3 Lady Lawson St, Edinburgh EH3 9DS, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Year built
1968
Owner
PGIM
Design and construction
Architects
Michael Laird & Partners
Argyle House is a building in Edinburgh, Scotland. The building is located in the city's Old Town on Lady Lawson Street and Castle Terrace.[1] Competed in 1968, it was originally used as government offices, but has since been bought multiple times. Today, its use is in office space and is used by over a dozen companies and institutions, including the University of Edinburgh.[2][3] The building has a series of relief panels facing Castle Terrace (opposite Castle Terrace Car Park).[4]
Argyle House sits in West Port in the city's Old Town. Designed by Michael Laird and Ian Rogers, it finished construction in 1968.[5] Initially leased to the government by the local council, it was acquired by PGIM in 2023 for £38 million.[6] It was previously owned by Kennedy Wilson, who had bought it from Fordgate in 2014.[2] The building was subsequently used by the University of Edinburgh and the tech company Codebase.[7]
In November 2025, a proposal of application notice (PAN) was submitted to Edinburgh cancel with plans for the demolition of the existing building and redevelopment of site as a mixed hotel, office, flats and retail space.[8][7]
In film
The building featured extensively as a fictional police station in the TV show Dept. Q.[8]
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