Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Archivision Base to Module 13
Preferred Title:
Scottish Parliament Building [complex]
Image View:
Debating Chamber, southwest wall, showing the upper gallery
Creator:
Enric Miralles (Spanish architect, 1955-2000)
Location:
site: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
GPS:
55.952064-3.175182
Date:
1999-2004 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Scottish (Scots)
Style Period:
Twenty-first century
Work Type 1:
legislative building
Work Type 2:
office building
Work Type 3:
auditorium
Classification:
architecture
Material:
steel; glass; granite; oak
Technique:
construction (assembling)
Measurements:
312,000 ft2 (total floor area)
Subjects:
architectural exteriors; contemporary (1960 to present); Architecture and energy conservation; Sustainable buildings; Green architecture; auditorium; interior
Description:
Enric Miralles Moya (1955-July 3, 2000) was a Spanish Catalan architect. Miralles' largest work, the new Scottish Parliament Building, was unfinished at the time of his death. The new Scottish Parliament Building brought together [previously separated] elements into one purpose built parliamentary complex, housing 129 MSPs and more than 1,000 staff and civil servants. Despite 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" The Scottish Parliament Building was designed with a number of sustainability features in mind. A minimum of 80% of the electricity purchased for the building is required to come fr
Image Description:
In the upper level of the Debating Chamber there is a gallery with seating for 225 members of the public, 18 invited guests and 34 members of the media. 6 of these seats are designed for wheelchair users. The seats in the Public Gallery are based on the design of a chair by Enric Miralles and were manufactured by Sellex of Madrid. From this level there are views out over the landscaping towards the Palace of Holyroodhouse and Salisbury Crags.
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Four
Identifier:
1A1-ME-PB-I12
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Scottish Parliament Building [complex]