Artistic architect to change the urban land-skate

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Archiseek / UK / Scotland / News / 2003 / October 10

One oof the country's leading architects last night unveiled the first few tantalising details of his latest project – an open-air ice rink for Edinburgh city centreIt is part of a promenade space for the Grassmarket modelled on the Plaza Nueva square in Granada, Spain.As the area is already popular in summer, Malcolm Fraser, whose Dance Base building at the Grassmarket won a Royal Institute of British Architects' Stirling Prize, plans to close down the parking areas to cars and pedestrianise the entire north side.Landscape gardening will be incorporated with artworks and an open-air dance studio. The dance studio, next to the Dance Base building, will be converted into the ice rink during winter months.

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