The Scottish Parliament Building is the home of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood in Edinburgh, designed by the Spanish architect Enric Miralles in partnership with Benedetta Tagliabue through the EMBT and RMJM Scotland joint venture. Construction began in June 1999, and although Miralles died before the building was finished, MSPs held their first debate in it on September 7, 2004, with Queen Elizabeth II formally opening it on October 9, 2004. Built in a postmodern style, the project became highly controversial in Scotland as its cost rose from initial estimates of 10 to 40 million pounds to a final figure of 414 million pounds, three years behind its original schedule, earning it the nickname Follyrood in the press. Despite the controversy over its cost, the building won the 2005 Stirling Prize, the United Kingdom's leading architecture award.
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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account LocationSourced to the subject's own accountHolyrood, Edinburgh, Scotland 1 Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account Classification
Standing StatusSourced to the subject's own account Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own accountGovernment / Parliament Building 1 Connections
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
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WikipediaLead section, first sentence
The Scottish Parliament Building is the home of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood in central Edinburgh.
History section, opening sentence
The formal opening by Queen Elizabeth II took place on 9 October 2004.
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The Scottish Parliament Building is the home of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood in Edinburgh, designed by the Spanish architect Enric Miralles in partnership with Benedetta Tagliabue through the EMBT and RMJM Scotland joint venture. Construction began in June 1999, and although Miralles died before the building was finished, MSPs held their first debate in it on September 7, 2004, with Queen Elizabeth II formally opening it on October 9, 2004. Built in a postmodern style, the project became highly controversial in Scotland as its cost rose from initial estimates of 10 to 40 million pounds to a final figure of 414 million pounds, three years behind its original schedule, earning it the nickname Follyrood in the press. Despite the controversy over its cost, the building won the 2005 Stirling Prize, the United Kingdom's leading architecture award.
In Style: Postmodern Architecture, Infobox, architectural_style
architectural_style: Post-modern
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The roof is supported by a structure of laminated oak beams joined with a total of 112 stainless steel connectors (each slightly different), which in turn are suspended on steel rods from the walls.
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