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Enric Miralles’s building, opened in 2004: upturned-boat roofs, oak and concrete, and the “thinking pods” of the MSP offices. Free 45-minute guided tours run Monday, Friday and Saturday on sitting weeks, and Monday to Saturday in recess.

Robert Adam’s 1791 north side is one of the most admired Georgian palace-fronts in Europe.

Greek Revival on a hilltop: the reason Edinburgh was called the “Athens of the North”.

A Victorian Gothic spire to Sir Walter Scott in Princes Street Gardens; narrow stairs climb to the top.

Michael Hopkins’s tented roof beside the Parliament; inside, a science centre on the planet’s story.

A former milling village of stone and timber houses in a steep river gorge, minutes from the West End.