PLANS have been approved for the multi-million-pound redevelopment of the Thomas Hamilton Building on Edinburgh’s Regents Road.
The Royal High School Preservation Trust (RHSPT) is behind the plans, with it set to redevelop the building into a cultural destination and create a vital resource for music-making in Scotland.
Once complete, the revamped Thomas Hamilton Building will include three performance spaces, rehearsal rooms, and a recording studio providing a centre for Scotland’s diverse music sector to collaborate and build on the rich Scottish tradition of music and performance. New gardens and outdoor areas, a café, conference and business facilities, and a vaulted bar will also feature.
Grant MacKenzie, executive director of the Royal High School Preservation Trust, said, “Receiving planning permission to begin making our vision for the building a reality is a milestone moment in our project’s journey. The Royal High School is both architecturally and culturally significant for Edinburgh, and we’re grateful to Edinburgh City Council for allowing us to bring it back into public use as an exciting indoor and outdoor cultural destination.”
