Architecture judges check out new hotel

Published on Friday 6 November 2009 10:07

THE Capital's newest five-star hotel has been shortlisted for the UK's richest architecture prize.

Hotel Missoni, on George IV Bridge, joins Infirmary Street's Dovecot Studios among those in the running for the Royal Institute of Architects Scotland's Andrew Doolan Best Building award.

Opened earlier this year by the Italian fashion house of the same name, Hotel Missoni recently became the first recipient of a five-star rating for a major hotel in Scotland for four years.

The hotel was given the official rating by VisitScotland just months after opening its doors on the site of former offices for the Scottish Parliament.

It joins the Dovecot, also opened earlier this year, and the city's Niddrie Mill and St Francis Joint Primary School on the prestigious list.

David Dunbar, RIAS president, said: "Shortlisting eleven out of this year's varied and excellent submissions was no easy task.

"Scotland is enjoying a creative renaissance and that is undoubtedly true of its architecture. Our shortlist reflects the high standards which are being achieved in every contemporary building type and in restoration."