I noticed these buildings near Holyrood House and Salisbury Crags because they seemed so out of place, like middle-class condos or strip-mall medical buildings next to the royal residence and the ancient hills.
Silly me. This is actually part of the new Scottish Parliament complex, opened in 2004. It's certainly distinctive, but I'm not sure it looks Scottish or parliamentary, or as though it belongs in its location. Those black and brown shapes over the windows supposedly represent open curtains, indicating that government should be transparent, and that kind of literal representation makes me shudder.
But photos I've seen of the inside make me curious to give it a better look and I'm sorry I didn't have time for a tour.
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