This year’s Scottish Design Awards is to be held on the 15 July. Open to all architects, engineers, graphic, interior and digital designers, the awards seek to serve as a champion of best practice, sustainability and innovation.
Last September there were a lot of Edinburgh schemes among the winners at the 2020 Awards.
Here is a quick look back at some of the developments in Edinburgh which were among last year’s winners.
If you want to take a deeper look into the details, the Planning Portal provides all the plans, drawings and related reports.
Edinburgh Printmakers (Planning Reference 15/03129/FUL)
Award Winner (Architecture – Building Re-Use)
This category C listed 19th century building was once home to the famous North British Rubber Company and McEwan’s Fountain Brewery until its closure in 2005 after which the site lay vacant for over a decade. An application for Planning Permission was submitted in July 2015 to convert the C Listed former offices into a creative hub for the Edinburgh Printmakers.
The site, within the Fountainbridge Development Brief was identified as being part of a wider strategy to re-establish a community with mixed uses and with the intention of safeguarding and reusing the few remaining heritage assets.
View all the drawing, plans & details on the Planning Portal.
Bridgend Community Farmhouse (Planning Reference 15/00235/FUL)
Award (Architecture – Regeneration)
This project was led by a small voluntary community organisation which came together to work towards the renovation of the farmhouse for community ownership. The conversion was from a vacant farmhouse into a cafe and kitchen with a teaching area on the ground floor. On the first floor an exhibition area and meeting space was formed.
The land to the rear of the farmhouse was split into two areas. Firstly the garden area was retained providing space for a kitchen garden and outdoor workshops. Secondly the rear courtyard area was hard landscaped with a paved terrace next to the farmhouse and a paved walkway along the front of the workshops.
View all the drawing, plans & details on the Planning Portal.
Greendykes Phase G (Planning Reference 16/04427/AMC)
Commendation (Architecture – Affordable Housing)
A phase of 75 new homes for social and mid-market rent in Craigmillar. The masterplan was previously approved (Reference 05/01358/OUT)
The site is located on the east side of Greendykes Avenue (part of which was renamed Tudsbery Avenue) and is bounded by Greendykes Terrace (part of which was renamed Matthew Street) to the north, Greendykes Loan to the south and Greendykes Drive to the east. The site was previously housing which had been demolished.
View all the drawing, plans & details on the Planning Portal.
Market Street Hotel (Planning Reference 14/04962/FUL)
Award (Commercial/Office/Hotel Building or Project)
Part of an important façade where Old Town meets New Town, the hotel sits right in the centre of Edinburgh at an entrance to Waverley Station. The restricted site had been undeveloped for over 50 years.
View all the drawing, plans & details on the Planning Portal.
Global Research Innovation and Discovery (GRID) (Heriot Watt University) (Planning Reference 17/03367/FUL)
Commendation (Architecture – Education Building or Project)
The Global Research Innovation and Discovery (GRID) teaching facility was designed specifically to promote collaboration between departments, and to create cohesion between academic disciplines, industry partners and the global community. It is focussed on subjects such as Engineering and Computer Science.
The building is the first in the Heriot Watt campus to engage its Lochside setting and offers access to the water’s edge via ramped terraces. Student well-being was designed into the project from the outset, influencing colours, materials & design.
View all the drawing, plans & details on the Planning Portal.
Other nominated Edinburgh schemes included:
Kings Stables Road (Planning Reference 15/05715/FUL)
The Registers (Planning Reference 15/02788/FUL)
Buchan House (Planning Reference 17/03375/FUL)
Code Pod Hostel – The Court (Planning Reference 18/01505/FUL)
Calton Hill City Observatory (Planning Reference 15/01828/FUL)
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