Music School, George Watson's College, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 March 1993. Music school.

Music School, George Watson's College, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
lone-cornice-sedge
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
30 March 1993
Type
Music school
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Michael Laird, 1962. Single storey music school with taller auditorium with hyperbolic paraboloid roof. Cream ashlar, some rear walls rendered.

E ELEVATION: entrance block with narrow single and bipartite windows to right, glazed portico abutting to outer right. Single storey link with main auditorium to centre with 6 large full-height glazed openings. Diamond-shaped auditorium to outer left with saddle-shaped hyperbolic paraboloid roof with glazed clerestorey area.

W ELEVATION: library-teaching room to outer left rising to fully glazed 2 storeys. Single storey link with auditorium to centre as above. Auditorium as above to outer right. Fixed windows with hardwood frames. Aluminium patent glazing to link section, auditorium roof of timber covered with aluminium.

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