Architect Malcolm Fraser has spoken out against plans by Edinburgh Council to demolish the listed Maldevic electric car factory in the Granton area of the city to make way for new houses.
Malcolm Fraser
Council-owned developer EDI has linked up with the Burrell Company to convert the factory, which opened in 1898, into apartments and commercial space.
The developers will retain its office block but demolish the main factory building.
Fraser said it should not be demolished and added: “Is it the case that, in a recession, any listed building can be sent for landfill?”
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