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Archiseek / UK / Scotland / News / 2003 / November 13

Bob Steedman was once told that he could build a house only if it could be seen from the road. It was the first victory in his personal battle to win acceptance for modern architecture among Edinburgh's traditional grandeur.

"The planner said that if I could give him a perspective to show the house could be seen from the road, he could probably get me planning permission," he explains. "It was a crusade to get new buildings accepted then, but the battle for modern architecture has now been won," declares Mr Steedman - one half of a much-respected partnership credited with giving post-war Scottish architecture an international profile.

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