Save Argyle House: Scottish Architect Fights Demolition

0:00It's April 3rd. Welcome in. This is Edinburgh News today, where local news meets AI. I'm Cory with the story. A top Scottish architect, Malcolm Frazier is pushing Edinburgh counselors to slap a building preservation notice on Argyle House, that brutalist. Block right by Edinburgh Castle to stop its demolition. Developers aim to tear it down for new homes, a hotel, and offices, calling the 1969 structure the city's ugliest spot, even though it houses a tech hub called codebase. Historic environment. Scotland says it qualifies for listed status as special architecture, but won't approve it since plans seem advanced, just A. Pre-application notice so far. Frazier blasts that is weak, labeling the building sturdy and useful, not some eye sore, and says the mollushing it would waste heritage, 900 tech. Jobs and tons of carbon sent to landfills. He's pitching upgrades like going green, adding a pocket park, and a walkway through it. Urging the council to step up and protect

1:02this modernist gem, before it's gone.