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Saturday column: Shaping a design competition for Princes Street

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Nov 15, 2025
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IT would - from an Edinburgh perspective - be the ‘mother’ of all design competitions.

When councillors, on Wednesday, sent back to the drawing board a proposed ‘final’ strategy for Princes Street and the ‘Waverley Valley’, it was with claims ringing in their ears that something more ambitious is needed.

As it stood, the proposed strategy (here) mainly co…

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