109 to 112 Princes Street Edinburgh, Nuveen Real Estate Development, Buildings, Architecture
St James Quarter Edinburgh Development
18 August 2021
Architects: BDP Glasgow studio + Allan Murray Architects
Location: central Edinburgh, Scotland
BDP helps deliver changing shape of retail as part of new mixed use destination

St James Quarter Edinburgh News
BDP has helped complete the delivery of phase one of the new St James Quarter, Edinburgh, working with client Nuveen Real Estate to create a new destination in the heart of the capital. A new and modern 1.7 million sq ft masterplan in urban placemaking, it is one of the UK?s largest inner-city regeneration projects.
BDP?s Glasgow studio, which worked alongside Allan Murray Architects in the design stage, saw its role develop from co-designer to lead consultant and technical architect for the design of the scheme, and delivered the master plan as part of the Laing O?Rourke construction team for the £1billion development. Works started on site with the demolition of the existing shopping centre, office block, hotel, and car park, in 2016 with the retail-led development seeing shoppers flock to its curved four-storey galleria since its opening in June.
Designed with movement of people in mind, St James Quarter is a highly accessible, permeable development with multiple entry points situated at different levels. The brief from the outset was to create a step change from typical retail developments and to incorporate various use...