BBC

It's been branded "The Moneypit" - an ambitious but troubled project to build a landmark home for Scotland's devolved rulers. As its official opening looms, we take one of the first looks inside. It's hard to imagine a more stormy marriage than that between politics and architecture. The bean counters who keep a keen eye on public finances do not make natural bedfellows for those artistically-minded souls who set their sights on skylines rather than bottom lines. All too often, the offspring of this dysfunctional union - the buildings themselves - emerge into the public gaze burdened by faults and criticisms.