Basic Site Details
| Name: | 10 George Street |
| City or county: | Edinburgh |
| Country: | Scotland |
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| Status: | |
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| Notes: | Seven storey speculative office development, built on the site of the Life Association's 1960s headquarters. The building provides 60,000 sq ft of rentable office space. The ground floor has been flexibly designed to allow easy conversion to a double height banking hall. The development cost £10.15 Million. |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Office | ||
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
| 10, George Street | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1987 | Plans drawn up | ||
| 19 November 1990 | 8 December 1992 | Build/construction | |
People
Design and Construction
| The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | ||||||
| Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | |
| Archibald James Campbell Clark | A | 1987 | 1992 | Worked under Ken McDonald - as resident architect. | |
| Kenneth Urquhart McDonald | A | 1987 | 1992 | Partner in charge | |
| Reiach & Hall | A | 1987(?) | 1992 | Reiach and Hall were awarded the commission following their designs for The Life Association's new head quarters on Dundas Street. | |
| Blyth and Blyth Associates | S | Early 1990s | Structural engineers and M&E engineers on the project. | ||
| GA Construction | S | Early 1990s | |||
| Thomas Bethune Edinburgh | S | Early 1990s | |||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| The Life Association of Scotland | on behalf of the accountancy firm, Ernst and Young who will use the upper floors for their own staff and sublet the lower floors. |
References
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Courtesy of Archie Clark | Information sent to Dictionary website | Sent September 2014 | |