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How city life should be built-in

Archiseek / UK / Scotland / News / 2006 / June 13

Like Milton Keynes, Glenrothes is not widely regarded as an inspirational example of urban design. But growing up in the Fife new town, the son of a contractor, Allan Murray developed a passion for architecture. Not that he liked what he saw there, far from it. He yearned for a different kind of place. Something like the historical city of Edinburgh on the other side of the Forth. But it took a far longer journey - to the other side of the Atlantic and back - before he got there. But now Allan, 47, not only lives in the Capital, he is also playing a major role in reshaping it for people today and for years to come, for he is the man who, it seems, is behind almost every plan to rejuvenate the city's Old Town.

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