Scottish Parliament Building [complex] (Edinburgh, Scotland) : Debating Chamber, general view looking north

Creator:

Miralles, Enric, 1955-2000

Published/Created:

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
1999-2004

Physical Description:

312,000 square feet (total floor area)

Date Depicted:

5/31/2007
1950 AD - 2010 AD

Materials:

glass
granite
oak
steel

Notes:

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 from renewable sources and solar panels on the Canongate Building are used for heating water in the complex. Some of the concrete floors are further cooled in summer by water from 25 metres (80 ft) deep bore holes. The building achieves the highest rating in the Building Research Establishment's Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM).

Topics:

Architecture -- Scotland -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
Architecture -- Scotland -- 21st century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Twenty-first century

Culture:

Scottish

Accession Number:

1A1-ME-PB-I3

Genre:

architecture (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

architectural exteriors; contemporary (1960 to present); Architecture and energy conservation; Sustainable buildings; Green architecture construction buildings; office buildings; buildings; performing arts buildings; auditoriums; buildings; public buildings

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Module Four

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
5/31/2007

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

4152

OID:

10105065

PID:

digcoll:1854814