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Architecture in Edinburgh
Landmark buildings and design highlights, picked by an architect.
Holyrood
Scottish Parliament
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.
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New Town
Charlotte Square
Robert Adam’s 1791 north side is one of the most admired Georgian palace-fronts in Europe.
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Calton Hill
Calton Hill monuments
Greek Revival on a hilltop: the reason Edinburgh was called the “Athens of the North”.
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New Town
Scott Monument
A Victorian Gothic spire to Sir Walter Scott in Princes Street Gardens; narrow stairs climb to the top.
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Holyrood
Dynamic Earth
Michael Hopkins’s tented roof beside the Parliament; inside, a science centre on the planet’s story.
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Dean Village
Dean Village
A former milling village of stone and timber houses in a steep river gorge, minutes from the West End.
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