穹顶 (爱丁堡)
穹顶（The Dome）是苏格兰爱丁堡新城乔治街的一座建筑物。它目前作为一个酒吧，餐厅和夜总会，但是1847年初建时是作为苏格兰商业银行的总部。该建筑是由大卫·林德设计，希腊-罗马风格。穹顶被列为A类登录建筑加以保护[1]。
历史
穹顶坐落在爱丁堡皇家内科医学院校舍的原址，由爱丁堡新城的规划师詹姆斯·克雷格设计，1776年开始奠基，拥有美丽的科林斯柱式的门廊[2]，但是因为财政问题[2]，内科医学院未完成的新校舍出售给苏格兰商业银行，银行将其拆除，新建银行大厅[2]。
现状
参考
- ^ 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]. （原始内容存档于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
