the eastern section of the Princes Street Gardens.

The highest platform is reached by a total of 287 steps. It is built from Binny sandstone quarried near Ecclesmachan in West Lothian.

Waverley ‘Scotsman’ Architecture Competition designed by Price & Cullen

National Gallery of Scotland

photograph © Adrian Welch
National Gallery of Scotland

Morrison Street Link designed by Edward Cullinan Architects
Haymarket Morrison Link

Royal Museum of Scotland designed by Benson + Forsyth

photograph © Adrian Welch
Royal Museum of Scotland

Scottish Parliament designed by EMBT/RMJM

picture © Keith Hunter
Scottish Parliament

Haymarket (AR) SADC designed by Stokke Wiig, Oslo, Norway

building picture : RMA
Haymarket

Greenside Place designed by Allan Murray Architects

picture from the architect studio
Greenside Place

Granton Masterplan designed by CZWG, London

Tron Nursery Cowgate designed by Allan Murray Architects

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Tron Square Housing designed by Richard Murphy Architects

housing image © Adrian Welch
Tron Square

EDI Galleries designed by Allan Murray Architects

Edinburgh Park G4 Architecture Competition, Edinburgh Park designed by Campbell & Arnott

Park Rangers designed by Malcolm Fraser Architects

Royal Observatory Edinburgh designed by Bennetts

QMUC designed by Dyer Associates

The Tun designed by Allan Murray Architects

image © Adrian Welch

Lochend Butterfly Eastgate designed by Katherine Davey, Jaspal Atwal, Sasa Radulovic, Alyssa Schwann

Cowgate Edinburgh Ideas Competition designed by Ron Galloway Architects

Shrub Place designed by Broadway Malyan Architects

Cowgate Edinburgh – annulled

Ross Bandstand Make designed by make architects

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