From the Hogmanay celebrations to the many festivals held over the summer months, Edinburgh’s cultural events attract hundreds of thousands of visitors to the Capital every year, adding millions of pounds to the city’s coffers.
While this year’s cultural calendar is still very much at threat from the pandemic a range of buildings are in the pipeline to ensure Edinburgh continues to be a cultural Mecca in a post-covid world.
Here we take a look at 13 of them, as featured on development website www.skyscrapercity.com.
Here we take a look at 13 of them, as featured on development website www.skyscrapercity.com.
5. King's Theatre Restoration
The £25million refurbishment of the famous A-listed King's Theatre is expected to be finished by summer 2024 and will see improvements to front of house, auditorium, stage and backstage areas, and add a new learning and participation studio, bars and a cafe. Photo: Bennetts Associates
The proposed £75 million Art Works, in Granton, would develop an 11 acre site to create a huge archive and publicly accessible store of over 100,000 artworks from National Galleries of Scotland, the Royal Scottish Academy and the Demarco Archives. There would also be art studios, libraries, research rooms, exhibition spaces, a cafe and a sculpture garden. Photo: John McAslan + Partners
The proposed £7million restoration of Leith Custom House would turn Scotland's oldest custom house into a heritage, education and community hub, including a Museum of Leith. Photo: Richard Murphy Architects
The proposed Edinburgh International Arena, in Straiton, is a plan for a 30 acre, £400 million project to build a 8,000-capacity indoor arena, a cinema, two hotels and conference, retail and leisure space. Developers are aiming for a 2024 completion date. Photo: Nick Brown Architects