As a symbol of the new Edinburgh, the striking Scottish Parliament building is perfect: eccentric, overblown and dogged by rumours of corruption. Designed by Catalan architect Enric Miralles, who won a design competition that he was apparently not eligible to enter, the original £40-million budget for Holyrood Building gradually ballooned up to a startling £420 million. The result is a bizarre, yet beautiful structure, and a hole in the Scottish budget.
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Edinburgh, Glasgow, Lothian & Fife guidebook
Time Out Edinburgh explores the cobbled wynds of the Old Town and the ultra-chic bars of the New Town to present the best of a historic city that has in the last decade shimmied right into the modern age.
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