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English: Main Entrance, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary Building for Edinburgh's new PFI hospital/teaching complex at Little France started in 1996 and was completed in 2002 at an approximate cost of £184m. The site also houses the new University of Edinburgh Medical School.
The infirmary received a Royal Charter from George II in 1736 which gave it its name of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh [12] and commissioned William Adam to design a new hospital on a site close by to the original building, on what later became Infirmary Street. In 1741 the hospital moved the short distance to the not yet completed building ...
Quartermile is the marketing name given to the mixed use redevelopment of the former Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh site, in Lauriston, Edinburgh. It was master-planned by architect Foster + Partners and takes its name from the fact it is a quarter mile (400 m) from Edinburgh Castle and the Royal Mile and measures a quarter mile from corner to ...
Download as PDF; Printable version ... move to sidebar hide. Royal Infirmary may refer to a number of hospitals in the United Kingdom: ... Edinburgh Royal Infirmary;
Lauriston is the former location of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, which moved to the area in 1879 in search of fresher air at the edge of the city. [1] Rather than build entirely new facilities, the Infirmary incorporated George Watson's Hospital into the new David Bryce -designed complex. [ 2 ]
Britain's first ante-natal clinic began at this site in 1915, to be followed, in 1926, by a post-natal clinic when the facility amalgamated with the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. [ 10 ] The new Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion, which was designed by Thomas W. Turnbull in the classical style, opened in 1939. [ 11 ]
The site also houses the new University of Edinburgh Medical School and Research Centre which can be seen here. The New Edinburgh Royal Infirmary was designed in line with the City of Edinburgh Council s Green Transport Policy. New bus routes linking Little France with Edinburgh's centre were created plus Park and Ride facilities.
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