The Forum: a new home for Informatics Research

We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.
Winston Churchill, Time 12 September 1960

News

The School is in the process of moving to its new home, the Informatics Forum. The School Office has already moved and is operational.

Please check our contacts web page for information on how to get in touch and location maps. 

To celebrate the move the School is hosting a series of opening events are planned.

About the Forum

The new building, the Informatics Forum, will be a landmark, a centre for innovation and interaction, located in the centre of the University's main campus, alongside new teaching, conference and technology transfer facilities in the Appleton Tower.

The Informatics Forum forms the 11,800m² first phase of the development, occupying the Southern half of the Crichton Street site, and planned for completion in 2007.

History

George Square 1876-1976 (pdf 78.5MB) Clive Fenton, Book of the Old Edinburgh Club New Series Vol. 5 (2002) pp. 35-81

Milestones

26 September 2005

Planning permission has been granted for the Informatics Forum. The plans and drawings are available here, or from the City of Edinburgh Council web site.

10 October 2005

Building work for the Informatics Forum has started. The construction work is captured by 3 web cams. Visit the construction web page to see the latest images.