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Having seen a number of Alan Dunlop's comments across the internet in recent time I can say that I agree with him on Nord's joint submission, after a quick inspection I thought it was the most exciting of the proposals from a practice that deserves such a job as this. However I think Mr. Dunlop and many like him have gone too far on this one. You may disagree with the choice they made, but in your comment here you have said, "They should be supporting Scottish architects and artists. This is not parochialism and I am mildly frustrated but again not surprised that it has been presented as such." Now obviously the panel did not share our view that Nord had the best design, so what exactly are you suggesting they do? Open the competition to practices around the world but positively discriminate on behalf of Scottish practices? Or just have this competition open to Scottish practices alone? I ask because both, to me, sound a little parochialism, but maybe Alan can further his thoughts and explain why they are not. Interesting enough I was recently listing to an interview with the late Arthur Miller, the famous playwright, in which he recalled how his masterpiece The Crucible was largely ignored to start with, but gradually became appreciated for what it was. Lets hope the this project has a similar fait.