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ARTS / ARCHITECTURE
List: Top 10 Favourite Modern Buildings in the UK
Date: October 2005
Source: YouGov
Base: Poll of 2,039 adults voting on a shortlist of 20 buildings
Notes: The Eden Project in Cornwall is a multi-million pound attraction in a former china clay-pit near St Austell. It won 40% of votes, ahead of the "gherkin" in London and the McLaren HQ in Surrey, which came second and third. The survey was carried out by YouGov for Constructionskills, the skills council for the construction industry. However, another poll, Britain's Ugliest Buildings, where more than 1,000 buildings were nominated, had the Scottish Parliament ranked eighth - exactly the same position as in this poll. Which is, errr, an interesting coincidence...
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Location
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Eden Project
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Cornwall
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30 St Mary Axe (the Gherkin)
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London
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McLaren Technology Centre
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Woking, Surrey
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Great Court, British Museum
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London
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Gateshead Millennium Bridge
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Gateshead
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Millennium Stadium
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Cardiff
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Millennium Bridge
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London
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The Scottish Parliament
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Edinburgh, Scotland
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Selfridges Building
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Birmingham
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Tate Modern
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London
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