National Library head: dispute over new building to be resolved by court

The head of Czech National Library Vlastimil Ježek says the dispute over the planned new building of the National Library in Prague can only be resolved by court. He made the statement in reaction to Thursday’s decision of the EC, which concluded that the competition for a new national Library building in Prague was not in keeping with the law on public tenders. The competition was won last year by Czech-born British architect Jan Kaplický with his modern designed nicknamed “the blob”. Mr Ježek says he is not planning to abolish the original tender for the time being.

Author: Ruth Fraňková