What are those fins about and the blood red soffit, makes ye sick looking at them.

Interesting comment from BMJ. Was it supposed to be ironic?

I think its quite cool
"Bitching" about other peoples projects does our image within the industry no favours

I think it looks fantastic...more photos please Urban Realm.

Hi David - I've added additional pics, all taken by Andrew Lee.

Spectacular !

Brilliant, thanks very much UR

Out of this world!!!!

Another success for Buro Happold. Brilliant

Great looking building, at £6200/m2, I would expect nothing less either.

a MUST for the Stirling Prize!

Sterile, impersonal, clinical, hard, humourless, cold, inhumane lifeless..... perfect for a medical research facility. I think this maybe the best matched building in Scotland

I really enjoyed working on this project for Sheppard Robson, and congratulations to Luke Thurman and his team for a fine building. I should point out, however, that the last photo is not mine. I did a similar shot, but it showed the whole of the curved aperture, not just a cropped section.

Incidentally, if anyone from Buro Happold or Miller Construction is reading, this series of photos is still available to purchase...!

What a sad lot us architects are that we cannot accept others success, especially in tough times. For anyone who saw this building reviewed on Newsnight on Monday, this building is the most advanced biomedical facility in the world. Well done to Luke Thurman, his team at Sheppard Robson and the wider team - a worthwhile project and a good example of the first class facilities (and investment opportunities) that Scotland has to offer. Those who mock; I don't think stem cell research will veer into curing the those with 'sour grapes', so get to the back of the queue or be a little more gracious.

@ Desperate Khan,

Your over the top style critisicm smacks of either jealousy or bitterness. Everyone is starting to get a bit tired of unjustified slashing of other peoples work on these sites.

If you're going to critique then do it properly and provide good reason.

Ok, better than any BMJ efforts. How's that?

Clearly, I'm not an architect, but I do know many of the architects featured on Urban Realm very well, having worked with them for the last 15 years. I also photographed a high proportion of the projects featured on this site, so I have experienced the buildings first-hand.

I have to say that the level of debate in general on UR, not only in this thread, is surprisingly poor, and at times, frankly embarrassing. I am assuming that the majority of those who post on this site are professionals: degree, post-graduate qualifications, professional exams, years of practice. Yet, the reaction to any news story often struggles to rise above beyond one-liner cynicism. And hardly anyone even has the courage to use their own name!

You don't often hear academics, actors, sports men and women, musicians, artists etc. trashing their peers in public. And when they do, they tend to sound ridiculous. What anyone thinks in private is up to them, but if you are going to criticise a fellow architect or engineer in a public forum, then the reasons for that criticism should perhaps be articulated in at least the same constructive language as you used in a fourth-year crit rather than the casual and uninformed banter of the student union in freshers week!

There are a lot of buildings being delivered in Scotland that deserve plenty of criticism; that suffer from a lack of creative thinking, endeavor and rigour. This clearly isn't one of them and for me this project is a first class example of just what we can achieve when an inspired and ambitious client is able to collaborate with a talented architect. For all of you who are looking for something to slag off then please take a pop at all the developer led spec offices and monotonous housing that continues to blight our towns and cities.

Great comment from Andrew Lee above