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Article: Prestigious opera house a `missed opportunity' ARCHITECTURE: Construction to begin in Rome on building designed by Zaha Hadid.(News)
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- Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- June 10, 2002
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Byline: EMMA JAMES
AS construction begins this week on an ambitious national gallery that could turn Rome into the heart of modern art and architecture, it is likely to make quite a few people uncomfortable here.
For the fantastic building was designed by Iraqi-born architect Zaha Hadid - responsible for the controversial Cardiff opera house design.
It has been said the National Museum of Contemporary Art, to be situated in the north of the Italian capital, will outshine the most celebrated pieces of modern architecture in the world, including ...