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            The Scottish Parliament Building  is the home of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, within the UNESCO World Heritage Site in central Edinburgh. Construction of the building commenced in June 1999 and the Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) held their first debate in the new building on 7 September 2004. The formal opening by Queen Elizabeth took place on 9 October 2004.Enric Miralles, the Catalan architect who designed the building, died before its completion.
From the outset, the building and its construction have been controversial.The choices of location, architect, design, use of non-indigenous materials (granite from China instead of Scotland), and construction company were all criticised by politicians, the media and the Scottish public.[Scheduled to open in 2001, it did so in 2004, more than three years late with an estimated final cost of £414 million, many times higher than initial estimate.
Despite these criticisms and a mixed public reaction, the building was welcomed by architectural academics and critics. The building aims to conceive a poetic union between the Scottish landscape, its people, its culture, and the city of Edinburgh. This approach won the parliament building numerous awards including the 2005 Stirling Prize and has been described as "a tour de force of arts and crafts and quality without parallel in the last 100 years of British architecture".mates of between £10m and £40m.
Despite these criticisms and a mixed public reaction, the building was welcomed by architectural academics and critics. The building aims to conceive a poetic union between the Scottish landscape, its people, its culture, and the city of Edinburgh. This approach won the parliament building numerous awards including the 2005 Stirling Prize and has been described as "a tour de force of arts and crafts and quality without parallel in the last 100 years of British architecture".
   

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Taken on: October 6, 2012

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Camera: Canon PowerShot SX40 HS, f/8.0, 1/60 sec, 4.9mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon PowerShot SX40 HS
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.017 sec (1/60)
Focal Length:	4.9mm
ISO:	100
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	PaintShop Pro 14.00
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