First session held of 'Team National Library'

A team of experts that will decide on the construction of a planned new National Library building had its first session in Prague on Saturday. The team had been set up to overcome the controversy over the new building that is to be constructed on Prague's Letna plain. The team includes Prague Mayor Pavel Bem, National Library director Vlastimil Jezek, and architect Jan Kaplicky, who designed the new building popularly known as the Blob. Its critics claim that the design will disturb the city's skyline, and does not fit the historic environment of Prague.