Holmes wins thumbs up for Edinburgh biological research facility
- Published: 19 November 2007 11:47
- Author: Richard Waite
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- Last Updated: 19 November 2007 14:14
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The Holmes Partnership has won the green light for this new research facility on the University of Edinburgh's King's Building campus.
The three-storey School of Biological Sciences building will link to the existing Rutherford building and house laboratories and an 'energy-efficient office'.
According to the practice, the new building 'will complement and enhance the surrounding garden landscape with a subtle and open design approach,' and 'large floor-to-ceiling windows will offer attractive uninterrupted views'.
There are also plans to build a roof-mounted greenhouse at a later stage.
The proposed building is intended as the first phase of a three-phase development, in accordance with the university's masterplan for the King's Buildings campus.
