Detail of sculpture outside entrance at Edinburgh City Council Offices, East Market Street, Edinburgh.

Description Detail of sculpture outside entrance at Edinburgh City Council Offices, East Market Street, Edinburgh.

Date 27/5/2014

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

Catalogue Number DP 190146

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content This shows the statue outside 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. Outside the main entrance on East Market Street is this 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'. The building is composed of a mixture of natural stone, large expanses of glazing with steel frames in front of them and aluminium cladding. The building has several large atriums to bring natural light into the building.

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