Entrance to Scottish Parliament Building

Category

Library Item

Item no

7181

Title

Entrance to Scottish Parliament building and Salisbury Crags

Description

The entrance to the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, with Salisbury Crags in the background. The entrance has steel girders which have a canopy of wooden poles. An ornamental pond is in front of the entrance. A bus and car are on the road.

Artist / maker

MacLean, Kevin

Date

2007

Type

Digital image

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood was opened in October 2004. It was designed by a Spanish architectural practice led by Enric Miralles and his wife Benedetta Tagliabue in conjunction with the Scottish company RMJM. The project has been the source of much controversy, principally on the subjects of its cost and appearance. The building is open to members of the public.

Salisbury crags were formed by a combination of volcanic activity and glacial erosion. James Hutton's studies of the Crags formed an important part of his 1788 work 'Theory of the Earth', the book that earned him his reputation as the founder of modern geology.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Canopies

Architecture > Architectural features > Doors and doorways

Government > National > Parliaments

Landscape > Land > Rocks

Places > Edinburgh areas > Canongate

Places > Edinburgh areas > Holyrood

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Edinburgh areas > Royal Mile

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Land > Buses

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