Holyrood process blasted by expert - Scottish Architecture News

Newsletters Subscription

Holyrood process blasted by expert

Archiseek / UK / Scotland / News / 2003 / November 28

An architectural expert today launched a scathing attack on the way the competition for the Scottish Parliament building was run. Peter Wilson, director of the Manifesto foundation for architecture, based at Edinburgh's Napier University, said the exercise - which resulted in the selection of Catalan architect Enric Miralles - did not follow the normal rules for major competitions. And he described some aspects of the process adopted by the Scottish Office as "bizarre".

Due to circumstances beyond our control, the original story which was a working link at the time of publication may be no longer available on the newspaper site. In that case, the dates and headline of the story will allow you to research the original through your local library. In addition, some newspaper sites may require registration, either at a cost or free.