Edinburgh: Bristo Square panorama
The redevelopment of this square started in April 2015. The square has been fenced off and the trees felled.
The square opened in 1983 to mark the quatercentenary of the University of Edinburgh (founded 1583). Although treated as a public open space for most of the year, the university rent it out during the Edinburgh fringe festival and it is usually home to a huge purple cow marquee run by the Udderbelly during August. At other times it is an unoffical skateboarding park for teenagers.
The square was designed by the architectural practice headed by Prof. Percy Johnson-Marshall (1915-1993) who held the chair of urban design and regional planning at the University of Edinburgh. It was part of the 1962 plan to create a civic space to replace Bristo Street, realigning Potterrow and Lothian Street in the process. Consulting engineers were Jamieson, MacKay & Partners. (Plans and photographs held by the university library in The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection www.archives.lib.ed.ac.uk/catalogue/cs/viewcat.pl?id=PJM-....
The McEwan Hall, on the left, was designed by Sir Robert Rowand Anderson between 1888 and 1897 in an Italian Renaissance style. It is the University of Edinburgh's graduation hall and can seat 2000. It was paid for by Sir William McEwan of the Edinburgh brewing firm, who was also an MP for Central Edinburgh.
www.edinburgharchitecture.co.uk/mcewan_hall.htm
In 2013 the university announced plans to spend £3.4m on improvements to the McEwan Hall and Bristo Square.
"Designed by LDN and Buro Happold this scheme is designed to restore the A listed Robert Rowan Anderson building to its former glory whilst enhancing accessibility and increasing capacity."
www.urbanrealm.com/news/4305/University_of_Edinburgh_subm...
Photo of the McEwan Hall area in 1900: canmore.org.uk/collection/1200654
View in 1914: www.capitalcollections.org.uk/index.php?a=ViewItem&i=...
As used: studentnewspaper.org/university-of-edinburgh-has-announce...
Edinburgh: Bristo Square panorama
The redevelopment of this square started in April 2015. The square has been fenced off and the trees felled.
The square opened in 1983 to mark the quatercentenary of the University of Edinburgh (founded 1583). Although treated as a public open space for most of the year, the university rent it out during the Edinburgh fringe festival and it is usually home to a huge purple cow marquee run by the Udderbelly during August. At other times it is an unoffical skateboarding park for teenagers.
The square was designed by the architectural practice headed by Prof. Percy Johnson-Marshall (1915-1993) who held the chair of urban design and regional planning at the University of Edinburgh. It was part of the 1962 plan to create a civic space to replace Bristo Street, realigning Potterrow and Lothian Street in the process. Consulting engineers were Jamieson, MacKay & Partners. (Plans and photographs held by the university library in The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection www.archives.lib.ed.ac.uk/catalogue/cs/viewcat.pl?id=PJM-....
The McEwan Hall, on the left, was designed by Sir Robert Rowand Anderson between 1888 and 1897 in an Italian Renaissance style. It is the University of Edinburgh's graduation hall and can seat 2000. It was paid for by Sir William McEwan of the Edinburgh brewing firm, who was also an MP for Central Edinburgh.
www.edinburgharchitecture.co.uk/mcewan_hall.htm
In 2013 the university announced plans to spend £3.4m on improvements to the McEwan Hall and Bristo Square.
"Designed by LDN and Buro Happold this scheme is designed to restore the A listed Robert Rowan Anderson building to its former glory whilst enhancing accessibility and increasing capacity."
www.urbanrealm.com/news/4305/University_of_Edinburgh_subm...
Photo of the McEwan Hall area in 1900: canmore.org.uk/collection/1200654
View in 1914: www.capitalcollections.org.uk/index.php?a=ViewItem&i=...
As used: studentnewspaper.org/university-of-edinburgh-has-announce...