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Architect calls for skyscraper ban in city

Archiseek / UK / Scotland / News / 2005 / May 19

An architectural expert today called for a ban on skyscrapers in Edinburgh in following a decision to review the city's skyline policy for the first time in 40 years. The city council has appointed architects Colvin & Moggridge to draw up a strategy for assessing how skyscrapers can fit in with the Capital's famous skyline. But Peter Wilson, chairman of the Manifesto Foundation for Architecture at Napier University, has slammed plans for a review.

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