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Quartermile Edinburgh

Former Royal Infirmary Redevelopment, Scotland – project originally for Gladedale

Quartermile is the title of Edinburgh’s Royal Infirmary redevelopment

buildings image © Foster & Partners

Quartermile Edinburgh Property

image © Foster & Partners

Quartermile : full background archive 2002-07

This development was master-planned by celebrated London architects studio Foster + Partners.

Sep 2006 Update:

building photos © Adrian Welch, Sep 2006

Quartermile Edinburgh Images : building photos from 2008

Hurd Rolland Architects:
Quartermile Edinburgh

Boutique Hotel at the centre of Gladedale Capital’s development within the Edinburgh World Heritage Site. The 70 bed hotel with cafes, bars and spa is formed by linking 2 B-Listed medical pavilions designed by architect Sidney Mitchell in 1899 on the site of the former Edinburgh Royal Infirmary building.

The exterior of the buildings have been largely restored and linked by a 3 storey glass enclosed stairway which also forms the western end of a new central square at the heart of Foster & Partners masterplan.

Quartermile architects – Foster & Partners

Jan 2006 Update:
Twin Towers

buildings image © Foster & Partners

International Council on Monuments & Sites (UNESCO advisers) reportedly extremely concerned about the impact of this proposal: so-called Twin Towers by architects Foster & Partners apparently may risk Edinburgh World Heritage status
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Nov 2005 Update:
New Plans
Quartermile Edinburgh
perspective mid-2003 by Foster & Partners
Revised plans unveiled showing new square, more houses – from around 650 to approx. 1000 – and reduced hotel & office accommodation. New sketch images also released by Foster & Partners. The Surgical Hospital building will now be used for residential rather than a five-star hotel. Controversially Sydney Mitchell’s Red Home is set to be demolished which will surely reignite negative reaction.
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Summer 2005 Update:
PagePark (Glasgow architects office)no longer involved. Richard Murphy Architects (Edinburgh architecture pracctice) doing more housing and CDA brought in. More details awaited.

properties seen from across Meadows: image © Foster & Partners

Quartermile, Edinburgh
View of old Royal Infirmary Lauriston, from across The Meadows in 2002

Quartermile Housing

render : Richard Murphy Architects
Quartermile Housing : design by Richard Murphy Architects

Description
The project is named due to the approximate diagonal distance across the site and due to being situated a quarter of a mile from both Edinburgh Castle and the Royal Mile; the site is approximately 20 acres in size.

The hospital relocates to a £184m building at Little France: New Royal Infirmary

Foster & Partners

London-based architects Foster & Partners other Scottish projects include Scottish Gas HQ Edinburgh, SECC Glasgow, National Scottish Arena

image provided by Hurd Rolland Architects

Quartermile housing : Richard Murphy Architects

Exclusive Early Images of Richard Murphy Architects’ scheme for this site:
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image from Richard Murphy Architects