St James Centre - trying to make it look beautiful

Renowned as one of the biggest eyesores in the city, I have been attempting to find an angle that doesn't make it look like something that needs to be knocked down. Not sure I succeeded though!

The St. James Centre is a shopping centre located in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was designed by Ian Burke & Martin in 1964. Due to its brutalist architecture, it is one of Edinburgh's most unloved buildings, but remains a popular and busy shopping location.

An £850m redevelopment of the St. James Centre has been proposed by its owners, Henderson Global Investors. This would involve the construction of new shops, a public square area, two hotels and new apartments. The existing 1973 building would be completely demolished to make way for a three-storey, glass-roofed crescent-shaped building. It is anticipated the redevelopment would be completed by 2015.