23 October 2012 Last updated at 16:20

Stormont construction photographs on show for 80th year

An architectural drawing of Parliament Buildings which was designed by Arnold Thornley.

The original plans for a large-domed building with two subsidiary side buildings, housing all three branches of government - legislative, executive and judicial- fell by the wayside in 1925.

More than 700 trees were cut down to make Stormont a possibility and hundreds of men worked on the construction.

Parliament buildings was built by Stewart & Partners and opened by Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII, on 16 November 1932.

The cost of buying the estate was about £20,000, the construction cost was nearly £1.7m.

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the buildings.

An artist's impression of how Stormont would have looked had there been enough money for the dome.

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Stormont construction photographs on show for 80th year

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