Edinburgh has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to architecture. There is New Parliament House, Old Parliament House, the Assembly Building, St. Giles Cathedral, St. Mary’s Cathedral, the Royal Bank of Scotland HQ; the Library on the Royal Mile, Holyrood Palace, most of the buildings on Prince’s Street and around St. Andrews Square and the list goes on and on. However, when it was decided that devolution was a good idea, the Labour Party decided to ignore this fine tradition of great Edinburgh architecture and instead built a monstrosity that would not be out of place in Soviet Russia. Now, I am all for this generation making its mark on the skyline of Edinburgh, but surely we could have done much better for £414 million? The quicker the present parliament building crumbles the better.
Can anyone really compare the top picture with the present Parliament? One is a master piece in Renaissance architecture, the other an ugly testament to the uncultured, barbarous times we live in.
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