Literature House for Scotland Edinburgh, John Knox House Building, Architects, Scottish Architecture News
Literature House for Scotland in Edinburgh
18 Dec 2020
Edinburgh Literature House Winning Architects
Winning Architects Team:
Witherford Watson Mann

Groves-Raines Architects Studios

Studio MB
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
City Of Literature Trust Selects Architect-led Design Team To Create Edinburgh Literature House
Friday 18th December 2020 – Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature Trust has selected Stirling Prize winning architectural firm Witherford Watson Mann to lead the next phase of development at the Literature House in Edinburgh. They will be working in partnership with Groves-Raines Architects Studios, who have an outstanding record in conservation, restoration and reuse of historic buildings in Scotland, and with Edinburgh-based Studio MB, a multi-award winning interpretive design agency who work internationally. Photo taken on 26 Sep 2020, looking down the Royal Mile on its North side:

photo © Daniel Lomholt-Welch
The team will join forces to create a Literature House for Scotland at John Knox House and the Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh. It will create a home for Edinburgh?s literary story, be a catalyst to develop the wider area and through their programming, offer an inclusive year-round welcome to everyone in the city.
The team will start work on the project in January with the intention of completing the feasibility study by the en...