Best Scottish buildings of the last century shortlisted

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House No. 7
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House No. 7 in Scarinish, on the Isle of Tiree, was built in 2013. It is one of 100 buildings across Scotland from the last 100 years shortlisted for the Scotstyle award.

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More than 400 buildings were nominated for the award by the public, including Shettleston Housing Association Offices.

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The 400 buildings were then whittled down to just 100 - including Maggie's Highland Cancer Centre in Inverness - by an expert panel.

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St Peter's Seminary in Cardross was also nominated. It is now derelict - but considered by some to be a modernist masterpiece. It was designed and built in the 1960s as a training college for priests, but has not been used since the 1980s.

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The Houl, Castle Douglas, was designed by Simon Winstanley Architects - based in Dumfries and Galloway - who specialise in contemporary architecture and energy conscious design.

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Some say the studio, near Selkirk, of influential designer Bernat Klein is one of the most striking modern buildings in the Scottish Borders. It was also nominated by the public.

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The former British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) offices, on Buchanan Street, Glasgow, were refurbished and partially re-clad in 2007. The building is part of the Scotstyle list which will be touring the country.

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The Scottish Parliament building - which was opened three years late and, at £431m, was 10 times over budget - is one of the list's high-profile inclusions.

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The Clavius Building at private Glasgow secondary school St Aloysius College has also made the shortlist.

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The Chapel of St Albert the Great, in George Square, Edinburgh, exists to serve Catholic students and staff at Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier and Queen Margaret universities.

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The John Hope Gateway is the new biodiversity and information centre at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh.

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The Turf House, Skye, may be a familiar sight - it was featured on Channel Four's Grand Designs programme.

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The architects behind Maggie's Cancer care centre at Monklands Hospital say it is a unique building type because a Maggie’s centre is all about providing care from a "domestic scaled building" that is not a house, hospital or church.

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The Laurieston Transformational Area was part of a £90m scheme to bring new houses and jobs to the area, which lies to the south of the River Clyde, between the Gorbals and Tradeston.

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The Scottish Legal Life Assurance offices in Glasgow city centre is one of several "big city big buildings" nominated by the public which made the shortlist.

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High Sunderland, in Galashiels, was built in the 1950s for the textile designer and artist Bernat Klein. The organisers of the contest said "it will be exciting to see which building is eventually revealed as the best of the century" when the winner is announced in the new year.

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