And a close-up of the statue of Robert Burns

A little further back showing the changes to the access roads and the car parking area.
The photo below shows how well the building is shaped to protect the little
that remains of the original monument.

A wider view. We'll need to take this one again after the gardens are finished and bedded in.

This closer view also lets you see how it would look if it wasn't for the edited-out
air conditioning system and odd-coloured door to the right of the statue.

/Gripe Mode ON/
Some day architects will design buildings to look good from the air and not just from ground level.
Yeah, right.
/Gripe Mode OFF/

This gives you a view of the statue in more detail, taken from ground level.
This is the view of the statue that the original artist in 1879 (William Grant Stevenson RSA, 1849-1919,
of Edinburgh) intended people to have, that of looking up from below.

Photographs taken at the same level as the statue, looking directly at it or even from slightly
above, are not going to show it to its best advantage.

There are other castings of this same statue around the world - some found on the web are:
Burns Triangle, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
City Park, Denver, Colorado, USA
and Garfield Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA
and there is also said to be a copy in Wellington, New Zealand,
but although a smaller version can be seen at Burns Cottage in Alloway
there seems to be no other full-sized castings in the UK.