Around 200,000 delegates use the facility each year and it is estimated that the building has generated over £60m in revenues for the city since it opened in 1995. The Edinburgh International Conference Centre provides modern facilities for conferences of various sizes in its three flexible spaces. The EICC’s drum shape mimics the adjacent Usher Hall, Scottish Broch’s and Castle’s. The EICC is a key part of Terry Farrell & Partners redevelopment of old railway land to form The Exchange, Edinburgh’s financial zone. The strong rotunda form of the Edinburgh International Conference Centre has made it one of the key Lothian Road / Exchange buildings with the adjacent Scottish Widows ‘eyelid’ building has formed one of Edinburgh’s most distinctive landmarks.
The Terry Farrell & Partners Edinburgh International Conference Centre submission will have been subject to the same rigorous assessment that has applied to all five bidders.Ĭontact the Edinburgh Conference Centre: Įdinburgh International Conference Centre – 2004 The contract for the additional function space was advertised in the European Journal (OJEC) in 2002. The City of Edinburgh Council advised that no final decision re the Edinburgh International Conference Centre was to be made until 24 June 2004. But other Edinburgh architecture firms cried foul over Sir Terry’s continued commercial enterprises conflicting with his honorary position as a design adviser for Edinburgh. He also designed the EICC, and was unveiled as the city’s architecture champion in February 2004. Sir Terry, who is based in London where he designed the MI6 headquarters, has a branch of his firm in Edinburgh’s West End. The selection of Sir Terry Farrell for the EICC Expansion caused controversy re a claimed potential conflict of interest after his firm of architects emerged as the front-runner for a £60m expansion project on the Conference Centre building owned by the City of Edinburgh Council.Įdinburgh Conference Centre Architect: Terry Farrell Sir Terry Farrell and the developer Cala-Morrison were selected as preferred bidders for the expansion of the Edinburgh International Conference Centre by the EICC board, beating five other architects, including Michael Laird Architects, Comprehensive Design and Allan Murray Architects. Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Architect, Photo, Extension, News EICC Expansion – Conference / OfficesĮICC Additional Spaces Facility – by Building Design Partnership (BDP) Edinburgh International Conference CentreĪddress: The Exchange, 150 Morrison St, Edinburgh, EH3 8EE
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