I too was not particularly taken by the Scottish Parliament building.
It struck me as out of place like the glass pyramid at the Louvre.
Chuck Norcutt
Chris Barker wrote:
> Thanks, Dave.
>
> I haven't seen the building(s) myself, but the photos on the Web
> cause me some concern. I think that we will have the equivalent of a
> pile of excrement in Edinburgh in about 20 years. It looks
> interesting now, but not timeless. The patches on the walls look
> very cheap, although I don't know their intended meaning (which might
> make it easier to view).
>
> I think that I am right in thinking that that is the project that
> overran both budget and schedule by a sizeable amount. If it had
> something of the timelessness of the Guggenheim museum or some of
> Gaudi's efforts, some of which are lived in now and continue to
> attract favourable attention. But I am afraid that someone might
> have dropped a bollock with this one.
>
> Chris
>
> On 4 Jul 2010, at 09:05, deebel wrote:
>
>> Enric Miralles, from Catalonia, was the architect.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Chris Barker
>> [mailto:ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 04 July 2010 07:47 To: Olympus
>> Camera Discussion Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: my first visit to Scotland
>>
>>
>> Thanks, Nathan. I haven't seen many of those places. I don't know
>> about Adam Smith, but the Scottish Parliament doesn't do as much as
>> it clearly does for you. It's different, but I wonder how long it
>> will look attractive (to some people).
>>
>> Now the pedestrian bridge over the Clyde looks good to me; perhaps
>> it's the simplicity.
>
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