Press: architects could sue over National Library tender

An architects firm which was beaten by Jan Kaplicky in a tender to design a new National Library building on Prague's Letna Plain are considering suing, Mlada fronta Dnes reported. Architects HSH, who came third in the tender, say Mr Kaplicky's winning design breaks one of its conditions because it would place ten million books underground. The firm has sent a letter of protest to the director of the National Library and is considering taking the matter to the Office for the Protection of Competition. If they do not receive satisfaction they may take the matter to court, said Mlada Fronta. The green blob-like design by Mr Kaplicky's company Future Systems has come in for a good deal of criticism. It should be completed by 2010.