National Gallery Of Scotland, The Mound, Edinburgh

The National Gallery of Scotland, located on The Mound in Edinburgh, was designed by William Playfair and constructed between 1850 and 1859, with later alterations and additions by WT Oldrieve from 1911 to 1912. This building is a cruciform Ionic temple and gallery set on a stylobate. The north and south sides feature paired Ionic columns in antis, with an entrance in the pronaos that is flanked by tetrastyle Ionic porticoes. The east and west elevations are adorned with pilasters, and there is a higher central transverse block that includes hexastyle Ionic porticoes at the center of both the east and west elevations. The building has plain pediments with antifixae and acroteria, a solid parapet on the higher central section, and a balustered parapet on the lower section.

Inside, the gallery features two ranges of top-lit lozenge-shaped and octagonal galleries, separated by Corinthian-columned screens. Curved stairs lead to the upper-level galleries from the north and south.