Charlie-Brown Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 What is your favourite Edinburgh building or street and why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Bapswent Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 The Castle. Its a castle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Of course it was better when it was the Victoria Hall... "It's gothic spire - the highest point in central Edinburgh - towers over the surrounding buildings, including the adjacent castle. The building was designed in collaboration by Edinburgh architect J Gillespie Graham, and the famous gothic revivalist Augustus Pugin, and constructed between 1842 and 1845". (from wikipedia) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flux Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Forth Rail Bridge, as it is a street and a building Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavsy Van Gaverson Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 The Castle. Its a castle. Even more impressivley though - A Castle which stands upon the basalt plug of an extinct volcano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Forth Rail Bridge, as it is a street and a building Forth Bridge, there's no Forth Rail Bridge, just the Forth Bridge and the Forth Road Bridge. Pedants 'R' Us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Gallery of Modern Art. It's nice down there, with the Water of Leith near too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Victoria Street with the terrace above is a favourite of mine. Also all of the various New Town crescents. And St Marys cathedral ( the episcopalian one) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie-Brown Posted October 6, 2008 Author Share Posted October 6, 2008 The Balmoral (North British) Hotel is my favourite building - it's a statement of granduer as well as have some wonderfully intricate but appealing architecture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Bridge Road/Gillespie Road in Colinton can be nice at this time of year. My favourite building is probably Waverley Station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
this_is_my_story Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Always thought Donaldson's school for the deaf on Haymarket Terrace was a grand old building to look at. Wonder when the flats will be ready, must be a good couple of years since developers bought the building? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Have there been any positive additions since the 1930s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Have there been any positive additions since the 1930s? Yes. The NLS isn't that bad on George IV Bridge (admittedly work started in '38 but wasn't finished until 1956 due to that upstart Austrian, Schicklegruber...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Yes. The NLS isn't that bad on George IV Bridge (admittedly work started in '38 but wasn't finished until 1956 due to that upstart Austrian, Schicklegruber...) I'm claiming that one as 1930s then! Any more? Anyone going to say that they like the Museum of Scotland (the half finished addition to the beautiful Royal Museum)? Or the Parliament? Or anything designed by Allan Murray? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottish_chicP Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Always thought Donaldson's school for the deaf on Haymarket Terrace was a grand old building to look at. Wonder when the flats will be ready, must be a good couple of years since developers bought the building? I look out to that building from my office. I didn't realise it is being turned into flats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 I'm claiming that one as 1930s then! Any more? Anyone going to say that they like the Museum of Scotland (the half finished addition to the beautiful Royal Museum)? Or the Parliament? Or anything designed by Allan Murray? The National Centre of Dance in the Grassmarket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 The National Centre of Dance in the Grassmarket. Clever architecture no doubt but not really noticeable from the street. There have been a few decent office complexes added in the last few years since the council started getting a bit more picky. Saltire Court on Castle Terrace being a good example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie-Brown Posted October 6, 2008 Author Share Posted October 6, 2008 Have there been any positive additions since the 1930s? The Exchange Buildings and Conference Centre and the Sheraton have improved that section of Lothian Road / Morrison Street in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest juvehearts Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 wow brilliant post. my brain is stumped erm........... for me personally it would have to be lauriston Castle, Hillwood house on corstophine hill or Rosslyn Chapel in roslin. have preferances for cammo tower & the last house down the cannongate next to the parliment & the palace. (its the place you come out after going down to the old edinburgh) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acey Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Have there been any positive additions since the 1930s? The Conference Centre's pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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heartgarfunkel Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 My favourite building is Robert Lorimer's Scottish National War Memorial within Edinburgh Castle. My favourite street was Drummond Street - real Edinburgh. Rutherford's Bar, Wood's the barbers, Original Kushi's, the architectural gem that was the lampost, facade and interior of Stewart's Bar. Only in this country could we destroy our social heritage with such contempt - ripping out historic interiors to oirish-ise (90s) or Ikea-ise (00s) our boozers. Brass Monkey my arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie-Brown Posted October 6, 2008 Author Share Posted October 6, 2008 Have there been any positive additions since the 1930s? This modern building is also an impressive addition to Edinburgh and sympathetic to it's location & surroundings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blairdin Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Oxcars lighthouse. All these lighthouses are amazing feats of engineering, but this is the closest one to home that kept my old man safe all the years he has worked in the river. This picture is taken from Inchcolm Abbey, which is also a stunning building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Say What Again Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Street - the Royal Mile - Steeped in history, beautiful to look at, rammed with cracking boozers - and foreign fluff. I'm going to have to agree with you there as that's where I was born and brought up (Canongate). My folks still live there. Building - RBS building St Andrew Square. Lovely and old. Good shout as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leginten Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 For obvious reasons: And my favourite Playfair building, St. Stephen's Church at the foot of St. Vincent St. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felix Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 There's something about the Commonwealth Pool .. or Dynamic Earth... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Seeger Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 The forth Bridge amazes me every time I look at it. Spectacular construction. My favourite street/Road would have to be Gorgie Road for obvios reasons. Also really like Stewarts Melville School Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CostaJambo Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Fettes School. Magnificent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cigaro Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Where I'm posting from: Had to try and draw that building! Absolute bugger! Fettes and Stew's Melville are good shouts too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambos are go! Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Loved Rutland Square since a visiting antipodean architect passenger made me stop the car when I was using the Square as a shortcut. The best thing in the New Town she said and I now agree. Perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjambo Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Have there been any positive additions since the 1930s? The hotel on the High Street, just down from the Tron. Used to be called the Scandic Crown, Crowne Plaza and something else. Looks like it has been there for 100's of year - but was built in the 80's/90's on a gap site. Calton Gate planners should have a look to see how you can do new build on the Royal Mile without it looking like something that belongs in Birmingham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie-Brown Posted October 16, 2008 Author Share Posted October 16, 2008 This Church in Bruntsfield is fairly awesome........Pilrig Church has some really nice detail & design up close as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharpJambo Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 Portobello High School, one of the most beautiful buildings Edinburgh has to offer. An architectural masterpeice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Always thought Donaldson's school for the deaf on Haymarket Terrace was a grand old building to look at. Wonder when the flats will be ready, must be a good couple of years since developers bought the building? I have had the pleasure of working at donaldsons many times and have found it an amazing building. On the roof the stonework is covered in the family emblems/coats of arms of the masons who built donaldsons,they are brilliant its a shame that they are hidden on the roof. The attic was used to house Italian men during the war and some of them had written poems(which are still there) on the walls,the building manager copied them and asked a friend to translate them,suffice to say she got through two lines of filth and wouldnt go further. While installing heating pipework we couldnt understantd why pipes we had passed through one side of a wall had not appeared in a corridor,after hours of head scratching we discovered a small room which had been bricked up.After breaking our way into the room we asked the manager to try to find out what the story was,he discovered that a child had died in the room and that as a result the room was never to be used again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmiyaRomanova Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Never been inside it, but always liked the look of.... Edinburgh not being known for its Art Deco architecture, it's something of a rarity here. Of course, there's also.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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