The Scottish Parliament
Nov 6, 2014 06:31:54 #
Some photos of our Scottish Parliament. Quite an ugly building IMO, supposedly most of the shapes are boat like.
This link will tell you more.
http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/scottishparliament/
This link will tell you more.
http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/scottishparliament/
Nov 6, 2014 06:33:58 #
Nov 6, 2014 06:49:19 #
No offense to all you Scots out there, but wondering if the architect was drunk or having his revenge, or drunk AND having his revenge on Scotland when he designed this...
Excellent shots of the crime scene, tho.
Excellent shots of the crime scene, tho.
Nov 6, 2014 06:50:42 #
I cannot understand who creates such ugly adornments to some buildings or why they get accepted. I expect money has got something to do with it.
Nov 6, 2014 06:52:56 #
riada22 wrote:
Some photos of our Scottish Parliament. Quite an ugly building IMO, supposedly most of the shapes are boat like.
This link will tell you more.
http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/scottishparliament/
This link will tell you more.
http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/scottishparliament/
Nice set Jim. You have opened up a real can of worms there!! :P :P :P
Nov 6, 2014 06:58:43 #
Nov 6, 2014 07:00:27 #
Treepusher wrote:
No offense to all you Scots out there, but wondering if the architect was drunk or having his revenge, or drunk AND having his revenge on Scotland when he designed this...
Excellent shots of the crime scene, tho.
Excellent shots of the crime scene, tho.
If I remember right the guy died during the build and it was finished by someone else.
Nov 6, 2014 07:04:59 #
AlicanteBrenda wrote:
I cannot understand who creates such ugly adornments to some buildings or why they get accepted. I expect money has got something to do with it.
The initial estimate was something like 55 million and finished at 430 million.
Nov 6, 2014 07:08:38 #
davids999 wrote:
Nice set Jim. You have opened up a real can of worms there!! :P :P :P
I was down there yesterday and I think it gets uglier avery time I see it. I suppose some people will like it, that's their right.
Nov 6, 2014 07:08:38 #
I think Jerry said it already. I think when architects start to do something different for the sake of being different this is what happens.
We have a Gehry building near us that Looks a bit like a piece of crumpled tin foil, but it's pretty cool.
We have a Gehry building near us that Looks a bit like a piece of crumpled tin foil, but it's pretty cool.
Nov 6, 2014 07:15:41 #
riada22 wrote:
The initial estimate was something like 55 million and finished at 430 million.
I was all those add-ons. :D
Nov 6, 2014 07:43:21 #
riada22 wrote:
I was down there yesterday and I think it gets uglier avery time I see it. I suppose some people will like it, that's their right.
Hello Jim
I do not disagree with you. I have never particularly liked the building. I don't like whacky when it comes to a buidling like that. The design was however arrived at through an open process. About a dozen submissions were made from around the world. Enric Miralles Moya who won, was from a school of Catalan architecture that I suppose look to Gaudi for inspiration and buildings don't come more whacky than his. The costs spiralled because, as Jerry identified, continual changes and additions were made during the project.
I must say that the interior is better. The main debating chamber is nice.
Good shots though.
David
Nov 6, 2014 07:46:11 #
davids999 wrote:
Hello Jim br br I do not disagree with you. I ha... (show quote)
I've not been in yet but perhaps some day I will.
Nov 6, 2014 07:50:34 #
Its a nice set of photos. Looks like the architect got a deal on several cases of cane fishing poles and said: "MMmmm, what can I do with these?"
Nov 6, 2014 10:05:04 #
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