'Enric Miralles has created a thrilling masterpiece'

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Archiseek / UK / Scotland / News / 2004 / May 23

While MSPs wrangle over the cost and the jammed lifts in the Scottish parliament, Holyrood may have won some of the hearts and minds which count most. Design and architecture writers have lined up to praise the design of the building, suggesting that even the current price tag of Ł430m might be justified. The acclaim for the design of the parliament is one of the things which Holyrood's planners can smile about in a project which is running three years late and costing almost 11 times the original estimate.

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