A monumental spot of local trouble

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Iraqi-born architect Zaha Hadid won a competition in Sep 1994 to design the planned Cardiff Bay Opera House, beating 268 other entrants from across the world. However, her design met with considerable protests from local people, and the Cardiff Bay Opera House Trust decided not to commission her after all. She has now been asked to re-submit her design, as have sir Norman Foster, who was a runner up, and Manfredi Nicoletti, who was unplaced but is a favouritie of the Cardiff Bay Development Corp and Cardiff Bay Business Forum.

Design and construction, Buildings and facilities, Theaters, Cardiff, Wales

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Don't shoo the piano tuner, he's only gone to Cuba

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It was possible for US companies to send medical equipment and drugs to Iraq during the Gulf war, but they face heavy fines if they attempt to trade with Cuba, according to piano tuner Ben Treuhaft. He is determined to ignore the US embargo on trade with Cuba, and has succeeded in taking 35 pianos and parts worth $3,500 from the US to Cuba. He has been threatened with legal action, but continues to ridicule the US government's policy and to teach individual Cubans to play the piano.

United States, International trade, Interview, United States foreign relations, Cuban foreign relations, Cuba, Piano, Pianos, Treuhaft, Ben

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On the Prince's mind is only beauty

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The director of the Prince of Wales's Institute of Architecture claims that the Institute will have roots in tradition but also will be radical. Underlying this brief is the belief that architects and planners must use history to direct their work to create timeless architecture which takes the wider environment into account. Most of the senior teachers at the Institute are Classicists and and it will have the prestige of being backed by the Prince of Wales.

England, Schools of architecture, Architecture schools

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