Edinburgh's Forth Bridge has seen revised plans for a more 'economic' visitor centre hub, different to the original plans in 2019 that allowed visitors the experience of walking along the iconic bridge.
Plans have been filed for a visitor centre and reception hub for a vertigo-inducing elevated walk across the bridge.
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Calls have been made for the UNESCO World Heritage site to be augmented by a reception centre on the site of an existing maintenance depot, where thrill-seekers can ascend the South Tower via a network of maintenance gantries.
The plans are being led by Arup with WT Architecture and The Paul Hogarth Company, super-ceding the approved 2019 application with a more 'economical design approach'.
In a statement, the applicant wrote: "These proposals are part of a wider 'Forth Bridge Experience' being developed by Network Rail on both sides of the Forth, including a more extensive visitor centre in North Queensferry which will give universal access via a hoist to the top of the Fife Tower."
The revised plans are proposing a long, low pavilion framed by trees parallel to a series of stone arches on the bridge approach, connected to Dalmeny Station via a cycle and footpath.
Outlining their chosen approach the architects said: "The building is a contemporary pavilion that echoes the industrial heritage of the site, the lightweight fabrication buildings that once sat on the site when it was used for the fabrication of the bridge and long, extruded railway buildings with repeating, exposed structural bays."
A low horizontal aluminium roof is intended to contrast with the bridge support piers with the roof extending beyond the building line to provide additional shelter below exposed timber rafters.
