Expert team to decide about the future of Czech national library

An expert team made of architects, conservationists and lawyers was set up to look for a solution to the dispute over the planned construction of a new Czech national library building in Prague, designed by Czech-born British architect Jan Kaplicky. Prague's mayor Pavel Bem said the main task of the team will be to find a more suitable site for the library. The team is expected to arrive at a decision within two or three months.

The building, nicknamed "the Blob", was the winning entry in an international competition earlier this year. It has become the centre of heated debate after it came to light the project would be blocked by assembly members from the Civic Democratic Party at City Hall.