A crematorium by Sir Basil Spence, the architect of Coventry Cathedral, in woodland on the south side of the city, and one of the finest modernist buildings in Scotland. It is a working crematorium, so visit respectfully. The pin is approximate.
Mortonhall Crematorium
Basil Spence's Grade A-listed modernist crematorium on the south side of the city
Most visitors miss this
This serene, Grade A-listed concrete structure shares the same vocabulary as Coventry: the multi-angled vertical fins, the careful manipulation of light, the sense that a building can hold both weight and stillness at once.