The City of Culture of Galicia in Santiago de Compostela

[sillydoll]

If anyone is interested in the City of Culture being built outside Santiago, there is some info on this blog with photos of the site.

http://rwarchitextures.blogspot.com/200 ... n-one.html

 

[Dale]

Thank you Sillydoll . I stayed at the private albergue on the outskirts of town for several days last May and looked at that construction site as I walked into the city each day and tried to understand what it might be.

 

[ivar]

This site is very controversial since it is very expensive and has gone wayyy over budget. But it will be nice once it is done.

More about this site here:
http://www.cidadedacultura.org/proxecto/?lg=ing

Saludos,
Ivar

 

[lckgj]

I had thought it looked like a giant ski jump whereas my son thought it was going to be theme park...(probably wishful thinking..) It looks as though it will be fabulous when completed.
I think the Spanish are much better than we Brits at positioning modern architecture alongside traditional buildings. Barcelona is great for that. I would rather see a well-designed modern building than a badly built mock-historic monstrosity which often seems to be the preference of our town planners.