Visitor centres are something of a Cinderella building type: never the bride, always the hand maiden to the main attraction. The first example of a purpose-designed visitor centre in the UK - the Landmark Visitor Centre -opened at Carrbridge near Inverness in 1975, with the (now much changed) building featuring timber cladding and displays designed by the eminence grise of exhibition design in Scotland, architect John L Paterson Fast-forward 33 years to another site near Inverness and another visitor centre, this time at Culloden. Designed by Gareth Hoskins Architects, this centre is still dominated by timber cladding, but it is the building's sensitivity to its site and its environmental credentials that single it out from more mainstream designs for visitor centres, a design response invoked in part by tight planning constraints on heights, views and materials.
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机译：游客中心是灰姑娘的建筑类型：永远不要新娘，永远是主要景点的少女。英国第一个专门设计的游客中心的例子-地标游客中心-于1975年在因弗内斯附近的卡布里奇开业，其（如今已发生很大变化）的建筑以木材覆盖层和展示架为特色，该展示架由苏格兰展览设计的杰出代表设计，建筑师约翰·L·帕特森（John L Paterson）快进了33年，到了因弗内斯附近的另一个地点和另一个游客中心，这次是在库洛登。该中心由Gareth Hoskins Architects设计，仍然以木材外墙为主导，但是由于建筑物对场地的敏感性和环境资历，将其从访客中心的更多主流设计中脱颖而出，部分是由于严格的规划限制而做出的设计回应在高度，视野和材料上。
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