Data Centres, Green Claims and Edinburgh’s Western Edge

POSTED ON June 19, 2026 BY James Garry

Data centres are coming. The planning questions cannot wait.

Data centres are coming. The planning questions cannot wait.

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Open Doors, Open Stories: Might you be able to help unlock Scotland this September?

POSTED ON June 17, 2026 BY James Garry

Discover hidden places, shared stories and new perspectives this September

Discover hidden places, shared stories and new perspectives this September

Doors Open Day 2026

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Edinburgh’s Next Chapter, shaped by civic voices

POSTED ON June 12, 2026 BY James Garry

Edinburgh’s next chapter, shaped by civic voices and shared ambition

Edinburgh’s next chapter, shaped by civic voices and shared ambition

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Annual Report 24/25

POSTED ON June 8, 2026

Read our 2024-2025 Annual Report here: Cockburn Association Annual Review 2024-2025

Read our 2024-2025 Annual Report here: Cockburn Association Annual Review 2024-2025

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Open Doors, Open Stories: Might you be able to help unlock Scotland this September?

POSTED ON June 5, 2026 BY James Garry

Discover hidden places, shared stories and new perspectives this September

Discover hidden places, shared stories and new perspectives this September

Doors Open Day 2026

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Future global leaders experience Edinburgh with the Cockburn Association

POSTED ON May 29, 2026

Exploring Edinburgh’s public realm through the eyes of students

Exploring Edinburgh’s public realm through the eyes of students

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Building for the Future We Say We Want

POSTED ON May 22, 2026 BY James Garry

Hammarby Sjöstad: on closing the gap between what plans say and what buildings deliver

Hammarby Sjöstad: on closing the gap between what plans say and what buildings deliver

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Housing as Civic Architecture Vienna: on what a city says about itself when it builds homes for ordinary people

POSTED ON May 15, 2026 BY James Garry

The Karl-Marx-Hof on Vienna’s Heiligenstädter Strasse is hard to miss. Completed in 1930, it stretches for more than a kilometre, rises to six storeys, and announces itself with an entrance archway of palace-like scale. It housed 1,382 working-class families. It was built, quite deliberately, to make a statement: that the quality of homes provided to ordinary people is a measure …

The Karl-Marx-Hof on Vienna’s Heiligenstädter Strasse is hard to miss. Completed in 1930, it stretches for more than a kilometre, rises to six storeys, and announces itself with an entrance archway of palace-like scale. It housed 1,382 working-class families. It was built, quite deliberately, to make a statement: that the quality of homes provided to ordinary people is a measure …

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Extending the City with Purpose Lyon Confluence: what a governing idea looks like, and what happens without one

POSTED ON May 7, 2026 BY James Garry

Lyon shows what happens when cities hold their nerve — and what Edinburgh risks when they do not.

Lyon shows what happens when cities hold their nerve — and what Edinburgh risks when they do not.

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A City That Knows How to Grow Well Regensburg: on heritage, growth, and the pressure to insist on quality

POSTED ON May 1, 2026 BY James Garry

A city shaped by history, insisting on quality growth

A city shaped by history, insisting on quality growth

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