Blog: Kings Stables Road
Architect: Fletcher Joseph Associates Client: Campus DM & Peveril Securities/ Bowmer + Kirkland King Stables Road is sensitive site within a historic quarter of the Old Town Edinburgh. Tucked in below Edinburgh Castle, sitting between Castle Rock and the UofE Lauriston Campus, the development is subject to many contextual factors, to which it responds to well. The mixed use development transforms the somewhat derelict and disused backspace shown in the top photograph into a sociable courtyard bounded by residences of different scales and incomes. The below image taken from the Architect’s website shows the space as a bustling communal thoroughfare [...]
Blog: Edinburgh Pavilion
2020 Architect: Archer and Braun The Edinburgh Pavilion is a clean, modern extension to a Category B Listed Victorian building in the central Edinburgh conservation area. Whilst the project was a full house refurbishment, the focus of this is primarily the glass and stone addition to the property. The listed status of the property placed restrictions on the alterations to the existing building. The extensive glazing and seamless paving allows the external spaces and interior to blur together and provides a strong link to the landscaped surrounds. This created a bit of an issue of overheating from solar gain which [...]
