穹頂 (愛丁堡)
穹頂(The Dome)是蘇格蘭愛丁堡新城喬治街的一座建築物。它目前作為一個酒吧,餐廳和夜總會,但是1847年初建時是作為蘇格蘭商業銀行的總部。該建築是由大衛·林德設計,希臘-羅馬風格。穹頂被列為A類登錄建築加以保護[1]。
歷史
穹頂坐落在愛丁堡皇家內科醫學院校舍的原址,由愛丁堡新城的規劃師詹姆斯·克雷格設計,1776年開始奠基,擁有美麗的科林斯柱式的門廊[2],但是因為財政問題[2],內科醫學院未完成的新校舍出售給蘇格蘭商業銀行,銀行將其拆除,新建銀行大廳[2]。
現狀
參考
- ^ 14 George Street, Former Commercial Bank, Listed Building Report. Historic Scotland. [2010-04-15].
- ^ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hamish Coghill, 2005
- ^ Commercial Bank of Scotland Ltd, Edinburgh, 1810-1959. RBS Heritage Online. The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc. [2010-04-15]. (原始內容存檔於2012-05-21).
- Cleghorn, George. (1848) Ancient and Modern Art, Historical and Critical. Vol.1, p. 180 (W. Blackwood & Sons) Accessed 28 March 2010.
- Coghill, Hamish. (2005) Lost Edinburgh: Edinburgh's Lost Architectural Heritage. (Edinburgh: Birlinn)
- "New Building of the Commercial Bank in Edinburgh" The Fine Arts' Journal. No.24, Vol.1, p. 383 (April 17, 1847) Accessed 28 March 2010.
- Glendinning, Miles; MacInnes, Ranald; MacKechnie, Aonghus. (1996) A History of Scottish Architecture: from the Renaissance to the Present Day. (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press) ISBN 978-0-7486-0849-2