23-402: West Port can refer to: West Port, Edinburgh , Scotland West Port, Malaysia See also [ edit ] West Port murders , Edinburgh, Scotland West Port High School , Florida, United States Westport (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
46-520: A Small Specialist Institution for the teaching of art, design and architecture prior to the merger with University of Edinburgh in 2011. From 1968 it was associated with Heriot-Watt University for degree awarding purposes but the validation agreement with Heriot-Watt University was due to end in 2012. In 2004 ECA partnered with the University of Edinburgh for degree awarding purposes, an Academic Federation Agreement to facilitate closer collaboration
69-519: Is a reminder of the area's former name. Dominating the north side of the West Port at its junction with Lady Lawson Street is Argyle House, built in 1968 to designs by Michael Laird and Partners. Long used as local and national government offices, it now houses CodeBase, the largest tech incubator in Scotland, University of Edinburgh offices, along with various other businesses. Evolution House,
92-700: Is a street in Edinburgh's Old Town , just south of Edinburgh Castle . It runs from Main Point (the junction of Bread Street, Lauriston Street, East Fountainbridge and High Riggs) to the southwest corner of the Grassmarket . The street takes its name from the westernmost of the "ports" or gates in the Flodden Wall . The gate stood at the Grassmarket and opened onto the suburb of Portsburgh until it
115-565: Is mainly located in the Old Town of Edinburgh, overlooking the Grassmarket ; the Lauriston Place campus is located in the University of Edinburgh 's Central Area Campus, not far from George Square . The college was founded in 1760, and gained its present name and site in 1907. Formerly associated with Heriot-Watt University , its degrees have been issued by the University of Edinburgh since 2004. The college formally merged with
138-656: Is one of eleven schools in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh . Tracing its history back to 1760, it provides higher education in art and design, architecture, history of art, and music disciplines for over three thousand students and is at the forefront of research and research-led teaching in the creative arts, humanities, and creative technologies. ECA comprises five subject areas: School of Art, Reid School of Music, School of Design, School of History of Art, and Edinburgh School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture (ESALA). ECA
161-603: The Screen Academy Scotland , a new centre of excellence in film learning and education. With the creation of Edinburgh College of Art in 1907, the institution moved to new premises on Lady Lawson Street. Formerly a cattle market, the site lies above the Grassmarket and opposite Edinburgh Castle . The red sandstone main building was designed in the Beaux-Arts style by John Wilson while working for John More Dick Peddie and George Washington Browne , and
184-485: The Grassmarket and West Port were disposed of after the College purchased Evolution House. The nine-storey Evolution House on West Port by Reiach and Hall Architects was completed 2003, adjacent to the main College building. Built as speculative offices, it now houses the art and design library, as well as providing design studios and office facilities for the School of Design. While the college remains mainly concentrated on
207-569: The Lauriston Campus was expanded with the addition of the Hunter Building. This L-shaped red sandstone block, designed by Anthony Wheeler in 1971, encloses the college courtyard and fronts Lauriston Place to the south. In the 1990s the college took over a separate group of buildings in the Grassmarket , for use as a library and teaching space, and also took over the former Salvation Army building on West Port . These buildings in
230-729: The Lauriston Place Campus, as a result of the merger with the University of Edinburgh in August 2011, the new enlarged ECA incorporated Minto House on Chambers Street (part of ESALA) and Alison House in Nicolson Square (Reid School of Music). In 2017, the Lauriston Campus expanded to include the former Lothian & Borders Fire & Rescue Service Headquarters, formerly housing the'Museum of Fire', Building (arch. Robert Morham , 1897–1901). The Wee Red Bar serves as
253-939: The Royal Institution for the Encouragement of the Fine Arts in Scotland), now the Royal Scottish Academy building , on The Mound and also commissioned the Scottish National Portrait Gallery on Queen Street. From 1826, classes were held at the Royal Institution building. The master of the school was always a fine artist, the first being French painter William Delacour . Subsequent masters included Alexander Runciman and David Allan . The academy's focus gradually shifted from applied arts to encompass fine art, and
