Scottish Parliament Building, Edinburgh

I had a write-up planned but you have no idea how long it has taken me to process this!

Thanks to INNES for his insight into this building... it saves me the hassle of researching it myself. However, I will say that I found it a bit of a letdown. I'm all for favour of pushing the boundaries in architecture design but this has over stepped the mark and produced nothing of ground breaking merit. I can see where the cost has done - its quirky features might look good on the designer's computer screen, but someone has to build and manufacture these things!

Just in my image alone there are four distinct window designs, not to mention two different depths. And what is all that cane/pole screening about? But the pièce de résistance has got to be the surrounding walls. But for the quirky interior I would say I visited a prison - tall, ugly, featureless and concaved. In my mind, I think these where an afterthought - maybe for anti-terrorism or bomb blast deflection but still ugly.

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