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Outrage at gardens for Aberdeen by Snøhetta, Foster + Partners and Diller Scofidio + Renfro


Dezeen Wire:
architects including Diller Scofidio + RenfroFoster + Partners and Snøhetta have submitted plans to a controversial competition that proposes the transformation of a Victorian public gardens in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Models of the six shortlisted entries were unveiled at a public exhibition yesterday but Andrew MacGregor, secretary of the protest group Friends of Union Terrace Gardens, condemned the designs as an “absolute abomination” and said there would be rolling public protests by supporters who want to keep the gardens as they are - The Scotsman