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Not to get too political for a website dedicated to things from
above, but today I’d like to look into the United Kingdom’s
devolved assemblies, if you’ll join me…

Back in 1999, after a couple of referendums, the UK government
established devolved assemblies in Scotland, Wales and Northern
Ireland to make key decisions affecting the lives of local
people.

Northern Ireland’s home rule was originally established at
Stormont in 1920 until 1974, so in 1999 they already had a suitable
building to use. Although, the assembly has been under suspension
since 2003 so the building is probably not seeing much use at the
moment.

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The Welsh
Senedd is located in the capital of Cardiff. Designed by
British architect Richard Rogers it cost £67 million and was opened
March 1, 2006.

Unfortunately Google Earth’s aerial photography was taken
sometime before that date and the assembly is seen as just a large
building site.

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In comparison the
Scottish Parliament (designed by the late Catalan architect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enric_Miralles Enric
Miralles), was finished two years earlier than the Welsh
assembly, but cost an estimated 431 million
pounds.

Despite the staggering cost, in March 2006 the building began
falling apart when a roof beam slipped from its hinges during a
debate…

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Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devolution Devolution, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly Northern
Ireland Assembly, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_for_Wales National
Assembly for Wales, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Parliament Scottish
Parliament

Thanks: AndrewAnorak & Myself

Tags: , Devolution, UK