{"id":17091,"date":"2017-10-28T19:05:08","date_gmt":"2017-10-28T19:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/?p=17091"},"modified":"2021-01-19T14:08:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T14:08:57","slug":"noup-head-photo-on-walkhighlands-inspires-new-dundee-va","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/noup-head-photo-on-walkhighlands-inspires-new-dundee-va\/","title":{"rendered":"Noup Head photo on Walkhighlands inspires new Dundee V&A"},"content":{"rendered":"

A photograph taken by Phil Turner for Walkhighlands has been revealed as helping to inspire the design of the new V&A building in Dundee. The photograph was originally taken by Phil when researching the Walkhighlands route at Noup Head<\/a> on Westray in the Orkney Islands<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Noup Head – photographed for a Walkhighlands route by Phil Turner<\/p><\/div>\n

The internationally renowned architect of V&A Dundee – Kengo Kuma – revealed that the photograph helped inspire the building during a short documentary. The photo can be seen in the video below at 2m19s. The new V&A building – costing \u00a380.1 million – is the centrepiece of Dundee’s Waterfront and is set to open in 2018.<\/p>\n