Edinburgh tour de force: At Benson and Forsyth's Museum of Scotland, the monumental architecture proves the most powerful exhibit

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Benson and Forsyth's museum in Edinburgh opened in December 1998 after nine years of design and construction. The entrance tower brings together the junction of five streets, and the facades to Chambers Street and George IV Bridge are clad in a veneer of stone clashach from Moray. The long dark entrance hall is dimly lit from the north, and the central court is top-lit. A series of rooms at the ground floor are separated by thick walls that create deep thresholds and controlled glimpses. A cost analysis and summary is provided, along with working details.

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Underground wonderworld: Ben Kelly's interior for The Basement children's area of the Science Museum is designed to delight and intrigue

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The Basement is a new children's area in the Science Museum, designed by Ben Kelly Design. The main space incorporates a length of terrace where children are encourage to picnic, a shop and a new visible plant room. An arcade has been created revealing the original building. The building features exposed concrete beams and brick walls and a combination of materials such as glass blocks and tiles, pigmented plaster and glazedbricks are used.

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Modernism in an Irish town earns plaudits for sensitivity: The Irish Linen Centre, designed by Chaplin Hall Black Douglas, introduces modernist principles to a County Antrim town

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The Irish Linen Centre was designed by Chaplin Hall Black Douglas (CHBD), as an addition to the existing interpretative centre within Lisburn Borough Council's museum. The building is described by CHBD as modernist with a contextual basis, sympathetic to the adjacent Market House, but not mimicking the late Italianate style.

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