Chipperfield wins planning for Edinburgh concert hall after long fight

摘要

David Chipperfield Architects and Reiach & Hall’s revised plans for Edinburgh’s first purpose-built concerthall for 100 years have been passed after a bruising planning process.The £75m project was nearly derailed by an aggressive legal challenge by the developers of the £850mSt James Centre, a neighbouring shopping centre and hotel complex masterplanned by Allan MurrayArchitects with BDP and Jestico & Whiles, nicknamed the Big Jobbie by hostile locals.