Hudson Beare Building, Colin Maclaurin Road, Edinburgh

Robert Gardner-Medwin. 1961. 7-bay ribbed, rectangular-plan, flat-roofed Brutalist lecture theatre set on cantilevered angled base rising from central half-cylindrical concrete plinth. Timber shuttered concrete base with fanned shuttering detail; 7 vertical tapering concrete ribs to each side infilled with painted diagonal timber cladding. In situ cast concrete escape stair to S with plain metal balustrades and timber handrail; part polished stone plinth forming bottom step. Later additions of temporary building and railings bike shed to NE.

Partially glazed walkway to main flat-roofed rectangular-plan brick classroom block to N. Crush Hall with timber ribbed detail desk to interior.

INTERIOR: boldly detailed interior decorative scheme survives largely intact. Exposed concrete structural ribs with decorated integral perforated timber acoustic panels. Lowered section of ceiling to centre. Shallow stage with vertically aligned timber panelling to rear behind modern white boards. Large cast concrete lectern with tapered detail to one side. Seating dates to 1996.

BOUNDARY WALLS: shuttered concrete boundary retaining walls surrounding lecture theatre. Paved area below enclosing former pond area to base of plinth (now infilled).