Scottish Parliament

[DaveS]

I'm not sure about the last bit. The principle architect was certainly Spanish, but I don't think that necessarily makes the building Spanish....... FWIW I think that arguably the new parliament building has more in common with the best traditional Scottish architecture than has, say, Cumbernauld town centre.

Well ... the opera house associates what the Welsh value, they can sing. Holyrood built next to an 18 hole golf course?

There's a bit of Miralles in Cumbernauld?

As I understand it, from a late 1960s town planning book that raved about Cumbernauld, the centre is meant to look from the distance like an ocean liner breasting the waves... (The circular windows represent portholes...) It's always struck me as having a closer similarity to a coal fired power station's ash plant.

[Rowana]

I'm not sure about the last bit. The principle architect was certainly Spanish, but I don't think that necessarily makes the building Spanish....... FWIW I think that arguably the new parliament building has more in common with the best traditional Scottish architecture than has, say, Cumbernauld town centre.

Well ... the opera house associates what the Welsh value, they can sing. Holyrood built next to an 18 hole golf course?

There's a bit of Miralles in Cumbernauld?

As I understand it, from a late 1960s town planning book that raved about Cumbernauld, the centre is meant to look from the distance like an ocean liner breasting the waves... (The circular windows represent portholes...) It's always struck me as having a closer similarity to a coal fired power station's ash plant.

You're right! There IS a similarity there !

[lady_stormrider]

Useless IMHO - miles from a decent Marina.