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Xscape buildings are large, strikingly designed and unusually shaped buildings. They are named after the company that developed them, X-Leisure, which is now part of Land Securities. Typically they contain a real snow indoor ski slope, leisure facilities and related shops. There are currently two members of the chain, located in Central Milton Keynes and Yorkshire (both in England) and a former member (that was sold) in Braehead, Scotland. ==Xscape Milton Keynes== Xscape Milton Keynes () opened in 2000 and is a major feature on the skyline of Central Milton Keynes as seen from the east. The Xscape is 44 metres high,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=36340 )〕 making it the second tallest building in Milton Keynes after Mellish Court in Bletchley. Xscape Milton Keynes features a 170m long real-snow ski slope, a 16-screen cinema, a number of shops and restaurants and a climbing wall. An interesting point is the two large funnels on the front of the building are sometimes mistaken for lifts or part of the cooling system; in fact they are stairs. Xscape Milton Keynes and Xscape Yorkshire were designed by (FaulknerBrowns Architects ).〔(FaulknerBrowns Architects ) – see Home, then Millenium〕 Located directly behind the Xscape building is a large square structure that houses an indoor skydiving centre named 'Airkix'. The cinema features 4DX, a type of '4D' cinema which shows full-length films. , it is the only one of its kind in the UK. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Xscape (building)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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