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Parliament Architecture : Buildings

Major Government Architectural Projects from around the World

post updated 23 Feb 2020

Latest Parliament Building Designs

New Iraqi Parliament Complex – Architecture Competition, Iraq
Design: Assemblage, Architects

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Iraq Parliament Building – 10 Jan 2013
Assemblage has won the international architecture competition for the design of the new Iraqi parliament complex in Baghdad. The $1Bn USD project includes a large complex of buildings in addition to the parliamentary chambers, and a masterplan for the adjacent part of the city. The London-based architects succeeded against over 130 international architectural companies competing for the prestigious project, winning 1st prize of $250,000 USD.

Open Parliament of Albania, Tirana, Albania, South East Europe
Design: COOP HIMMELB(L)AU

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Albania Parliament Tirana – 28 Mar 2011
As the future political center of the Albanian Republic, the Open Parliament of Albania creates an outstanding architectural landmark in one of the main parts of Tirana’s urban fabric. Situated along the compositional axis of the city, it is located in vicinity to the major governmental institutions. The design for the Open Parliament of Albania relies on three main ideas.

Major Parliament Building

The European Parliament, Strasbourg, France
1999
Design: AS.Architecture-Studio

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European Parliament Strasbourg
Hemicycle and offices for the Head Office of the European Parliament including a hemicycle of 750 seats, 1133 offices for the members of Parliament, 18 commission halls of 50 to 350 seats, catering centre and services. The architecture is a metaphor of the European Culture ongoing and its history, and of the democratic institutions carrying it.
The edifice expresses the foundations of the Western civilization: Classicism and Baroque, from Galileo’s to Kepler’s ellipse, the transition from a central geometrical structure (Galileo) to the anamorphosis (Borromini) and the ellipse (Kepler, Gongora), showing the constant motion expressing the evolution of the institutions, evolving from central power to a democratic organization.

Parliament Buildings

This page lists the principal Parliamentary designs across the globe. We aim to select buildings + designs that are either of top quality or interesting or ideally both.

We cover completed Parliamentary buildings, new building designs, architectural exhibitions and design competitions. We focus is on contemporary buildings but information on traditional buildings is also welcome.

Key Parliamentary + Assembly Architecture Projects, alphabetical:

The Beehive – New Zealand Parliament Building Executive Wing
1981
Design: Basil Spence architect; NZ Government designers

photo © Adrian Welch
New Zealand Parliament Building

Christiansborg Slot, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Design: –

photograph © AJW
Danish Parliament Building