The government was discussing the programme of care for the "national cultural treasure," that is several state cultural institutions, including the National Library. The programme is mainly to look after the institutions' premises in a bad state.
Its means were never considered for the funding of a new NK. Kaplicky's London-based Future Systems studio won the international contest for the project, held according to the rules of the International Union of Architects (UIA) last year. Jehlicka said the project of a new library at Letna had not been prepared. "It was also a certain adventure. At present our attention must focus on the revitalisation of Klementinum [NK's old NGO Calls for Swift EU Cooperation on Child Abductions ...
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Czech ODS prefers lower social insurance payments, to keep taxes ... premises] in the light of a new context," said Jehlicka (junior ruling Christian Democrats, KDU-CSL). However, the NK management has always said Klementinum will remain its main seat. He added that neither finances nor plots were available for the construction of Kaplicky's blob. Jehlicka said in May already that 1.9 billion crowns were earmarked from the state budget for the new library, while Kaplicky's project would cost four billion crowns. The project of a nine-storey building shaped as a broad pyramid with rounded edges, dubbed "octopus," has raised controversial reactions and divided the public as well as experts and politicians into its supporters and opponents. The National Library badly needs a new building because it is running out of capacity and the conditions for keeping books are not suitable. ($1=14.454 crowns)
(Ceske Noviny)
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