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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/102995| Title: | Valletta - an appraisal of the Renzo Piano scheme for Valletta's City Gate entrance |
| Authors: | Thake, Conrad |
| Keywords: | City Gate (Valletta, Malta) Valletta (Malta) -- Buildings, structures, etc. Piano, Renzo, 1937- Parliament House (Valletta, Malta) |
| Issue Date: | 2009 |
| Publisher: | Kamra Tal-Periti |
| Citation: | Thake, C. (2009). Valletta - an appraisal of the Renzo Piano scheme for Valletta's City Gate entrance. The Architect, 50, 12-13 |
| Abstract: | The redevelopment of the former Royal Opera House site and the City Gate entrance has been a source of intense public debate and controversy over the past 65 years. It has pitted conservationists against modernists. The former have vociferously advocated the rebuilding in its original form of Edward M. Barry’s Opera House and some form of grand monumental gateway to the city. The modernists have advocated the thesis that a historic city is not one that should stagnate in the past and indulge in serendipity and nostalgia; but that should also be a beacon for the future by embracing an architecture and urbanism which is relevant to the needs and aspirations of contemporary society. [Excerpt] |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/102995 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacArtHa |
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