View of Edinburgh City Council Offices, East Market Street, Edinburgh, from SW.

Description View of Edinburgh City Council Offices, East Market Street, Edinburgh, from SW.

Date 27/5/2014

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number DP 190143

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content This shows the City of Edinburgh Council Headquarters, Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street, Edinburgh. Built between 2004 and 2007, this office block houses c.1,600 staff over five floors, with a three-storeyed underground car park for 429 cars below. The development was carried out by Miller Construction to designs by BDP Architects, Glasgow. The building was designed to be sustainable with a range of 'thermally efficient' materials being used along with landscaped grass roof terraces, solar panels and water collection systems. This south-eastern corner sits on the junction of East Market Street (foreground) and New Street. The corner block is composed of horizontal glazing on the south elevation with aluminium cladding on the New Street elevation. The rest of the building comprises a mix of natural stone and large areas of glazing. The building has several large atriums to bring natural light into the building. Outside the main entrance on East Market Street is a sculpture of a man wearing a white shirt and black trousers standing on top of a multi-coloured scaffold tower. Entitled 'Everyman', the sculpture was designed by Stephan Blakenhol from Hessen, Germany, and is said to represent 'Joe Public'.

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