WEALTH OR WASTE : Edinburgh and the Extractive Economy by Malcolm Fraser

TheDrouth
29th January 2026
Published by TheDrouth

WEALTH OR WASTE : Edinburgh and the Extractive Economy by Malcolm Fraser

Is it safe for modernist architecture to come out yet? It's certainly not safe, from a sustainable point of view, to knock all the modernist buildings down. -No matter what the tourists might want in our 'heritage capitals'. As the Belfast taxi drivers say: 'There's two histories here, ye know.' Malcolm Fraser considers another looming crater in the hollowing out of the city and its potential reconstruction as part of the pretty stage set.
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14th October 2023
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In Praise of Sturdy Buildings:
A Report for Wyndford Residents Union
by
Fraser/Livingstone Architects

In all campaigns and struggles with authorities it is important that the process is documented and made accessible so that lessons can be learned. This is no mere footnote to the struggle of the Wyndford Residents Union to save their homes from the wrecking ball. They commissioned Fraser/Livingstone Architects to produce a Report on the condition of the estate to respond to those reports produced by the authorities. We're delighted to reproduce that Report here with an introduction/preface by Malcolm Fraser.
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