Seven potential designs have been shortlisted for the Ross Pavilion redevelopment project in Edinburgh.

The Ross Development Trust, in partnership with the city council, launched a design competition earlier this year inviting firms to submit their designs for the scheme, which will see a new landmark built at the Ross Pavilion as well as revitalise West Princes Street Gardens.

A seven-strong shortlist has now reached the second stage of the competition, aving been selected from the 125 teams (made up of 400 individual firms) who entered.

The shortlisted teams are;

• Adjaye Associates with Morgan McDonnell, BuroHappold Engineering, Plan A Consultants, JLL, Turley, Arup, Sandy Brown, Charcoalblue, AOC Archaeology, Studio LR, FMDC, Interserve and Thomas & Adamson

• Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) with JM Architects, WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff, GROSS.MAX., Charcoalblue, Speirs + Major, JLL, Alan Baxter and People Friendly

• Flanagan Lawrence with Gillespies, Expedition Engineering, JLL, Arup and Alan Baxter

• Page \ Park Architects, West 8 Landscape Architects and BuroHappold Engineering with Charcoalblue and Muir Smith Evans


• Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter with GROSS.MAX., AECOM, Charcoalblue, Groves-Raines Architects and Forbes Massie Studio

• wHY, GRAS, Groves-Raines Architects, Arup, Studio Yann Kersalé, O Street, Stuco, Creative Concern, Noel Kingsbury, Atelier Ten and Lawrence Barth with Alan Cumming, Aaron Hicklin, Beatrice Colin, Peter Ross, Alison Watson and Adrian Turpin

• William Matthews Associates and Sou Fujimoto Architects with BuroHappold Engineering, GROSS.MAX., Purcell and Scott Hobbs Planning

The Pavilion will provide a flexible platform for Edinburgh's arts and cultural programming, as well as allowing visitors and residents to engage with a variety of events all year round.

Judges will now meet to interview the teams and the winner is expected to be announced in early August.

Edinburgh's Lord Provost, Frank Ross, said: "The global response to the competition reaffirms the worldwide interest the city of Edinburgh and this venue is able to command. It really is exciting to see the possibilities for the Ross Pavilion unfold and we welcome all thoughts and comments from Edinburgh residents on the short-listed schemes. One of these designs is set to become one of Edinburgh's most important new venues."

Norman Springford, Chairman of the Ross Development Trust, said: "The revival of this, one of Edinburgh's best and most prominent sites, is a hugely exciting prospect and we now have seven fascinating design concepts from some of the world's most in-demand creative minds. These design concepts help us visualise how the new Ross Pavilion could both complement and act as a counterpoise to the Gardens and the Castle. The concepts will now be assessed in detail and the public will get their chance to comment. The jury will interview the teams and review and debate each submission in turn."

To view the potential designs, visit here.

Image: One of the shortlisted designs, submitted by wHY, GRAS, Groves-Raines Architects, Arup, Studio Yann Kersalé, O Street, Stuco, Creative Concern, Noel Kingsbury, Atelier Ten and Lawrence Barth.

(LM)