IUA in support of Jan Kaplicky

The International Union of Architects has once again upheld the results of an international competition for the new National Library building in Prague and thus definitively refuted all doubts about its regularity, according to National Library director Vlastimil Jezek. The winning design, submitted by the Czech-born British architect Jan Kaplicky, has divided the public as well as artists and politicians. Its opponents have tried to prevent its construction by claiming that Kaplicky had not fully met the stipulated conditions. Under pressure Kaplicky went so far as to change the colour-scheme of the building.