General view of Edinburgh City Council Offices, East Market Street, Edinburgh, from NE.

Description General view of Edinburgh City Council Offices, East Market Street, Edinburgh, from NE.

Date 27/5/2014

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

Catalogue Number DP 190148

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 shows the New Street elevation, with graffitied hoardings on Calton Road in the foreground. These hoardings surround the extensive gap site which forms the Caltongate redevelopment scheme (2014). This elevation of the Council Headquarters is composed of large areas of glazing with natural stone and aluminium cladding. 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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