King's Buildings

In 1919 Edinburgh University bought the land of West Mains Farm in the south of the city with the intention of building a satellite campus specialising in the Sciences.

[3] University of Edinburgh celebrated more than 100 years of the site in 2021 with their KB101 campaign which included a lecture series[4] and newly commissioned artworks by Katie Paterson.

When the proposed changes were discussed in City of Edinburgh Development Management Sub-Committee, it was pointed out that some of the names were overly long and cumbersome.

[6] The final agreed street system was: Building names at KB reflect the spectrum of British science: On 5 August 2014, FloWave TT[10] was inaugurated by Amber Rudd, UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.

The KB 5 Road Race is organised every year by the Edinburgh University Hare and Hounds Running Club.