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#1732772411907276-565: The corner of the Grassmarket, The Vennel and the West Port was built in 1910 and is C Listed . Edinburgh College of Art , purchased and used the Hostel, in addition to the next-door Portsburgh Church, entered via the Vennel. Planning permission was granted in October 2007 for the two buildings to be changed to serviced apartments. The name of Portsburgh Square on the north side of West Port
299-533: The fisheries or such other manufactures and improvements in Scotland as may most conduce to the general good of the United Kingdom". The aim of the academy was to train designers for the manufacturing industries. Drawing and the design of patterns for the textile industries were taught at the Academy's rooms at Picardy Place. The board was responsible for the construction of the Royal Institution (named for
322-430: The name of the street on maps as late as 1831. Portsburgh can also be seen as the name for the same street in a map from 1836. However, this does not serve to distinguish it from the eastern part of Portsburgh (Easter Portsburgh), which was still part of the same burgh at that date, the two parts of Portsburgh having their own administrative systems and baillies . The Art Nouveau Salvation Army Women's Hostel at
345-564: The newest building of the Edinburgh College of Art stands on the south east corner of West Port and Lady Lawson Street . Westport 102 was constructed on the West Port side of the block between Lady Lawson Street and Lauriston Street on the site of the old Post Office headquarters, which famously collapsed during demolition in 2007, leading to several roads being closed in the area for an extended period of time. Edinburgh College of Art Edinburgh College of Art ( ECA )
368-590: The school gained a reputation for excellence in both painting and design. Scottish artists who were trained at the Academy include John Brown , Alexander Nasmyth and Andrew Wilson . In 1858, the academy was affiliated to the Science and Art Department in London, known as the " South Kensington system ", under which it became the Government School of Art for the city of Edinburgh. A School of Applied Art
391-471: The title West Port . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=West_Port&oldid=385360478 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages West Port, Edinburgh The West Port
414-661: The university on 1 August 2011, combining with the School of Arts, Culture and Environment and continues to exist with the name Edinburgh College of Art as an enlarged school in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) can trace its history back to 1760, when the Trustees Drawing Academy of Edinburgh was established by the Board of Trustees for Fisheries, Manufactures and Improvements in Scotland . This board had been set up by Act of Parliament in 1727 to "encourage and promote
437-563: Was also established under this system. The Drawing School became part of a system of schools managed on similar lines, and distinctive teaching practices were lost. In 1903 it amalgamated with the School of Applied Art. In 1907, the Scottish Education Department took over responsibility for the school, and it became Edinburgh College of Art. ECA was officially recognised by the Scottish Government as
460-530: Was completed in 1909. The main building was listed Category A in 1970. Inside, the Sculpture Court displays casts of the Elgin Marbles and other antique statuary, alongside changing displays of contemporary student's work. The Architecture Building was added to the east end of the college in 1961, designed by architect Ralph Cowan, who was a Professor of Architecture at the college. In 1977
483-440: Was demolished in the 1780s. Wester Portsburgh, as the area around the West Port was formerly known, was the main street through the western part of the burgh of Portsburgh - a burgh of barony from 1649 to 1856. The name West Port originally referred only to the gate itself, but was used for the entire length of the street leading away from the gate in maps from around 1837 onwards. Wester Portsburgh still appeared as
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#1732772411907506-513: Was put in place between the two institutions in 2007 and they merged in 2011. At the time the merger plan was announced in January 2011, Scottish Government Education Secretary Mike Russell criticised the financial management of ECA. The joint Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA) formed in August 2009 as a joint venture between ECA and the University of Edinburgh. The first professorship in an ECA subject area
529-596: Was the Reid Professor of Music , which was created in 1839, with the first holder being Scottish composer John Thomson who conducted the first Reid concert in 1841. The Watson Gordon Chair of Fine Art founded some forty years later, the first of its kind in the British Isles and a turning point in the teaching of the History of Art. In 2005, the College joined with Edinburgh Napier University to launch
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