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OPERA HOUSE LOTTERY - Zaha Hadid and the Cardiff Bay Project | 
 enlarge | Author: Nicholas Crickhowell
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Buy New: $31.95
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 0
Pages: 175
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6 x 0.8
ISBN: 0708314422
Dewey Decimal Number: 941
EAN: 9780708314425
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Product Description
When Zaha Hadid's exciting and controversial design for the Cardiff Bay Opera House won an international competition, but the project was turned down by the Millennium Commission, the news created a sensation that hit the front pages on both sides of the Atlantic. The story of how this came about tells us as much about politicians, about the way the National Lottery is run, and about the role of the popular press in shaping public opinion and public policy, as it does about the design of the building. This is the story, told from the inside, of a dream that was shattered; of controversial decisions involving Michael Heseltine and Virginia Bottomley; of attitudes in the Welsh Office under five Conservative Secretaries of State; of in-fighting across political boundaries by MPs and local politicians; of a campaign by the Sun against elitism; of the way in which large international architectural competitions are managed and mismanaged; of the manoeuvring of celebrated architects; and of the betrayal of those most closely involved by the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation. The intricacies of this truly operatic plot are unravelled by the former cabinet minister who was at its centre.
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