Edinburgh University: 7 Bristo Square - before

This view shows the access to 7 Bristo Square prior to the redevelopment of the square which began in April 2015. This walkway and the trees have been removed. It also shows the building prior to its transformation in 2019. It has reopened as the Wellbeing Centre and now has an extension and accessible entrance.

To see how this area has changed: flic.kr/p/2hwEk3e

7 Bristo Square was built as a student centre 1966-73 by Morris & Steedman. Concrete modernism with stilts and ribbed towers.

In January 2018 it was announced £8.4 million would be spent creating a new Health and Wellbeing Centre at 7 Bristo Square.
See: www.ed.ac.uk/estates/campus-development/central-campus/cu...

The curved stairs are an addition. Photo by George from 1978: www.flickr.com/photos/georgeupstairs/6028104925

Robert Steedman (b. 1929) and James Morris (1931-2006) qualified as architects at Edinburgh College of Art in 1955. They are said to have been influenced by Marcel Breuer, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Richard Neutra. The practice won a number of prestigious awards including Saltire and Civic Trust Awards, European Architectural Heritage Medal and two Royal Institute of British Architects Awards for Scotland.

A booklet about this celebrated partnership can be downloaded from Historic Scotland: www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/architectsvolume1.pdf
Scottish Architects www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=400368

In 2009 the university put forward a master plan document suggesting these buildings be demolished. See page 3: www.edinburgh.gov.uk/download/meetings/id/3815/university...

However, in 2013 the university announced plans to spend £34m on improvements to the McEwan Hall and Bristo Square.
Ongoing updates: www.ed.ac.uk/estatesprojects/central-area/live-capital-pr...
Urban Realm article: www.urbanrealm.com/news/4305/University_of_Edinburgh_subm...

Article by architectural historian Clive Fenton on the 1960s redevelopment of the central area: edit.ed.ac.uk/articles/issue/2/last-word/

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