Posts Tagged: edinburgh
New St Andrew’s House 15/03/13
An inspiring trip to the defunct New St Andrew’s House for HTA Sketchclub. Impressed by the attention to detail shown by much maligned ’60s architects…
Quartermile 13/03/13
I really like these high quality towers slotted in between the old buildings on the old Edinburgh Royal Infirmary site in the middle of the town. The buildings and the masterplan are by Foster and Partners. It’s all of a high standard rarely achieved.
The View 17/02/13
First practice for painting the Edinburgh skyline. West Register House, St John’s, Palmerston Place.
Peter & Andreas
Andreas watching the Ireland England game.
And PLT sketching. (he mostly looks ahead, rather than down… which means it will be good!).
17/01/11 What makes a nice place to sit?
We are working with an artist to make some chairs to welcome people back to a place they haven’t lived for a while. As part of this, I’ve been thinking about and looking at what makes a nice place to sit.
Razzo in St Andrew’s Square.
A window with an interesting view.
11/01/13 First Week Back at Work
Big cake mixer in the Bakehouse and a nice, but neglected, brick building on Camden High Street. Quite enjoyed the first week back, really.
05/01/13 Running round Arthur’s Seat
First run of the year around Arthur’s Seat. This is the track for the more serious runners.
14/12/12 St James Centre, Edinburgh
The car parks are the most enduring bits of the St James Centre in Edinburgh: the shops get tarted up from time to time with little benefit and the big office that sits over it all, New St Andrews House, is shut and awaiting demolition (see below). The car parks carry on just as designed in the late 1960’s. Many people hate the concrete finishes, but its the inward looking approach that’s the problem.
Another street I found myself sitting on this week: Caledonian Road in London. A proper street with shops, pubs and cafes and a contrast to the inward looking 60’s vision in Edinburgh but equally different from the inward looking 21st century regeneration vision that surrounds it at Kings Cross.
Above: At the new Kings Cross the action is all inside: the coffee stall is introduce to add some focus. Recent travel below (why I think about Kings Cross quite a bit).
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