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'Phone box without a phone' wins top award

Archiseek / UK / Scotland / News / 2003 / October 24

The architects refer to it as a "folly". To the engineer it represents "quietness". And to some of the islanders of Tiree it is a "blot on the landscape". But however you see it, the Ł100,000 structure that shelters ferry passengers from the biting Atlantic winds has been honoured as Scotland's finest building. An Turas, The Journey in Gaelic, was chosen from a shortlist to win the Ł25,000 Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland Award for Best Building in Scotland for 2003.

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