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Blom combatted the ideas of conventional residential architecture by tilting the cube shape on its corner and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. Blom's main goal was to create an urban area that felt like a village. [1] The cube houses around the world are meant to optimize the space as a house and to efficiently distribute the rooms inside ...
The Balmoral Hotel is a hotel and landmark in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located in the heart of the city at the east end of Princes Street, the main shopping street beneath the Edinburgh Castle rock, and the southern edge of the New Town. It is accessed from Princes Street, on its north side, and flanked by North Bridge and Waverley Steps.
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Lochrin Basin An 1831 map of the area. Lochrin is a small area in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is in the south-west corner of the city centre, to the west of Tollcross, and south of Fountainbridge. [1] Lochrin contains a wide mixture of retail shops, leisure facilities, other businesses and tenement housing. Major new office and ...
The Waterloo Hotel is a historical hotel located on Waterloo Place in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was the first large scale purpose built hotel in Edinburgh, trading from 1819 to 1898. It was the first large scale purpose built hotel in Edinburgh, trading from 1819 to 1898.
The Glasshouse Hotel is part of the Omni Centre complex, and opened in June 2003 [10] It is located on Greenside Place, next to the Playhouse Theatre, on the edge of Edinburgh's New Town. It was built on the site of Lady Glenorchy's Free Church incorporating the façade of the church as its frontage. The hotel has 77 bedrooms (of which 20 are ...
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Princes Street, 1825 painting by Alexander Nasmyth of Princes Street, with the construction of the Royal Institution visible, right The Royal Institution, Edinburgh (now the Royal Scottish Academy), by George Meikle Kemp, c. 1840; watercolour and pen, 31.30 x 44.90 cm; National Galleries Scotland