Planners give the nod to Leith Walk student flats
January 7 2015
Playing host to a green roof the ICA designed scheme will be faced in stone rain screen, render and metal cladding and will include a ground floor shop, café and restaurant the scheme is expected to complete by September 2016.
In their design statement ICA said: “It is considered that the proportion of a stacked three part horizontal sub-division lends itself well to the existing proportions of Haddington Place.
“The window format which connects to the existing Georgian facades is maintained along with the clear gap between the proposal and the Library.”
The vacant site previously played host to the John Adam designed Botanic Cottage, now being reconstructed within the Royal Botanic Gardens.
Rear elevations will be faced with render
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6 Comments
#2 Posted by Cadmonkeys on 8 Jan 2015 at 09:18 AM
A delightfully design full of joy and happiness.
If only more new buildings could look like this.
If only more new buildings could look like this.
#3 Posted by james on 8 Jan 2015 at 12:44 PM
How a 1970's 'polytechnic' (rear elevation) is satisfactory in planning terms in relation to the 'character' of a mews lane conservation area I will never know. But I do, really. ECC are under big commercial bucks pressure to provide accommodation in the city. So much for a political 'democratic' process. So much for the planning system and policy that one can clearly drive a bus through. I smell shite, as they say.
#4 Posted by the sultan of brooneye on 8 Jan 2015 at 12:48 PM
white render - en masse....when will CEC learn, agreeing to it's use and even pushing for it in many cases. Maybe Paddypower will give me good odds on just how stained and crappy it will look 5 years after completion.
#5 Posted by Stevie Steve on 8 Jan 2015 at 13:16 PM
Dull Dull Dull
#6 Posted by Big stevie on 9 Jan 2015 at 21:33 PM
Possibly realism could be brought to the table by similar visualisations as done in Aberdeen recently....
Perhaps a +2 years visualisation after a harsh winter as Big Sully suggests? Bit of staining to the render....
Perhaps a +2 years visualisation after a harsh winter as Big Sully suggests? Bit of staining to the render....
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At least they got some comedy value in the design statement