Architecture

Failing safely - why planning for the worst saves lives in an earthquake »

The recent earthquakes in Haiti and Chile have highlighted the influence of economic wealth, robust governance, and social learning on societal resilience and human security. In Haiti, some 250,000 people may have lost their lives, with infrastructure ...

Wed 24 Mar 2010 by Prof Colin Taylor | Read more »

Capturing the Concept »

Tue 16 Mar 2010 by Jeremy Parker | Read more »

ECA has Edinburgh iPhone users walking through time »

A team of Edinburgh academics have created an application that allows smart phone users to 'walk through time'. Students and professors from the Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) and Edinburgh University have joined forces with EDINA map services to crea...

Wed 20 Jan 2010 by Adam Bell | Read more »

City observatory house set for refurbishment »

Permission to lease an iconic 18th century city building atop Calton Hill for residential use has been granted by Edinburgh Council’s Culture and Leisure Committee. James Craig House, also known as the Old Observatory House, was designed by its ...

Wed 25 Nov 2009 by Naomi Kennedy | Read more »

Friends don't let friends build trams »

"I still don’t think that the fact that this is a capital city, and a world-class one at that, resonates enough at national level," wrote Sir Terry Farrell in a statement printed in the Scotsman last week. The comment constituted part of an effor...

Wed 07 Oct 2009 by Eloise Nutbrown, Iman Qureshi | Read more »

Farrell aims parting shot at council bossess »

Sir Terry Farrell, the recently departed 'Design Champion' to Edinburgh City Council, left on a sour note after he roundly criticised officials. In a keynote address made at the City Chambers, Sir Terry struck out at the "impoverished" city-making cul...

Wed 30 Sep 2009 by Eloise Nutbrown | Read more »

British architects to redesign Mecca »

Two of Britain’s most successful architects have been approached to redesign the holiest city in Islam, Mecca. Norman Foster and Zaha Hadid are two of 18 architects in line to take on the high profile, multi-billion pound redevelopment project f...

Tue 09 Dec 2008 by Sarah Clark | Read more »

UNESCO says development threatens Edinburgh's World Heritage status »

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Wed 17 Sep 2008 by Paris Gourtsoyannis | Read more »

Art and Artifice Clash at Panmure Place Launch »

There’s a joke amongst University of Edinburgh students that the best view of the city is from the top of Appleton Tower – because if you’re on top of it, at least you can’t see it. Much in the same way, in a room full of arch...

Mon 05 Nov 2007 by Paris Gourtsoyannis | Read more »