A NEW statue of Scots architect William Henry Playfair has been craned into place outside the National Museum of Scotland as part of a multi-million pound revamp of Chambers Street. City leaders ...

William Henry Playfair’s rejected plans for a monument to honour Sir Walter Scott and an underground shopping centre in Princes Street Gardens will see the light of day in the show. Alternative ...

The Edinburgh home was originally built in the 1820s by celebrated Scottish architect William Henry Playfair and stretches across four floors with a self-contained two-bedroom apartment on the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “It is quite evident that a museum will . . . become useless to the world,” wrote William Henry ...

The grand building, built by William Henry Playfair, has stood in the centre of Edinburgh for almost 200 years, housing many exhibitions over the years on subjects ranging from Scottish ...

The Playfair Steps run from Market Street to Princes Street Gardens. Named in honour of the architect William Henry Playfair, the steps – first built in 1828 – had been shut for health and safety ...

A new statue of Scots architect William Henry Playfair has been officially unveiled outside the National Museum of Scotland. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get ...

“It is quite evident that a museum will . . . become useless to the world,” wrote William Henry Playfair, architect of the National Gallery of Scotland, in 1816, “unless its contents be ...

The grand building, built by William Henry Playfair, has stood in the centre of Edinburgh for almost 200 years, housing many exhibitions over the years on subjects ranging from Scottish ...

A new statue of Scots architect William Henry Playfair has been officially unveiled outside the National Museum of Scotland. The statue - by renowned sculptor Sandy Stoddart - was craned into ...